Taking place across venues throughout Istanbul from September 26 to October 11, the 36th Akbank Jazz Festival brings together international guests including Arturo Sandoval, Yasmine Hamdan, James Carter and Dhafer Youssef, as well as leading figures and emerging voices from the Turkish jazz scene, including Sibel Köse and İmer Demirer. The festival also features intercultural projects, the ACT Night series and the JAmZZ program for young musicians.
The Akbank Jazz Festival, returning to Istanbul’s jazz calendar for the 36th time, is once again building an expansive program that does not revolve around a single musical approach. Taking place from September 26 to October 11, 2026, the festival brings together the classical heritage of jazz and contemporary improvisational practices, new sounds intersecting with electronic music, and hip-hop, soul, Mediterranean, Anatolian and Indian musical traditions within the same program. With more than thirty concerts and side events, the festival’s program spreads across different parts of Istanbul, bringing experienced names from the international scene together with musicians of the new generation on the same calendar.
Organized with the support of Akbank Sanat and by BKM, the festival stands out this year particularly for its projects focusing on musical connections between different generations and geographies. The ACT Night series, prepared in collaboration with ACT Music, brings the new generation of European jazz to Istanbul, while Sibel Köse’s project bringing the Polish and Turkish jazz scenes together, Emin Fındıkoğlu’s large-ensemble orchestra and local productions such as VELVELE expand the Turkish dimension of the festival.
From South London to Istanbul at the Opening
Held under the theme “Şehrin Caz Hali / The City’s Jazz Mood,” the festival’s opening night will feature Joe Armon-Jones at Frankhan Selectist on September 26. He is one of the prominent names in the transformation of the South London jazz scene in recent years. A founding member of Ezra Collective and a keyboardist, producer, composer and bandleader who came through the Tomorrow’s Warriors jazz education program, Armon-Jones founded his own record label, Aquarii Records, in 2021 after releasing work on the Brownswood Recordings label. Following collaborations with dubstep pioneer Mala and Maxwell Owin, his two-album release “All The Quiet,” issued in 2025, further expanded the musician’s field of production, extending from jazz into electronic music and club culture. The albums also feature guests such as Asheber, Greentea Peng, Wu Lu, Hak Baker and Yazmin Lacey. Armon-Jones’s concert will take place at Frankhan Selectist on September 26 at 10 p.m.
On the same day, Istanbul-based drummer and composer Danae Palaka will perform at Yeldeğirmeni Sanat. Born in Athens into a family of musicians whose roots partly extend to Istanbul, Palaka brings contemporary jazz, krautrock and electronic music together with Anatolian, Balkan and Afrobeat rhythms. “Velox,” released in 2024 on the A.F.O.M. INT. label, is her debut album, centered on the interaction between drums and analog synthesizer. Palaka will take the stage on September 26 at 7 p.m. with a lineup consisting of Ezgi Sevgi Can, Nikos Dervisis and Ömer Dominic Akalın.
The festival’s program at Yeldeğirmeni Sanat on the same day will also feature Corda Quintet, while workshops and talks aimed at young listeners and jazz enthusiasts will expand the program in the days that follow.
Electronic Music, Indian Traditions and Improvisation
One of the notable names of her generation on the British electronic music and jazz scene, Momoko Gill, will perform at Yeldeğirmeni Sanat on September 27. A self-taught drummer, producer, composer and vocalist, she released her first solo album, “Momoko,” on the Strut label in February 2026, following collaborations with Alabaster DePlume, Matthew Herbert, Coby Sey, Tirzah and Nadeem Din-Gabisi. The concert, taking place with the support of the British Council, will be the artist’s first solo appearance in Istanbul. Alongside her concert, Momoko Gill’s masterclass will offer young musicians a direct opportunity to work on drums, production, composition and a cross-genre creative approach.
On the same day, harpist Ada Canata, who will perform at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, will be one of the notable young-generation musicians featured in the festival’s program, with her work centered on contemporary jazz and improvisation.
Taking the stage at Salon İKSV on September 29, Sarathy Korwar Drum Ensemble brings jazz, electronic music, Indian folk music and classical music traditions together within the same framework. The work of drummer, tabla player, composer, producer and bandleader Korwar addresses themes such as colonial heritage, community, racism and the search for transcendence. His album “There Is Beauty, There Already,” released in the autumn of 2025, constitutes the latest chapter of this approach. Korwar will be joined by Magnus Mehta on balafon, marimba and percussion, Donna Thomson on drums and electronics, and Prathap Ramchandran on mridangam, ghatam and kanjira. The concert is being held with the contribution of the Consulate General of India.
