Ayten Alpman Ozel Anma Konseri / Tribute to Ayten Alpman at Nardis Jazz Club

24 Nisan / Apr. 2014 Perşembe (21:30-00:30)
Ayten Alpman Özel Anma Konseri / Tribute to Ayten Alpman
Ayşe Gencer (vo), İmer Demirer (tp), Kürşad Deniz (p), Matt Hall (b), Deniz Dündar (d) ve konuklar
20 Nisan 2012’de yitirdiğimiz Türk caz dünyasının en önemli kadın seslerinden Ayten Alpman’ı pek çok konuk müzisyen ile anacağız.
Giriş: 35 TL, Öğrenci: 20 TL

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Ayten Alpman (10 October, 1929 – 20 April, 2012) was a Turkish jazz and pop singer who gained fame in the 1970s with the song “Memleketim” (”My Country”) in 1974.
Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1929, Alpman worked as a soloist for Istanbul Radio after finishing high school. She began her singing career during the 1950s and was encouraged by Turkish producer Arif Mardin to sing jazz songs in the first years of her career. She released her first record, “Sayonara/Passion Flower”, in 1959. In 1972, Alpman released her song “Memleketim” (”My Country”) which became immensely popular in Cyprus and Turkey in 1974 during the Cyprus conflict. She rarely entered the recording studio, and had released only two LPs throughout her career. Her most notable songs include, “Sensiz Olmam”, “Yanımda Olsa”, and “Ben Varım”. Alpman’s latest release was a compilation of her best-known singles released by Ada Music in 1999....

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24 Nisan / Apr. 2014 Perşembe (21:30-00:30)
Ayten Alpman Özel Anma Konseri / Tribute to Ayten Alpman
Ayşe Gencer (vo), İmer Demirer (tp), Kürşad Deniz (p), Matt Hall (b), Deniz Dündar (d) ve konuklar
20 Nisan 2012’de yitirdiğimiz Türk caz dünyasının en önemli kadın seslerinden Ayten Alpman’ı pek çok konuk müzisyen ile anacağız.
Giriş: 35 TL, Öğrenci: 20 TL

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Ayten Alpman (10 October, 1929 – 20 April, 2012) was a Turkish jazz and pop singer who gained fame in the 1970s with the song “Memleketim” (”My Country”) in 1974.
Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1929, Alpman worked as a soloist for Istanbul Radio after finishing high school. She began her singing career during the 1950s and was encouraged by Turkish producer Arif Mardin to sing jazz songs in the first years of her career. She released her first record, “Sayonara/Passion Flower”, in 1959. In 1972, Alpman released her song “Memleketim” (”My Country”) which became immensely popular in Cyprus and Turkey in 1974 during the Cyprus conflict. She rarely entered the recording studio, and had released only two LPs throughout her career. Her most notable songs include, “Sensiz Olmam”, “Yanımda Olsa”, and “Ben Varım”. Alpman’s latest release was a compilation of her best-known singles released by Ada Music in 1999.
Alpman married jazz pianist and composer İlham Gencer in 1953, with whom she had two children. On Friday 20 April, 2012, Alpman died of respiratory failure in Istanbul at the age of 82. She was buried on Sunday 22 April, 2012.
Music Charge: 35.-TL

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