21.09.2017
Text: Cem KayıranIllustration by: Saydan Akşit
One of Britain’s biggest gifts to the music scene, Bonobo released Migration last January as the latest installment of a musical journey that stretches all around the globe. As Bonobo gets ready to meet the Istanbul audience at Akbank Jazz Festival this November, we took this chance to look back at the highlights from his career.
Concert Bonobo
Simon Green, a.k.a. Bonobo,with his albums Animal Magic, Dial M for Monkey, Days to Come, Black Sands andthe North Borders, he fused jazz with Afro rhythms or Gamelan bells ofIndonesia with European disco pulses, thus developing a new global sensibilityin electronic music.
Blog A Small Jazz Club Touring The World Amina Figarova
Amina Figarova is from Azerbaijan, just like one of the most important jazz pianists of the jazz history, Vagif Mustafa Zadeh. If you look closely to her piano style, it is possible to see that she took her early piano education in Azerbaijan.
Blog The 88th day of the year: World Piano Day
World Piano Day, founded by one of the most creative names of the today’s music scene, Nils Frahm, is being celebrated for the fourth time this year.
Blog In Constant Pursuit Jamie Cullum
Settling into the melodic space between jazz and pop with catching enthusiasm since his debut in 1999, British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Cullum has since become the most successful jazz act in UK history.
Blog 28th Akbank Jazz Festival Presents: Avishai Cohen
Trumpeter and composer Avishai Cohen started off his career by playing at various orchestras during 1990’s.
Blog Jazz renditions of Nick Drake classics
One of the most inspiring songwriters of all time, Nick Drake, was born 70 years ago today. In remembrance of this legend, we are looking at some jazz renditions of Drake’s classics.
Blog Jazz Festivals from 30 Years Ago
As the summer festivals starts, we are going back 30 years to see what went down and who took stage by a storm at the jazz festivals back then.
Blog The band that never stops: The Bad Plus
Formed by Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson and David King in 1990, The Bad Plus became one of the most unusual jazz bands.
Blog 5 impressive musicians from jazz scene’s new generation
The new generation’s jazz scene showcases an impressive tendency towards eclectic bonds between different genres and a melting pot of various visions.
Blog A Larger Trajectory: Vijay Iyer
Presenting one of the most diverse and expansive contemporary catalogs throughout his career thus far, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, producer, writer, and educator.
Blog A Journey To The Different Colors Of 28th Akbank Jazz Festival
It is possible to see names that shape jazz’s today or even it’s near future at the Akbank Jazz Festival’s programme this year.
Blog “In The Room of Dreams” Tarkovsky Quartet
Embarking upon on a focused musical exploration paying homage to legendary Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, the Tarkovsky Quartet has steadily grown into something larger than itself.
Blog On His 90th Birthday “Cannonball” Adderley
Renowned jazz musician, legendary alto saxophonist “Cannonball” Adderley burst onto the New York jazz scene in the 1950’s, on a mythic night that is forever etched into jazz history.
Blog İstanbul’u Caz Şarkılarıyla Adımlamak
28th Istanbul Jazz Festival yet again transformed the city to its most attractive state, “the jazz state”.
Blog Konstrukt
The style of Konstrukt can be best described as avant-garde. They utilize every bit of ‘freedom’ that free jazz provides to achieve their dissonant and experimental sound.
Blog 10 Jazz Albums that Made their Mark on Grammy History
As the Grammy Awards found their recipients for the 60th time just a few weeks ago, we take a journey into ceremony’s past to remember 10 jazz albums that left a mark on Grammy history.
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Children Workshop Family Upcycling: Mosaic Workshop (Ages 4-8)
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Children Workshop Family Upcycling: Sculpture Workshop (Ages 4-8)
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Seminar Curation: Intervention
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Children Workshop (CANCELLED) A City: The Journey of Lost Voices (Ages 5-9)
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Children’s Theatre Akbank Children’s Theatre"What Am I Going To Be?"
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Children Workshop Istanbul in My Library: Book Nook Workshop (Ages 5-9)
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Acting Workshop What is the Function of Dramaturgy?
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Children Workshop Tracing Migratory Birds: Birdhouse Design Workshop (Ages 6-10)
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Adult Workshop Upcycling Workshops: Portrait Prints with Foam Plates
Seminar Designing A Visual Identity For An Exhibition
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Acting Workshop Introduction to Collective Creation - Devised Theatre Model
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Seminar Courtyards
Seminar What is the Problem with Digital Art? A Simondonian Proposal
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Adult Workshop Alphabet Experimental Photography Workshop (May - Group 1)
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Dance “Palma” Dance Performance
Adult Workshop Alphabet Experimental Photography Workshop (May - Group 2)
Acting Workshop Thinking Together on Stage – Devising Practices
Children Workshop Art Reflects: Colorful Emotions (Ages 7-12)
Children Workshop Art Balances: Geometric Patterns (Ages 5-8)
Children Workshop Art Shapes: Garden of Sculptures (Ages 7-12)
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