‘Caz Kulüpleri Gecesi / Jazz Clubs Night’: At Nardis, Asa Khai and Bova
September 29 is designated as the festival’s ‘Caz Kulüpleri Gecesi / Jazz Clubs Night,’ with concerts taking place at three important jazz clubs in Istanbul.
The Barış Doğukan Yazıcı Quintet, joined by pianist Marko Churnchetz, will perform a special repertoire dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Miles Davis’s birth at Nardis Jazz Club on September 29 as part of the ‘Miles Davis Centennial Celebration’ concert.
will perform at Asa Khai on September 29 with ‘A Tribute to Sheila Jordan,’ a special performance dedicated to the repertoire of Sheila Jordan, one of the distinctive vocalists in jazz history.
Led by drummer Öner Karaçuha, the Öner Karaçuha Quartet will take the stage at Bova on September 29 with a performance centered on the improvisational nature of contemporary jazz.
ACT Night: The New Generation of European Jazz
One of the festival’s new program headings, ACT Night, brings different generations of European jazz together in Istanbul in collaboration with ACT Music. On the series’ first night, French trombonist and composer Robinson Khoury will perform with his MŸA project at Komünite on September 30. Khoury, who has worked on different projects with Ibrahim Maalouf, Natacha Atlas, Metropole Orkest and the Quincy Jones Orchestra, received France’s prestigious Prix Django Reinhardt award in 2025. MŸA’s Transara project combines electro-acoustic soundscapes created through modular synthesizers with ancient rhythms, Middle Eastern maqams and wordless vocals.
At ACT Night’s October 1 gathering, Jakob Manz Young European Stars will be at Komünite with Shuteen Erdenebaatar, Nils Kugelmann, Jakob Bänsch and Leo Asal. Led by Jakob Manz, one of the prominent saxophonists of Germany’s young jazz scene, the ensemble will present a repertoire moving between composed themes and improvisation. Pianist Shuteen Erdenebaatar brings her classical music background into contemporary jazz, while bassist and composer Nils Kugelmann, trumpeter Jakob Bänsch and drummer Leo Asal represent different fields of expression within the new generation.
One of the series’ most notable guests is Dhafer Youssef, who will perform at Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage on October 7. Beginning his musical education within Tunisia’s Sufi tradition, Youssef developed into a distinctive artist who brings the oud together with jazz, global music and spiritual exploration. Having worked with Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock and Eivind Aarset, Youssef dedicated his album “Shiraz,” released on the ACT label, to his wife Shiraz Fradi. Treating the oud with the sensitivity of chamber music, the album establishes a nuanced dialogue between vocals, trumpet, piano, bass, drums, guitar and sound design.
From Chicago to Istanbul: Ben LaMar Gay
On October 1, Ben LaMar Gay Ensemble will take the festival stage at Babylon. Raised on Chicago’s South Side, Gay comes from the creative music tradition shaped around the AACM community. Expanding his cornet-centered production from jazz to hip-hop, film scores and interdisciplinary projects, the artist drew international attention with his 2018 release “Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun.” His 2025 album “Yowzers,” released on the International Anthem label, is one of the works through which he has taken his cosmopolitan blues approach further. Gay will be joined by Edhino Gerber, Matthew Davis and Tommaso Moretti on guitar, tuba and drums.
Emin Fındıkoğlu +12, the “Mehmet Uluğ Memorial Night” and Coltrane’s Centennial
While young names from European jazz take the stage at Komünite under ACT Night on the same day, Saint Benoît French High School’s Silüet Hall will host Emin Fındıkoğlu +12, one of the important orchestral formations in Turkish jazz, on October 2.
