| Pandit Anindo Chatterjee perform three, brilliantly conceived ragas in North
Indian Classical (Hindustani) style.Araban, Mahur and Pesendide.Duo performs these pieces and improvisations masterfully in this second
part of their journey of Turkish and Ottoman classical music.His many new compositions combine traditional rich melodies with polyphonic
textures performed on Turkish classical instruments.An unusual and beautiful
pairing of tanbur and ney by Murat Aydemir and Salih Bilgin.Rast family modally
related to each other.Featuring compositions by Carlo Domeniconi,
Anthony Newman, and the prolific Christopher Pratorius.Magyar peoples crossing Veretski Pass to settle in Hungary.Featuring South African
drummer Ian Herman.Contemplative bansuri melodies are accompanied by Pandit Swapan
Chaudhuri on tabla.Legacy covers a wide range of Ottoman repertoire, with an ear
for the modern.Greek and one Turkish, in a shared love of Anatolian music.Emotionally charged and artfully blended versions of Turkish and Greek folk
songs, zeybeks (zembekikos), and sirtos.Turkish choral singing and group improvisation, forms pioneered by Mesut
Cemil.Turkish performers, including Sadi Isilay, Cevdet Cagla, and Yorgo
Bacanos.Digitally recorded in the field at
Hacibektas festival, outdoors, and in the homes of Ashik masters.Ensemble present works of Ottoman renaissance masters Itri and Meragi.Mercan Dede's signature ambient music.Ersahin, a regular guest at the famed New York jazz club Sweet Basil, plays
here with veteran trumpeter Eddie Henderson.Larry Grenadier and drummer Kenny Wollesen.Falay plays his sophisticated brand of hard bop, including the modern standards
of Hank Mobley and Kenny Dorham, and the classics of George Gershwin.Yurdal Tokcan is being regarded as one of the finest oud players in the world today by many music authorities.Tokcan was born in Ordu on the Black Sea cost of Turkey in 1966.In 1990, he joined the Culture and Tourism Ministry's Istanbul Government Music Ensemble under the artistic direction of Tanburi Necdet Yasar.Tokcan has participated in many recording sessions and has performed internationally, in Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Japan, Turkmenistan, Israel, Tunisia, Lebanon, USA, Bosnia, and Northern Cyprus.Tokcan joined Burhan Ocal (percussion), Goksel Baktagir (kanun), Selim Guler (kemence), and Arif Erdebil (ney) in a French concert, the recording of which won the 1998 "Best Ethnic Album" in France.Tokcan has played in many of ney virtuoso Kudsi Erguner's ensembles, both in Turkey and abroad.He performed in Israel with Group Baharat and with long time collaborator, kanun player Goksel Baktagir.In 2003, he performed at the Oud Festival in Jordan, gave two concerts at the Arabic Music Festival at the Cairo Opera Hall, and performed during celebrations of the 2003 Turkish Year in Japan.Mediterranean music festival (along with Selim Guler, Ross Daly, Zohar Fresko and Yinon Muallem).Tokcan's recent activities include continued participation in Turkish Year in Japan during 2004 with Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra.Yurdal Tokcan's style combines older traditions with many new stylistic innovations.Meragigenres you will loveWorld: Middle East ContemporaryWorld: World TraditionsType: AcousticBy LocationTURKEYlinksYurdal TokcannotesYurdal Tokcan is considered one of the finest oud players in the world today by many music authorities.His style combines older traditions with many new stylistic innovations, which are also present in his playing of the fretless guitar.Tokcan was born in Ordu on the Black Sea cost of Turkey in 1966.While completing his masters program there, he joined the faculty as an oud instructor.Tokcan continues to teach, sharing his knowledge, experience, and technique with Turkish and foreign students.As a member of this ensemble, Yurdal performed in France, Holland, Belgium, and Spain.Tokcan has participated in many recording sessions and has performed internationally, in Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Japan, Turkmenistan, Israel, Tunisia, Lebanon, Bosnia, and Northern Cyprus.Please log in to review this album.Claire LesikarI read a short review on this, listened to the clips, and on a whim bought it.Please log in to email this artist.Yurdal Tokcan Artists who's who and who's doing what?Golden Horn Records Yurdal Tokcan is considered one of the finest oud players in the world today by many music authorities.His style combines older traditions with many new stylistic innovations, which are also present in his playing of the fretless guitar.His many new compositions combine traditional rich melodies with polyphonic textures performed on Turkish classical instruments.Contact Legal MyWOMEX SEARCH LOGINusername: password: forgot password?Later, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and others would use these same modes and rhythms as creative inspiration for some of their most famous works.The musical concordance of the West and the Middle East however, can be traced back much farther to the profound influence that the Ottoman empire had on the development of Western civilization.Two new releases from Golden Horn records serve as the perfect vehicles to accomplish this.These notes between the notes of Western major and minor scales are an important part of Turkish music and its particular maqam or modes.Bach) contained microtonal scales, but with the evolutionary simplification of Western composition into major and minor scales, this richness was sacrificed for compositional consistency.For a jazz improviser, however, microtonal modes bring a wealth of improvisational possibilities.These improvisations can become exceedingly complex, given the ability in Turkish music to move from one maqam to another within a single piece.In addition, each maqam is composed of smaller note clusters or jintzes.Yurdal Tokcan
Passion
Golden Horn
2006
As may be expected, an instrument with as rich a history and cultural centrality as the oud has produced many masters.Yurdal Tokcan is a contemporary oudist who plays both classical Turkish and contemporary world music.In addition to outstanding technique, Passion also reveals both a very musical player and one whose improvisatory abilities are world class.It is in these realms that this program excels.While comparable to the speed and hypnotic rhythms of, for example Indian raga music or even of flamenco, the greater structural breadth of these compositions makes each sonic foray a broader experience.Its long neck gives it a very wide range and its eight strings allow for harmony with itself.Harmony, the literal meaning of Ahenk, is a striking characteristic of this program.This is classically beautiful music that in the hands of these two expert musicians is allowed to reveal its timelessness, while opened up for improvisation.While Passion and Ahenk Volume 2 provide dramatically different pictures of Middle Eastern music, they are but a small sampling of titles available for jazz listeners desirous of exploring more fully its improvisational aspects.More Articles by Elliott Simon
Altogether...This CD offers startling precision too!This imaginative, eloquent player is also a renowned music educator.THEME: (details below, as per the original CD..Available direct via www.Jewish klezmer tune and a Turkish dance from the Ottoman Empire.Israel, the second Turkish.Abdelrahman Imri is the singer, Yahya Arouma plays oud, unidentified percussionist.It is this exact quartet who play in Australia.For full details of Wangaratta Festival of Jazz go to:www.Paul Petran airs each Friday from 8.Sunday afternoons after the 4.French lute piece, which is believed to have drawn from a dance from the Canary Islands.The CD title translates in more than one way.City Recital Hall, Angel Place.Bookings and full details: www.Botanic Park, Fri March 7 through Sunday March 9th.Bookings and full details via www.AUSTRAL COMP AND PERF: Like the weather, the piece changes, as it proceeds.GIG ALERT (Sydney) Friday November 9th , from 8.This Turkish player is one of the bona fide masters of the fretless, Arabic lute.LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE OUD?He has developed his own technique by combining the Turkish traditional and modern oud performances.Yurdal TOKCAN was born in Ordu in 1966.He graduated in 1987 from the ITU State School of Art for Turkish Music.You are not authorized to view this resource. |
