Concert Review: E17 Large Ensemble at Kings Place
E17 Large Ensemble (Kings Place, Hall Two-The Base. 31 May 2014, Review by Filiz Taylan Yuzak) E17 Large Ensemble a jazz quartet plus eight wind instruments. Th...
Kuzguncuk’ta bir sokak kahvesi…
Ezginin Günlüğü “kardeşi kadar eski bir sokakta görenler” içindir ilk aşkını. O sokakta çay içen, sigara tüttüren, keyif kahvesi pişiren insanlar için bir araya...
Bob Marley: Rastafaryan müzisyenden özgürlük savaşçısına…
Jamaikalı müzisyen Robert Nesta (bilinen adıyla Bob) Marley, yalnızca ülkesinin ulusal müziği diyebileceğimiz reggae’nin ününü dünyaya taşımakla kalmamış, aynı ...
Arabesk Tartışmasına Naçizane Katkılar
Fazıl Say’ın başlattığı ve Türkiye’de olmasam da elimden geldiği kadar yazılı medyadan takip ettiğim arabesk tartışmasında kesinlikle iki taraftan da (halka ist...
My Notes on Panel Discussion: “What Is Jazz?”
This panel discussion organised by Akbank Art Centre on 11th October 2008, searched for the definition of jazz and what is included in this definition. ...
My Notes on Panel Discussion “Listening To and Playing Jazz Music Today”
My notes on the jazz panel organised on 22 October 2008 in Istanbul, titled “Listening To and Playing Jazz Music Today.” Hulya Tuncag (Moderator): Jazz Program...
“The cold bites you like the night; wake up now!”
123 is a band who started its musical journey in 2004. The band is consisted of three musicians (Burak Irmak, Berke Can Ozcan and Feryin Kaya) who performed tog...
Bonga’s Gonna Make You Dance!
Being one of the most important vocalists of Angola’s post-colonial period, Kuenda Bonga is a pioneer of Africanity: his music takes roots from Latin, African, ...
Meet Ilhan Ersahin’s latest project…
“I Led Three Lives” is a recent project by Ilhan Ersahin, the renowned saxophonist, producer and composer living in New York. The artist, who keeps producing, l...
BUMC Jazz Choir: The first a cappella jazz choir in Turkey!
BUMC Jazz Choir is a Bogazici University Music Club formation, initiated in 1994. The aim of the group is to interpret jazz standards with choral arrangements a...