Founded in 2015 by pianist, composer, arranger and conductor Emin Fındıkoğlu, +12 brings experienced jazz musicians and young musicians together in the same lineup. Consisting of two soloists and a total of 15 musicians, the ensemble released its first album, “Concision,” on vinyl in 2020. The orchestra’s second album was released in 2026 as part of the “10 Usta 10 Albüm / 10 Masters 10 Albums” project. Alongside Fındıkoğlu, Şenova Ülker, İmer Demirer, Barış Doğukan Yazıcı, Savaş Şahin, Güneş Karaduman, Hüseyin Çakır, Çağdaş Oruç, Duru Tuna, Meriç Demirkol, Barış Ertürk, Eylül Güntekin, Ekin Cengizkan, Melisa Kral and Zeynep Kuyumcu will perform at the festival concert.
The ‘Mehmet Uluğ Memorial Night’, part of the Kaş Jazz Festival programme, is an annual concert held in memory of Mehmet Uluğ, who died in 2013 at the age of 54. Uluğ served as the director of the Akbank Jazz Festival from its inaugural edition in 1990 until his death. He was also among the founders of Pozitif, Doublemoon and Babylon. Following his death, the Akbank Jazz Festival established an annual ‘Mehmet Uluğ Memorial Night’ in his honour. This year’s event will take place on October 2 at Frankhan Selectist, featuring renowned composer and pianist Bugge Wesseltoft with his “New Conception of Jazz” project, with Gülşah Erol joining him as a guest. The evening’s musical programme will continue Uluğ’s approach of bringing music from different parts of the world to audiences in Istanbul.
Moving to Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage on October 3, James Carter Organ Quartet: ‘Coltrane: A Centennial Supreme’ is one of the festival’s projects directly connected to jazz history. Detroit-born saxophonist James Carter grew up listening to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald recordings, shared the stage with Wynton Marsalis at a young age, and became known for his high-energy playing on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones. Having released work with labels such as Blue Note, EmArcy and Atlantic, Carter focuses in this special tour prepared for the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth on Coltrane’s musical legacy and the intellectual and spiritual ground from which that music emerged. Carter will be joined by Gerard Gibbs on piano, Hilliard Greene on bass and Alex White on drums.
The Boundaries of Jazz Stretch from the Mediterranean to Poland
Performing at Salon İKSV on October 3, Cochemea has combined his work as a solo musician, orchestra member, composer and arranger throughout a career spanning more than 25 years. The artist, who worked for many years with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, has collaborated with figures from very different musical worlds, including Kevin Morby, Run The Jewels, Jon Batiste, Amy Winehouse, The Roots, Archie Shepp, Mark Ronson and Quincy Jones. “Vol. 3: Ancestros Futuros” (2025), released on the Daptone Records label, is the third album in the series that began with “All My Relations” and “Vol. 2: Baca Sewa.”
Taking place at Akatlar Culture Center on October 4, Sibel Köse – ‘Vistula’dan Boğaz’a Uzanan Caz Köprüsü / A Jazz Bridge from the Vistula to the Bosphorus’ will bring the Turkish and Polish jazz scenes together. Köse, who has maintained strong ties with Poland since the early 1990s, will perform with pianist Bogdan Hołownia, trumpeter İmer Demirer, double bassist Wojciech Pulcyn and drummer Cem Aksel. Alongside jazz standards, the repertoire will include songs from Kabaret Starszych Panów, a program prepared by Jerzy Wasowski and Jeremi Przybora for Polish television between 1958 and 1966. The project will be realized with the contribution of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Istanbul.
On the same day at ARTER-Karbon, L’Antidote will bring together Iranian percussionist Bijan Chemirani, Albanian cellist Redi Hasa and Lebanese pianist Rami Khalifé. The trio brings different traditions together within the same instrumental structure through transitions between jazz, Mediterranean music, classical music and electronic music.
Arturo Sandoval and the Vibraphone of the New Generation
On October 8, one of the festival’s most experienced guests, Arturo Sandoval, will perform at Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage. A major figure in jazz history through the connections he has established between Afro-Cuban music, jazz and classical music, Sandoval was a student of Dizzy Gillespie and a founding member of Irakere. In addition to performing on trumpet and flugelhorn, he has worked as a composer and arranger with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Celia Cruz and Alicia Keys. His work, ranging from trumpet concertos to symphonic compositions and film scores, has created a compositional practice that extends beyond the boundaries of jazz.
Sandoval will be joined by Lisandro Pidre on piano, William Brahm on guitar, Daniel Feldman on drums, Maximilian Gerl on bass, Michael Tucker on saxophone, Samuel Torres on percussion, Keith Fiala on trumpet and Larry Bustamante on baritone saxophone.
