- country:Türkiye
- style(s):Jazz, Turkish Classical
- label:Ada Müzik
- type:Trio
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental, percussion, string, piano
- artist posted by:Caféturc Music & Arts
Line up
- Baki Duyarlar (piano)
- Erdal Akyol (double bass)
- Mehmet Akatay (Turkish percussion)
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In "JazzArk" project, pianist and composer Baki Duyarlar combines modern jazz tones with old Turkish forms and makams he pulled from the chest of his family of seven-generation musicians. In this fusion project, Baki Duyarlar updates music of old civilizations with today’s approaches.
Consisting of acoustic piano, double bass and Turkish percussion instruments, this unusual trio aims at melting Turkish classical music serenity with the ampleness of European music and the enthusiasm of Mediterranean warmth in the same pot.
In JazzArk Project’s debut album, released in 2020, Baki Duyarlar was accompanied by Mehmet Akatay, Kristian Lind and Antonio Serrano, one of the most important harmonica players of our time, who played with Paco de Lucia for many years.
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TRIO
Baki Duyarlar piano
Mehmet Akatay Turkish drums
Umut Sel double bass
QUARTET
Baki Duyarlar piano
Mehmet Akatay Turkish drums
Umut Sel double bass
Antonio Serrano harmonica
QUINTET
Baki Duyarlar piano
Mehmet Akatay Turkish drums
Umut Sel double bass
+ 2 artists from the Istanbul National Orchestra of Turkish Classical Music:
Şennur Dinleyen vocals
Tolga Karaslan oud
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Recent concerts in Istanbul:
Akbank Jazz Festival, Müze Gazhane, Nardis Jazz Club, Yapı Kredi Culture Center, Yeldeğirmeni Sanat …
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Turkish-Dutch musician, composer and academician Baki Duyarlar took his undergraduate degree from Academy of Music and Performing Arts Tilburg, The Department of Jazz Piano and his associate professor degree from World Music Department (a co-program by Rotterdam State Conservatory and Stichting Kunstzinnige Vorming Rotterdam). Taking the “Assoc.phd.” title at the early age of 24, he lectured in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague music schools for 5 years.
Co-founder of the Istanbul Jazz Conservatory where he currently teaches, the artist has published 5 albums, each offering surprising fusions between jazz and various musical colors.