10 July 2023227The guest of Blindfold is pianist-composer Tolga Bedir. Although Bedir is known as a pianist and composer, he is actually a multi-instrumentalist, in other words, he can play many instruments very well.
13 June 2023293Billie Holiday is one of the most iconic jazz singers with her tragic life, early death, unique voice color and huge flowers she wears on her ear.
14 December 2022415
This article appeared in the 21st issue of Jazz Magazine (2001) with Önder Focan's translation. The original article was published in 1978 July Guitar Player Magazine with the signature of Barney Kessell.
6 June 2022705Unfortunately, only one of Geoff Dyer's essays he put together in his book Beyaz Kumlar is directly related to jazz that leaves you craving for more.
15 July 2021977 Serdar Ateşer released four albums until today. His first two albums are dominated by instrumental pieces while his third album “Avdet Seyri” illustrates a shift to poetry compositions.
25 June 2021932In order to see the reflections of global post-pandemic concert trends in Turkey, I asked a few questions to major players of our music industry.
17 May 20213473Avedis Zildjian the First discovered his famous secret recipe in 1623 in Istanbul. The 400th anniversary of this legend will be celebrated in 2023.
14 May 20211375The film starts with New York night shots in the opening credits, with “Sad Song” from the album “Wait Till You See Her” playing on the background.
11 February 2021973In this article, I wanted to focus on the songs of Selen Gülün, who is one of the few examples of musicians who play an instrument, sing and write their own pieces in Turkey.
9 December 20201112How did the technological developments of the last 15 years change our listening practices? The current situation of the culture industry and its positive and negative effects on jazz.
6 October 20201059We will focus on Mozaik Music Ensemble, one of the most mariginal bands of the 1980s, in our series about the examples on the union of jazz and poetry.
18 June 20201068How will the jazz musicians and workers will make sure to keep financially secure during the pandamic, whose duration we do not yet know?
11 June 2020940Giant tsunami waves made it to our mobile phones as COVID-19 was taking us like a storm. These huge waves, which exponentially increased, dragged everyone who got caught up away.
3 June 20201358I will try to list the tools that might be of use to us with some healing recipes in this "Corona Jazz Clinic" article series during these days when we sit down and negotiate with faith.
23 January 20201353''…even though jazz has been one of the leading genres that has inspired poets, there are jazz musicians who have been influenced by poets themselves.''
1 March 20193623Jazz was first heard in the Soviet Union five years after its emergence in the Western Europe and soon was accepted as a form of popular music.
29 November 20183443Krupa, who started his music career in Chicago, starts rising in the ranks when he joins Benny Goodman’s orchestra when he was 20 years old.
27 November 20185378Paso Doble or Pasodoble, which carries heavy flamenco influences, is a dramatic dance that took its musings from the Spanish bull fights.
24 November 20183105The score of the 1964 movie include “Emily” a Johnny Mendel composition with Johnny Mercer lyrics, which we are used to hearing in the waltz format.