That same evening, Sasha Berliner will perform at Borusan Music House. The Los Angeles-based vibraphonist and composer ranked first in the ‘Rising Star Vibraphonist’ category in the DownBeat Critics Poll and was included in NPR Jazz Night in America’s ‘2024 Youngbloods’ selection. Berliner has worked with Christian McBride, Tyshawn Sorey, Marcus Gilmore, The HR Big Band and Cécile McLorin Salvant, while her collaborations outside jazz include Juicy J, Flea and The Free Nationals.
From Kassa Overall to Nicole Zuraitis, İmer Demirer and Yasmine Hamdan
On October 9, the festival guest at Babylon will be Kassa Overall. The Seattle-born drummer, MC, vocalist and producer is known for work that brings jazz together with hip-hop and avant-garde experimentation. Following the albums “Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz” (2018) and “I Think I’m Good” (2020), Overall joined the Warp Records family. His 2025 project ‘CREAM’ establishes a connection between hip-hop and jazz drumming in the tradition of Elvin Jones. Having worked with Vijay Iyer, Geri Allen, Arto Lindsay, Danny Brown and Jon Batiste, the artist was described by Pitchfork in 2020 as “one of modern jazz’s daring futurists.”
One of the masters of Turkish jazz trumpet, İmer Demirer, will perform with the İmer Demirer Quartet at Komünite on October 9; the group is expected to bring together the jazz tradition and a contemporary approach based on improvisation. Demirer is known to have performed in quartet settings alongside musicians such as Can Çankaya, Kağan Yıldız and Burak Cihangirli.
October 10 is one of the dates on which the festival brings different geographies and musical languages together on the same day. Nicole Zuraitis will perform at Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage; Yasmine Hamdan at Zorlu PSM %100 Studio; and Samora Pinderhughes Quintet ft. Elena Pinderhughes at Babylon.
Grammy Award-winning composer, pianist, arranger and bandleader Nicole Zuraitis won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album with “How Love Begins” (2023), which she co-produced with Christian McBride. Her work with Dan Pugach, including their arrangement of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” titled “Little Fears,” also holds an important place in the artist’s repertoire. Zuraitis’s 2025 live album “Live at Vic’s” highlights her live performance arrangements.
Yasmine Hamdan transformed a career that began in the late 1990s with the Beirut-based duo Soapkills, which she founded with Zeid Hamdan, into an international solo career. After moving to Paris, she worked with Madonna’s producer Mirwais on the Y.A.S. project and released the album “Arabology” in 2009. Hamdan, who has also worked with filmmakers such as Elia Suleiman and Jim Jarmusch, released her third studio album, “I Remember I Forget,” in 2025, reflecting on her relationship with Lebanon and the country’s recent experiences. Combining her Pan-Arab musical roots with pop, soul, electronic music, poetic lyrics and guitar-driven melodies, the artist will be at Zorlu PSM %100 Studio on October 10.
Words, Images and Improvisation Alongside Music
Composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes will perform at Babylon on October 10 together with his sister, flutist Elena Pinderhughes. Pinderhughes, who has worked with Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins and Common under the August Greene umbrella, has also collaborated with artists such as Burniss Travis and Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah. Connecting his music with social issues and the idea of transformation, the artist draws on the Black surrealist tradition of the African diaspora, which brings words, sound and image together. Elena Pinderhughes’s flute will accompany the lineup consisting of Elliott Skinner, Joshua Crumbly and Jonathan Pinson.
On October 11 at ARTER-Karbon, Kinkajous (Live AV), highlighting the festival’s audiovisual dimension, will take the stage. At the center of the London-based ensemble are drummer and producer Benoît Parmentier and saxophonist Adrien Cau. Developed with Jack Doherty, Andres Castellanos and multimedia artist Ke Peng, the ‘Live AV’ performance brings sound and light together within the same performance space. The project premiered last November at the Southbank Centre as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival to a sold-out audience.
The festival’s closing concert will be performed at Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage by Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico with Lamia Bedioui. The project, bringing together Greek vocalist Yannatou’s Primavera en Salonico, with whom she has worked for 32 years, and Tunisian vocalist Lamia Bedioui, draws on the “Watersong” repertoire, which addresses the theme of water through different languages, traditions and myths. Arabic and Bedouin dialects come alongside Mediterranean languages, while songs from different periods are reshaped through traditional arrangements and free improvisation.
