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Ilhan Ersahin w. Erik Truffaz

Title: Istanbul Sessions

Label: NuBlu

Cat No:6148092
Format:CD

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• Istanbul Sessions is a vibrant group consisting of 4 versatile musicians - saxophonist-composer Ilhan Ersahin, bassist Alp Ersonmez, drummer Turgut Bekoglu and percussionist Izzet Kizil. It’s a band that mixes Turkish roots, clubby beats and jazz improvisations. Their live sets are usually an almost trance-like experience in sounds and moods, and can last for 2 or 3 hours.

• They are joined on this album by the highly successful French-Swiss trumpeter, and Blue Note recording artist, Erik Truffaz.

• Ilhan was born and raised in Sweden, but for a number of years has been living in NYC where he founded Nublu, the club and record label. His father was Turkish and he has always had strong ties to Istanbul and Turkey as a whole, Istanbul Sessions was conceived as a very organic project : a combination of Ilhan's NYC/Nublu music mixed with the sounds and spirit of young Istanbul.

• Alp is the bassplayer of Turkey's popstar Tarkan. Turgut is the drummer of Turkey's one and only diva Sezen Aksu and Izzet is a sought after percussionist heard on hundreds of Turkish released records, and who has performed with top international names such as Bebel Gilberto, Natasha Atlas etc.

• This album is an irresistible melting pot of soaring, soulful jazz sax, funky dance-floor bass and insidious drumming and Turkish percussion.

Track Listing for Istanbul Sessions
1. Freedom
2. Bosphorus
3. Doors To Heaven
4. Thomas O’Malley
5. Sam I Am
6. Downtown Istanbul
7. Kefal
8. Les Ottomans
9. The Dark Tunnel Of Europe
10. Alley Cats
11. Our Theory

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