Jazz programmer and enthusiast Hakan Rauf Tüfekçi dissects an overlooked chapter in Turkish jazz history.
Many important jazz musicians settled in Europe when Afro-American jazz musicians began to emigrate to Europe for economic, political and social reasons after the Second World War. Turkey went through a similar period from the end of the 1960s to the 1980s. During the course of this migration, which might be called a “Migration to the North”, some of the Turkish jazzers who went to the Scandinavian countries settled in there and collaborated with local musicians for many important projects and gained international acclaim. In this panel, inspirational jazz musicians of Turkey will talk and debate about those days and the effects of this migration on Turkish jazz.
Free of charge. Limited attendance.
Moderator: Hakan Rauf Tüfekçi
Guests: Okay Temiz, Neşet Ruacan, Önder Focan