Young Musicians in the Festival’s Invisible School
The 36th Akbank Jazz Festival’s program is not limited to concerts. The festival’s ‘JAmZZ Masterclass’ program for young musicians was also held on May 16-17, 2026, at BAU Pera Stage. Organized in collaboration with BAU Conservatory and Berklee College of Music, the program featured Baki Duyarlar, Barış Doğukan Yazıcı, Ediz Hafızoğlu, Erdal Akyol, Sibel Köse, Şevket Akıncı and Yeşim Pekiner, as well as Berklee’s Phil Grenadier and Dave Limina, as instructors. The training covered ensemble work for instrumentalists, improvisation, listening, communication and teamwork, as well as the Great American Songbook repertoire through bebop, swing, ballad and bossa nova.
An important aspect of the program was the way its results extended from the educational process to the concert stage and an international workshop. Following the ‘JAmZZ Masterclass’ held in May, the results were announced. By unanimous decision of the jury, Eyüp Efe Nurlu (piano) and Selami Baysal (drums) earned the right to participate in the Berklee at Umbria Jazz Clinics program in 2027 with the support of the Akbank Jazz Festival. Doğa Toparlak (trombone), Yunus Emre Hacıoğlu (bass guitar) and Efe Tekeş (drums) earned the right to perform at the 37th Akbank Jazz Festival. The education, accommodation and travel expenses of the two students who will participate in the international program will be covered by the Akbank Jazz Festival.
At the program’s finale, during the JAmZZ Jam Session held at Bova on May 17, young participants shared the stage with instructors Barış Doğukan Yazıcı, Ediz Hafızoğlu, Sibel Köse, Şevket Akıncı, Yeşim Pekiner, Phil Grenadier and Dave Limina.
A Festival Spread Across Istanbul
Beginning on September 26 and ending on October 11, the festival’s program extends beyond concert halls to cultural centers, art institutions, independent performance spaces and jazz clubs. The program also includes talks, workshops, ‘Çılgın Çocuk Orkestrası’ activities for children, a ‘Pırlangıç Orkestrası’ concert, and gatherings such as ‘Miles: Bir Caz İkonunun Anatomisi / Miles: The Anatomy of a Jazz Icon,’ ‘İlhan Mimaroğlu’nun Yapıtlarında Caz Ögeleri / Elements of Jazz in İlhan Mimaroğlu’s Works,’ ‘Radyo, Televizyon ve Caz / Radio, Television and Jazz,’ ‘Beni Bu Şarkılar Mahvetti: 36. Akbank Caz Festivali Özel / These Songs Ruined Me: 36th Akbank Jazz Festival Special’ and ‘fugamundi x Can Sürmen Caz Dinleme Kulübü / fugamundi x Can Sürmen Jazz Listening Club’. Thus, the festival’s two-week calendar becomes a structure that is not limited to concerts by international stars, but also encompasses the history of jazz, its modes of production, visual culture and relationship with younger generations. The official festival program publishes the events with date, time and venue information.
As a member of the European Jazz Network, and having received various awards from the ‘Stevie Awards’ and ‘Creativity International Awards’ for its digital projects, the Akbank Jazz Festival also draws attention this year with an archival approach concerned not only with its own history but also with the continuity of jazz in Türkiye. On Akbank Sanat’s festival page, the “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” project, which brought together previously unreleased works by 30 Turkish jazz musicians and groups during the pandemic period, is also presented as one of the festival’s archival initiatives.
The 36th Akbank Jazz Festival brings different parts of Istanbul together on a single jazz route in the autumn of 2026, while welcoming important figures from jazz history on the one hand and creating space for new forms of music and young creators on the other. The central axis of the September 26-October 11 program is shaped by a broad understanding of jazz that does not merely preserve a repertoire extending from the past to the present, but also engages with improvisation, electronic music, hip-hop, world music, visual arts and different cultural traditions. Festival tickets are on sale through Biletix; the current Akbank Sanat festival page contains the complete list of concerts and events.
