20 May 2026452''There isn't as much similarity between Bulgarian kaval technique and the kaval performance tradition in Anatolia as is commonly believed.''
24 June 20241643Pianist Uğur Güneş from Izmir, whose repertoire of standards we have been listening to on stages for many years, has recorded his first album.
25 December 20231813“Yürüyen Merdiven”, one of the rare bands of our jazz world that maintains a stable band format, released their 3rd studio album “Yürümek”, named after a poem by Nâzım Hikmet.
7 July 20222834Master musician, composer, arranger and guitarist Önder Focan's new album Aubergine/ Patlıcan was released on all digital platforms last month.
20 November 20211832Prominent bass guitarist Erhan Ertetik has created a following in Turkey with his many projects, which includes the jazz fusion band Cazzip Project.
7 February 20211754We talked to Önder Focan about the release of “Nubook”, which coincided with a rather unusual era, and the sectoral trauma caused by the pandemic, fueled by a conversation that started with Nardis Jazz Club, which Focan has been directing and managing for many years.
16 January 20212137Selen Gülün first released Yollar (a two-track album) and then solo piano albums Yavaş and Daha Yavaş in 2020 from her own music label iKi Muzik.
21 December 20201997Guitarist and composer Eylül Biçer has been present in the kitchen of many albums, and has recently released his first composition album Byblos in November 2020.
10 October 20202015It has been a while since we listened to a Turkish big bang recording but Halil İbrahim Işık’s “BA-BE” with Bosphorus Big Band changed that.
17 March 20202479Guitarist, composer, arrangement writer, producer, writer and poet Şevket Akıncı graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994 and released his first album “Uçurumda Açan” in 1996.
9 March 20202403'166 Days' is the first solo album of saxophonist Anıl Şallıel, who is one of the most prolific representatives of the younger generation of jazz music.
10 January 20203809We had the opportunity to have a long conversation with Cem Tuncer, who released his first solo album ‘Alright!’ through Lin Records on the 25th of October, before the first concert of this album.
28 December 20192872Romain Pilon, French contemporary jazz guitarist teams with American bassist Jeff Denson to release “Between Two Worlds”, Brian Blade on drums completes the trio.
21 September 20192198The performance of Kerem Türkaydın’s “Candid Music” project will take place on the 24th of October, Thursday, at 19:00 in Aksanat.
27 June 20192238Guitarist and composer Efe Demiral released his second album “Uyku Pansiyon” in January 2019 three years after he released his first solo album “Inside Out”, which he recorded and mixed mostly at home.
20 March 20192165Tamer Temel (tenor and soprano saxophone), Ercüment Orkut (piano) and Cem Aksel (drums), three esteemed musicians of the Turkish jazz scene, came together and released their album “Töz” through A.K. Müzik.
6 February 20192995Guitarist, composer, educator Dave Allen’s music, doesn’t matter if you listen live or listen to
one of his albums, always make me think.
31 January 20193036Ercüment Orkut is ready to receive the attention of jazz lovers once again with his new project Persona that was recorded three years after his debut album Low Profile.
26 June 20182343Singer, lyrics writer and composer Şenay Lambaoğlu released her fourth album “Rüyalarıma Gir” while standing on an important crossroads on the path she build herself with many efforts.
10 June 20182384Kerem Görsev is undoubtedly the first name that comes to mind when jazz in Turkey is concerned. We had a chat about his new album “After The Hurricane” in the 23th year of his discography in a prolific life as a pianist for 51 years; almost all these years are adorned with an album each.
15 May 20182135Cazzip Project won the Young Jazz competition five years ago during the 21th Istanbul Jazz Festival and waited to mature before releasing their first album “Stories” to become one of the strong sources of the aforementioned hope.
18 July 20173013As Jazz Dergisi, we talked with Selen Gülün about her new A.K. Müzik studio album Kadınlar Matinesi, in which she directs 16 incredible musicians, and about other topics of concern.
7 July 20172366Guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and improvization doyen Şevket Akıncı’s album “Escher Chronicles-Escher Günlükleri” that he has recorded with his own band and contemporary music collective Hezarfen Ensemble has been released by A.K. Müzik.
17 May 20172554Oğuz Büyükberber is a rare and complete artist from Turkey—I think he sets the global standards as well—and a unparalleled conversationist.
18 December 20162150Composer and saxophone player Tamer Temel continues on his music journey, embellished by sensitivities, that started with “Barcelona” and “Bir Kedi Kara” with his latest album “Serbest Düşüş” (‘Free Fall’) released by A.K. Müzik.