DATE AND VENUE
30 June 2015, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
WeeD Feat. ERNST REIJSEGER
Şenol Küçükyıldırım’s band WeeD, with Çağlayan Yıldız and Şevket Akıncı on the guitar and Murat Çopur on the bass guitar, strolls on the borders of sounds in search of the yet undiscovered. Şenol Küçükyıldırım has performed and gave premieres with the iconic John Cage at the Harvard University and other destinations in America. In this concert, the WeeD will feature Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger, a virtuoso renowned for his creative use of the cello in many genres and styles, from classic to modern and to the scores of Werner Herzog films.
DATE AND VENUE
3 July 2015, 22:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
EDİZ HAFIZOĞLU NAZDRAVE FEAT HARALD LASSEN
Ediz Hafızoğlu works primarily with jazz musicians, along with many others from a wide variety of genres. His jazz/world music album Nazdrave, released in late 2014, has drawn much attention for the collaborations he had with musicians such as Ceylan Ertem, Elif Çağlar, Eylem Aktaş, Ercüment Orkut, Cenk Erdoğan, Cem Tuncer, and Orhan Deniz. With Nazdrave, you will witness Hafızoğlu’s musical journey started in a village of Bulgaria, Paisevo, and continues in the city of Istanbul. Harald Lassen, saxophonist, a member of Pixel and Mopti bands, a productive musician of Norwegian jazz scene, will accompany “Nazdrave” band at this concert.
DATE AND VENUE
8 July 2015, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
DAVE ALLEN QUARTET feat. MICHAEL GRIENER
Renowned for his impressive technique and powerful tunes, guitarist Dave Allen enjoys an international career spanning not only the United States, but also Europe and Asia, where he collaborates with many jazz musicians, including David Liebman, Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard, and Marcus Gilmore. Dave Allen has been living in Turkey for many years now and he will take to the stage with his band and German jazz musician Michael Griener.
DATE AND VENUE
9 July 2015, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
BAŞAK YAVUZ BAND feat. VINCENT PEIRANI
Jazz vocalist Başak Yavuz, familiar to the Istanbul Jazz Festival stage as well as to jazz clubs in New York, Montreal, and Istanbul, will perform with her band comprising Serhan Erkol, Barış Ertürk, Alper Yılmaz, Riccardo Marenghi, Adem Gülşen and Cansun Küçüktürk, and they will be joined by French accordionist Vincent Peirani. Peirani will also be the opening act in The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman concert at the ENKA Eşref Denizhan Amphitheatre on Friday, 10 July.
DATE AND VENUE
10 July 2015, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
GÜÇ BAŞAR GÜLLE FEAT. AMIR ELSAFFAR
Güç Başar Gülle is renowned for his profound knowledge in Ottoman-Turkish music as well as in classical-jazz music that manifests itself in his genuine musical language and highly creative projects. His debut album İki Renk was released in 2010. His second album Bensiz, released in 2013, differed from the first in its musical conception. Also a leading researcher in his field, Gülle teaches in distinguished schools throughout the world. Güç Başar Gülle’s band with Volkan Hürsever along other musicians will also feature trumpeter Amir ElSaffar.
DATE AND VENUE
14 July 2015, 21:30, Salon İKSV
EUROPEAN JAZZ CLUB
BURAK BEDİKYAN EUROPEAN QUARTET
Critically acclaimed by Downbeat, Jazzwise, Financial Times and The Guardian with his albums Circle of Life and Leap of Faith, talented pianist Burak Bedikyan is one of the guests of the festival with his “European “Quartet”. The quartet first performed in a series of concerts organized in the memory of Viennese pianist and composer Fritz Pauer, reunited in October 2014 in Istanbul, and decided to remain together under the leadership of Bedikyan. The repertoire of the quartet consists of Bedikyan’s post-bop and modern jazz compositions.