36th Akbank Jazz Festival (September 26 – October 11)
September 26
3:00 p.m. — Corda Quintet
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat
7:00 p.m. — Danae Palaka
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat
Danae Palaka (Drums, Sampler), Ezgi Sevgi Can (Saxophone), Nikos Dervisis (Synthesizer), Ömer Dominic Akalın (Bass Guitar)
10:00 p.m. — Joe Armon-Jones
Frankhan Selectist
September 27
11:00 a.m. — Ada Canata
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
12:00 p.m. — Miles: The Anatomy of a Jazz Icon
Komünite
5:00 p.m. — Beni Bu Şarkılar Mahvetti: 36th Akbank Jazz Festival Special
Bant Mag. / Havuz BİNA
7:00 p.m. — Momoko Gill
Yeldeğirmeni Sanat
September 29
6:00 p.m. — Off the Record with ACT Music
taproomx
9:30 p.m. — Sarathy Korwar Drum Ensemble
Salon İKSV
Sarathy Korwar (Drums, Tabla, Electronics), Magnus Mehta (Balafon, Marimba, Percussion), Donna Thomson (Drums, Electronics), Prathap Ramchandran (Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira)
9:30 p.m. — Jazz Clubs Night: Barış Doğukan Yazıcı Quintet feat. Marko Churnchetz “Miles Davis Centennial Celebration”
Nardis Jazz Club
9:30 p.m. — Jazz Clubs Night: Rişe Özkan – A Tribute to Sheila Jordan
Asa Khai
9:30 p.m. — Jazz Clubs Night: Öner Karaçuha Quartet
Bova
September 30
7:00 p.m. — VELVELE
All Saints Moda Church
Merve Salgar (Tanbur, Vocals), Anıl Eraslan (Cello, Vocals)
8:30 p.m. — TSU! feat. Mert Aslan Üçer, Aylin Güngör
Bant Mag. / Havuz BİNA
9:30 p.m. — ACT Night: Robinson Khoury MŸA “Transara”
Komünite
Anissa Nehari (Percussion, Vocals), Léo Jassef (Piano, Keyboards, Vocals), Robinson Khoury (Trombone, Vocals)
October 1
9:00 p.m. — Ben LaMar Gay Ensemble
Babylon
Ben LaMar Gay (Cornet, Vocals, Synth), Edhino Gerber (Guitar), Matthew Davis (Tuba), Tommaso Moretti (Drums)
9:30 p.m. — ACT Night: Jakob Manz Young European Stars feat. Shuteen Erdenebaatar, Nils Kugelmann, Jakob Bänsch, Leo Asal
Komünite
Jakob Manz (Saxophone), Leo Asal (Drums), Jakob Bänsch (Trumpet), Nils Kugelmann (Bass), Shuteen Erdenebaatar (Piano)
October 2
8:30 p.m. — Emin Fındıkoğlu +12
Saint Benoît French High School, Silüet Salonu
Emin Fındıkoğlu (Piano), Şenova Ülker (Trumpet), İmer Demirer (Trumpet), Barış Doğukan Yazıcı (Trumpet), Savaş Şahin (Trombone), Güneş Karaduman (Trombone), Hüseyin Çakır (Trombone), Çağdaş Oruç (Saxophone), Duru Tuna (Saxophone), Meriç Demirkol (Saxophone), Barış Ertürk (Saxophone), Eylül Güntekin (Double Bass), Ekin Cengizkan (Drums), Melisa Kral (Vocals), Zeynep Kuyumcu (Vocals)
10:00 p.m. — Mehmet Uluğ Memorial Night: Bugge Wesseltoft “New Conception of Jazz” feat. Gülşah Erol
Frankhan Selectist
October 3
10:00 a.m. — Çılgın Çocuk Orkestrası (Ages 6–9)
Akatlar Cultural Center
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. — Çılgın Çocuk Orkestrası (Ages 9–12)
Akatlar Cultural Center
2:00 p.m. — Memory, Jazz and Visual Culture Workshop: A Journey Through Time in İMÇ
İMÇ
4:00 p.m. — Pırlangıç Orchestra Concert
Akatlar Cultural Center
8:30 p.m. — James Carter Piano Quartet: Coltrane: A Centennial Supreme
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage
James Carter (Saxophone), Gerard Gibbs (Piano), Hilliard Greene (Bass), Alex White (Drums)
