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Asiaminor
Along The Street (Face Music)
$17.99
Kamil Erdem (electric bass)
Tahir Aydogdu (kanun)
Yahya Dai (tenor flute, soprano sax)
Zafer Gerdanli (drums)
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Listen:
1. 1959 - 8:10
2. Hüseyni Vals, (Waltz In Hüseyni) - 5:38
3. Boncuk, (Little Bead) - 4:29
4. Sokak Boyunca, (Along The Street) - 10:45
5. Zeybekvari, (Zeybek Like) - 6:25
6. Meric, (Maritsa) - 6:00
7. 9/8 'e Dogru, (Towards 9/8) - 8:08
8. Longaminör, (Minor Longa) - 6:12
Press from the record label
Contemporary and creative music which is equally characterised by updated traditional ethnic influences and by suspenseful dealing with additional material, for instance from the sectors of jazz, jazz rock and rock, in the meantime has become the trademark of "Face Music". The seventh production by this label even exceeds its own standards.
For "Asiaminor" is a quartet which fascinates both by virtue of its collective unity and by the soloistic talents of each musician. This constellation makes it possible to combine traditional Turkish music and influences from contemporary jazz in such a terse and incisive style that in this one case the term "Ethno jazz" is surely appropriate, although the four musicians probe their free space in such a way that such labels are right away becoming absurd.
Thus this CD is an example for possible statements that tie different nations and cultures with each other - nations and cultures which in the final analysis are only apparently in contradiction to each other. Peter Dürsteler
- leader: Kamil Erdem - Ankara - Turkey
Kamil Erdem born in Ankara, 1959. Began his musical career with classical guitar. As he used to play classical guitar, he devoted most of his efforts to the harmonising of Turkish music. After he took up bass, he carried on with the same idea, this time in the jazz discipline.
In 1981 he meet Okay Temiz, and has been a member of Oriental Wind. With this group he played concerts both in Turkey and in Europe with outstanding Turkish and Swedish musicians.
In 1990 he founded his own group "Asia minor". This has been a milestone in his career, as a composer and arranger. With "Asiaminor" he toured in many countries and played at international festivals in Turkey and abroad. In 1995 he played as quest artist for the Egyptian group "Sharkiat".
Kamil Erdem has so far played concerts with various groups in Turkey, USA, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary and Egypt.
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