Akbank Jazz Festival, one of the longest-running festivals in Turkey, will bring the city together with different colors of jazz for the 33rd time, between September 23 and October 8 this year.
Bringing together the respected names of the jazz world with music lovers every year, Akbank Jazz Festival is preparing to host special performances this year as well. Akbank Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious jazz festivals in Europe, will welcome autumn with jazz music with its program that brings together different music genres. The concert tickets of the festival, whose organization and content programming were carried out in collaboration with Pozitif, went on sale on Thursday, July 13, on Biletix.
Al Di Meola Acoustic Trio
25th September Monday, 21:00
AKM Tiyatro Salonu (AKM Theatre Hall)
Peo Alfonsi: Guitar
Al Di Meola: Guitar
Sergio Martinez: Percussion
Sub-Rehavi
26th September Tuesday 20:00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi (Yeldeğirmeni Arts Center)
Serhan Adem: Piano
Gökçe Gürçay: Drums
Yumi Ito
27th September Wednesday, 19:00
Akbank Sanat
Yumi Ito: Piano, vocals
Iago Fernández: Drums
Kuba Dworak: Double bass
Yarkın Tuncer, Cem Tuncer & Neşet Ruacan
27th September Wednesday 20:00
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Merkezi (Yeldeğirmeni Arts Center)
Yarkın Tuncer: Double bass
Cem Tuncer: Guitar
Neşet Ruacan: Guitar
Terence Blanchard (Photo: Cedric Angeles)
Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective with Turtle Island
29th September Friday 20:30
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Sahnesi (Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage)
E-Collective
Terence Blanchard: Trumpet, synthesizer
Charles Altura: Guitar
Taylor Eigsti: Piano, keyboards, synthesizer
David Ginyard, Jr.: Electric bass
Oscar Seaton: Drums
Turtle Island Quartet
David Balakrishnan: Violin
Gabriel Terracciano: Violin
Benjamin von Gutzeit: Viola
Naseem Alatrash: Cello
Ayyuka
29th September Friday 22:00
Babylon
Özgür Yılmaz: Vocals, guitar
Ahmet Kul: Guitar
Altan Sebüktekin: Bass
Alican Tezer: Drums
Gabi Hartmann
30th September Saturday 22:00
Babylon
Gabi Hartmann: Vocals, guitar
Abdoulaye Kouyaté: Guitar
Elaine Beaumont: Double Bass
Bruno Marmay: Drums
Lakecia Benjamin
2nd October Monday 20:30
Ses Tiyatrosu (Ses Theatre)
Lakecia Benjamin: Alto saxophone
Zaccai Curtis: Piano
Ivan Taylor: Bass
EJ Strickland: Drums
Tribute to Wayne Shorter: “Jazz for Me”
03rd Octrober Tuesday 19:00
Akbank Sanat
Engin Recepoğulları: Saxophone
Can Çankaya: Pano
Alper Yılmaz: Bass
Ediz Hafızoğlu: Drums
Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani “Les Egarés”
3rd October Tuesday 20:30
Cemal Reşit Rey Konser Salonu (Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall)
Ballaké Sissoko: Kora
Vincent Segal: Cello
Vincent Peirani: Accordion
Émile Parisien: Saxophone
Immanuel Wilkins Trio
4th October Wednesday 21:30
Babylon
Immanuel Wilkins: Saxophone
Micah Thomas: Piano
Kweku Sumbre: Drums
Zoe Rahman Trio “Colour of Sound”
4th October Wednesday 19:00
Akbank Sanat
Zoe Rahman: Piano
Alec Dankworth: Double bass
Gene Calderazzo: Drums
Tribute to Ella & Louis
4th October Wednesday 21:30
Nardis Jazz Club
Cemre Necefbaş: Vocals
Şenova Ülker: Trumpet, vocals
Önder Focan: Guitar
Aydın Balpınar: Bouble bass
Mert Can Bilgin: Drums
Hidden Orchestra
5th October Thursday 21:30
Babylon
Joe Acheson: Bass, electronics
Jamie Graham: Drums
Poppy Ackroyd: Piano
Jack McNeill: Clarinet
Becky Knight: Cello
Mehmet Uluğ Night: İlhan Erşahin & Friends
6th October Friday 22:00
Babylon
Tord Gustavsen Trio
7th October Saturday 20:30
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Sahnesi (Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage)
Tord Gustavsen: Piano, electronics
Steinar Raknes: Bass
Jarle Vespestad: Drums
Erik Truffaz “Rollin’ Clap!”
7th October Saturday 22:00
Babylon
Erik Truffaz: Trumpet
Marcello Giuliani: Bass
Alexis Anérilles: Fender Rhodes
Matthis Pascaud: Guitar
Raphaël Chassin: Drums