10:00 p.m. — Cochemea
Salon İKSV
Cochemea (Saxophone), Elenna Belen Canlas (Keyboards), Neil Ochoa (Percussion), Elizabeth Pupo-Walker (Percussion)
October 4
12:00 p.m. — Jazz Elements in the Works of İlhan Mimaroğlu: Talk & Masterclass
ARTER – Sevgi Gönül Auditorium
3:00 p.m. — JamZZ Sessions
Akatlar Cultural Center
5:30 p.m. — L’Antidote
ARTER – Karbon
Bijan Chemirani (Percussion), Redi Hasa (Cello), Rami Khalife (Piano)
8:30 p.m. — Sibel Köse “A Jazz Bridge from the Vistula to the Bosphorus”
Akatlar Cultural Center
Sibel Köse (Vocals), Bogdan Hołownia (Piano), İmer Demirer (Trumpet), Wojciech Pulcyn (Double Bass), Cem Aksel (Drums)
October 6
8:00 p.m. — JamZZ Project Special Concert
Babylon
9:30 p.m. — Jazz Clubs Night: Ezgi Sevgi Can “Karanfiller”
Nardis Jazz Club
9:30 p.m. — Jazz Clubs Night: Cenk Esen
Pera 77
9:30 p.m. — Jazz Clubs Night: Cenk Esen
Bova
October 7
8:30 p.m. — ACT Night: Dhafer Youssef “SHIRAZ”
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage
Dhafer Youssef (Oud, Vocals), Daniel Garcia (Piano), Mario Rom (Trumpet), Swaeli Mbappé (Bass Guitar), Tao Ehrlich (Drums)
9:00 p.m. — Yazmin Lacey
Babylon
Yazmin Lacey (Vocals), Calum Duncan (Guitar), Paul Runzo (Bass), Sarah Tandy (Keyboards), Dornik Leigh (Drums), Tamara Brissett (Backing Vocals), Rhyanne Woodbine (Backing Vocals)
October 8
8:30 p.m. — Arturo Sandoval
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage
Arturo Sandoval (Trumpet), Lisandro Pidre (Piano), William Brahm (Guitar), Daniel Feldman (Drums), Maximilian Gerl (Bass), Michael Tucker (Saxophone), Samuel Torres (Percussion), Keith Fiala (Trumpet), Larry Bustamante (Baritone Saxophone)
8:30 p.m. — Sasha Berliner
Borusan Music House
Sasha Berliner (Vibraphone), Rasmus Soerensen (Piano, Keyboards), Jamie Peet (Drums)
October 9
9:30 p.m. — İmer Demirer Quartet
Komünite
9:30 p.m. — Kassa Overall
Babylon
October 10
5:30 p.m. — fugamundi x Can Sürmen Jazz Listening Club
Opus3a
8:30 p.m. — Nicole Zuraitis
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage
Nicole Zuraitis (Piano, Vocals), Dan Pugach (Drums), Idan Morim (Guitar), Sam Weber (Bass)
9:30 p.m. — Samora Pinderhughes Quintet ft. Elena Pinderhughes
Babylon
Samora Pinderhughes (Piano, Vocals), Elena Pinderhughes (Flute), Elliott Skinner (Guitar, Vocals), Joshua Crumbly (Bass), Jonathan Pinson (Drums)
10:30 p.m. — Yasmine Hamdan
Zorlu PSM %100 Studio
Yasmine Hamdan (Vocals), Cedric Le Roux (Guitar), Công Minh Phẩm (Keyboards), Raphaël Seguinier (Drums)
October 11
3:00 p.m. — Radio, Television and Jazz Talk
ARTER – Sevgi Gönül Auditorium
5:30 p.m. — Kinkajous (Live AV)
ARTER – Karbon
Benoît Parmentier (Drums), Adrien Cau (Saxophone), Jack Doherty (Keyboards, Synth), Andres Castellanos (Bass), Ke Peng (Visuals)
8:30 p.m. — Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico with Lamia Bedioui
Zorlu PSM Turkcell Platinum Stage
Savina Yannatou (Vocals), Lamia Bedioui (Vocals), Primavera en Salonico: Kostas Vomvolos (Qanun, Accordion), Harris Lambrakis (Ney), Kyriakos Gouventas (Violin), Michalis Siganidis (Double Bass), Dine Doneff (Percussion)
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