One of the most loved voices of Turkish jazz, vocalist Ayşe Gencer, daughter of pianist and bandleader İlham Gencer and and singer Ayten Alpman, passed away at the age of 66. Born in 1956, Ayşe Gencer had been under treatment [...]
Forty-four years after its original release, the “Jazz Semai” album, widely considered the beginning of Turkish jazz, has been released on all digital platforms as of November 11, 2022. The original pressing of the first edition was a mere 500 [...]
Francesco Martinelli’s third and final report from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul. The spacious, tree-lined streets of the affluent neighbourhood of Suadiye, facing the Prince’s Island on the city’s Asian side (one of Istanbul’s contradictions is that the European side [...]
Francesco Martinelli’s second report from Akbank Jazz Festival in Istanbul. The 32nd edition of the Akbank Jazz Festival saved some of its more famous names for the second week, with acts such as the Aymée Nuviola/Gonzalo Rubalcaba duo and Abdullah [...]
Akbank Jazz Festival is a bank-sponsored autumn event in Istanbul. It has been celebrating its 32nd edition this year with a program of concerts from tiny clubs to concert halls across this sprawling and magnificent city of 15 million people. [...]
The stunning city of Barga, in the Serchio Valley to the north of Lucca, has for many years now held a special jazz festival based on a big band arrangement competition. In 1986, a group of visionaries, including the founder, [...]
If you drop by the Nardis jazz club in Istanbul, by the Galata tower, and chat with guitarist Önder Focan, the chances are that you’ll get a good gastronomical tip about restaurants in the City besides the more obvious musical [...]
