Senova Ulker & Onder Focan & Kamil Erdem Trio at Nardis Jazz Club

21 Nisan / Apr. 2015 Salı (21:30-00:30)
Şenova Ülker & Önder Focan & Kamil Erdem Trio
Şenova Ülker (tp), Önder Focan (g), Kamil Erdem (b).
Uzun yılllardır pekçok projede birlikte çalan müzisyenler bu kez üçlü olarak karşınızda olacaklar. Bu gece çalmaktan hoşlandıkları caz standartları, Kamil Erdem ve Önder Focan bestelerinin yanı sıra düzenlemelere de yer verecekler.
Giriş 35.-TL, Öğrenci: 20 TL

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Senova Ulker (tp)
Since the ‘70’s, Ulker has recorded in countless albums and has performed and toured with many jazz groups. He continues to participate in studio recordings and an album project for the Bone3 Brass Section that he formed together with Aycan Teztel and Levent Altındag. He also performs with “Istanbul Superband” –jazz music’s national team- as the solo trumpetist and a founding member....

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21 Nisan / Apr. 2015 Salı (21:30-00:30)
Şenova Ülker & Önder Focan & Kamil Erdem Trio
Şenova Ülker (tp), Önder Focan (g), Kamil Erdem (b).
Uzun yılllardır pekçok projede birlikte çalan müzisyenler bu kez üçlü olarak karşınızda olacaklar. Bu gece çalmaktan hoşlandıkları caz standartları, Kamil Erdem ve Önder Focan bestelerinin yanı sıra düzenlemelere de yer verecekler.
Giriş 35.-TL, Öğrenci: 20 TL

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Senova Ulker (tp)
Since the ‘70’s, Ulker has recorded in countless albums and has performed and toured with many jazz groups. He continues to participate in studio recordings and an album project for the Bone3 Brass Section that he formed together with Aycan Teztel and Levent Altındag. He also performs with “Istanbul Superband” –jazz music’s national team- as the solo trumpetist and a founding member.
Senova worked mostly with pianist Askin Arsunan in jazz groups that they created together, such as “0212” and “Ethno Karma.” He performed as a soloist and also as a member of the brass group, “3Bones” in Arsunan’s album, “One A Day” in 2004. In the same year, Ulker performed as a soloist in Sadun Aksut’s “A Misty September Night;” Okan Ersan’s “To Whom It May Concern” and Donovan Mixon’s “The Dance of Life” albums. The next year, he played in Cengiz Baysal’s “Candy and Milkshake.” In 2007, he participated as a soloist and lead trumpetist in the album, “Istanbul Superband Plays Ömer Göksel” which was the first big band album in Turkey’s jazz history. He also performed in Onder Focan’s “Standard A La Turc” and “Swing A La Turc” albums in the same year.
Ulker has participated in countless projects throughout his music career: Istanbul Superband, Bone3, Jazz Juniors, Şenova Ülker Big Band, CRR Big Band, Okan Ersan Band, Önder Focan Group/ Swing A La Turc/ Standard A La Turc/ Fobop, Emin Fındıkoğlu Detant and Euphony, Pasaporte Latino, Beck’s Big Band, Hi-Jazz, 0212 Pop and Latin Jazz Band, Aşkın Arsunan Ethno-Karma/ Blue Print Projects, Dzihan and Kamien, Group Passiflora, Donovan Mixon Group, La Pluma Latin Band, Selçuk Sun Quartet, Tuna Ötenel Quintet, Şenova Ülker Quartet, Baki Duyarlar/ Speak No Evil, Q-Bar Quartet, Jazz On Line and Levent Altındağ Brecker Bros. Project are among the main ones.
Since the ‘70’s, Ulker has recorded in countless albums and has performed and toured with many jazz groups. He continues to participate in studio recordings and an album project for the Bone3 Brass Section that he formed together with Aycan Teztel and Levent Altındağ. He also performs with “Istanbul Superband” –jazz music’s national team- as the solo trumpetist and a founding member.

Kamil Erdem (b)
Bassist, composer, educator on mainstream jazz, fusion and cross-over disciplines. Kamil Erdem made his career mainly through his works and performances inspired by the scales and rhythms of the music of the Balkans, Anatolia and the Middle East. However, mainstream jazz has also been one of his primary interests, both as a player and teacher.
Erdem founded the group Asiaminor in 1990, which has given him access to the international music scene for more than 10 years. As the leader of the band he toured several times in Europe (1990-2002) and the USA (1996,1998,2003) and released three albums, Along the Street (1991), Longa Nova (1996), and Cat’s Dream (1997).
In 2001 Kamil Erdem released his solo bass album, A Tale of Bass, where his own impressions of different traditional musics have been transformed into virtuosic techniques and compositions for solo bass guitar. Since 2002, he has been conducting workshops and master-classes on solo bass guitar performance techniques and playing solo bass recitals in Turkey and abroad.
Kamil’s versatility as a musician brought him to many international projects to play together with musicians from all over the world, coming from different musical genres. His collaboration with European musicians ended up in two albums, the “Kamil Erdem Quartet – Odd Tango” in 2008 and the “Kamil Erdem – René Sopa Quartet” in 2010. Tonights repertoire will consist of tribute to Paul Chambers.

Onder Focan (g)
started music in 1970, concentrated on jazz in 1975. Mainly self-thaught as a jazz guitarist, played with a great variety of local and international jazz musicians, he released 13 CDs and a DVD out. He owns Nardis Jazz Club in Istanbul since 2002.
Live from Ankara Jazz Festival (2013)
Songbook (2012)
36mm Biometric (2010)
Swing A La Turc (2007)
Kırmızıya Çalıyor (2005)
Reminisce (2003)
Spontaneous Int.Jazz Friends (2003)
Standard A La Turc (2001)
Vocalists (1999)
Beneath the Stars (1998)
On The Bosphorus (1997)
Sekiz (1996)
Erken (1995)
Jazz Guitar (1994)
Signal to Noise, Francesco Martinelli – Italy
“….. warm-toned, richly ornamental style alternately recalls Kenny Burrell and Larry Coryell, swung tastefully and insistently….”
Bill Milkowski – Jazz Times, USA
“…. Önder Focan who proves to be an interesting guitar player with a very mellow tone as well as a cleverer than usual composers.”
Marge Hofacre’s Jazz News – USA
“…. Önder Focan et ses harmonies metheniennes subtilement decalees.”
Jazz Hot, Pascal Kober – France
“… I knew of course Önder Focan for some of his many musical enterprises but his Pera Trio (a reference to the historical Istanbul area) shows yet another facet of his personality, inspired by masters of jazz guitar from Jim Hall to Pat Metheny.”
Music Charge: 35.-TL

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