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The Mandatory Building Blocks of a Jazz Repertoire

28 December 2020

294 Ted Gioia is one of the founders of the Stanford Jazz Studies program, a jazz critic and music historian.

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Mozaik Music Ensemble’s Poems in their “Külliyat” (Complete Works)

6 October 2020

336 We 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.

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An Album Adapted from a Novel and Its Precursor

14 June 2020

572 Gethenian Suite, Ursula K. LeGuin'in Karanlığın Sol Eli romanından esinlenilerek hazırlanmış bir albüm.

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Yiğit Özatalay’s Poetic Melodies

29 May 2020

457 I conducted an interview with Yiğit Özatalt about his albums with “Yürüyen Merdiven” and his poetic compositions.

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Hidden Stanzas in the Compositions of Tamer Temel and Ece Ayhan

23 January 2020

560 ''…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.''

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Jazz Musicians Among Poets, Poets Among Jazz Musicians

28 September 2019

719 “Jazz Festivals with Poems”

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A Fruitful Start at 2019

25 February 2019

756 We had a fruitful start at 2019 as far as jazz books go.

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“Best” Jazz Books of 2018

7 January 2019

1057 We will evaluate 2018’s jazz books, published either in English or Turkish.

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About 2016’s Jazz Books…

16 January 2017

1305 We wanted to review 2016 when it comes to the jazz books published in this year...

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What Can Jazz Teach You About Leadership?

29 December 2016

958 The word ‘leadership’ is one of the coolest words that is frequently heard these days. Everybody has something to say about it, the amount of money spent on leadership education in the business world exceeds any other educational funds by far.

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Nobel Prize Nominee and Jazz Lover: Haruki Murakami

22 December 2016

1276 Born in Kobe in 1949, Haruki Murakami graduated with a degree in classical drama from Vaseda University. He published his first novel in 1979. Haruki Murakami is undoubtedly one of the most popular authors of our day.

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Bird Lives!

10 November 2016

1178 Bird lives! Yes, that’s for certain… We cannot help but remember the name Charlie Parker, or as he was known as; Bird.

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Every breath into my trumpet steals from my life

13 July 2016

945 Heartsnatcher, Vian’s last novel, took a long time for him to finish, even though he usually wrote spontaneously and fast, not usually going over what he wrote. Vian, who did not write again after this novel, was also interested in music, especially jazz.

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