TURKISH HIPSTER: Tales from Swing to Psychedelic, by MEHMET ALI SANLIKOL & WHATSNEXT? featuring Anat Cohen, Antonio Sanchez and Miguel Zenón

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TURKISH HIPSTER: Tales from Swing to Psychedelic

by MEHMET ALI SANLIKOL & WHATSNEXT? featuring Anat Cohen, Antonio Sanchez and Miguel Zenón

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1.	A Capoeira Turca (Baia Havası) 08:55 video	info	buy track
2.	Times of the Turtledove 16:30	info	buy track
3.	The Boston Beat 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Crossing the Charles while I’m feeling the breeze blow You gotta be cut from a certain cloth for these notes Cuz these streets felt the soles from the soul we chose Who packed in at Wally’s to jam all night and let the drinks flow We was on the beach at 150 like a militia Passin charts with lead smudges tween cigarette smoke the picture Was like a Great Day in Harlem But we was just classmates Tryin to pass grades slidin on stage like cascades I was there at Scullers I was at the Middle East I was livin on Mission Hill dodgin dealers and police Now I’m with my mans Mehmet and all these vets on this release Livin lovely loopin licks life’s lavish leveled up lease How bout a hand for the band now? Bartender fill the drinks And show your love for the sound providers with applause and klinks Anat the flyest out of Tel Aviv since the diamond She get down on the clarinet and rock with perfect timin Berklee alum part of Artemis MD’d Newport Jazz Please hit ‘Em with a taste and show ‘em what ya have His name is Miguel one of the illest saxophonists from Puerto Rico in any band he’s a prime component Founded Caravana Cultural as a way to give back I think he got a lil more yo Miguel where ya at?? Antonio’s a bad hombre nice on the traps One of Mexico City’s finest set him loose on the track My man Mehmet’s the orchestrator the truth like Sojourner came from Turkey to Boston and went from Chopin to Joe Turner rediscovered his roots through the long neck flute and Zurna Now he bout to ring off and push the whole gang further We gon swag on ‘em We gon shine on ‘em We gon repeat in that order every time on ‘em You know the name of that sound we found in the north east Bumpin in the streets Boston Beat This is the Boston Beat
4.	Estarabim 07:41	lyrics	buy track
ESTARABIM Çok memleketler gezdim Neler gördüm görmedim Şu kocaman dünyada Senin gibi görmedim Böyle bir yar istemem İstesem de istemem Güller bitti dilimde Nasıl diyeyim bilmem Estarabim estarabim Sağdan soldan estarabim Ateş olmayan yerde Duman tütmezmiş derler Zaman zaman halini Bir görseler gülerler --- I have traveled far and wide I have seen all kinds of things In this whole wide world I didn’t see anyone like you I don’t want no such lover Even when I feel like it, I still don’t want one Roses grew on my tongue I don’t know how else to say it Estarabim estarabim To the right, to the left estarabim Where there is no fire They say there is no smoke From time to time if they were to see They’d laugh at how you are Translation by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol
5.	"Abraham" Suite: I. The Fire 05:16	lyrics	buy track
La ilahe illallah There is no god but God
6.	"Abraham" Suite: II. The Sacrifice 08:44	info	buy track
7.	"Abraham" Suite: III. The Call 06:37	lyrics	buy track
I have been after a touch of eternity in my small world, in some corner, I’ve been often defeated by my humanity, and the duality which is the hardest of all So I’ve built a house for you to face for I’ve been told all I need is my heart, Friend Mihmandar oldum ben Allah’a, Hak Dost (I've become God's host, o Friend)

about

In this jazz orchestra album you will hear Brazilian Capoeira meet Turkish folk and a 70s Turkish psychedelic Rock classic run back to back with American Hip hop. While such music may be more accessible to the general listener, I would also like to point out that, as far as I know, this is the first time Capoeira and Turkish folk grooves blend in order to create an entirely new piece of music...

Similarly, this album includes the first ever example of the saxophone and the trumpet sections within a jazz orchestra playing precise microtonal flavors of classical Ottoman/Turkish music through the use of alternate fingerings and various techniques I have perfected over several decades. Furthermore, what is most significant here is that none of the players are Turkish, but rather all American musicians...

Perhaps it is fair to say that this album presents innovative original music written for jazz orchestra that has entry points for a wide audience due to its stylistic variety and accessibility. However, that variety can also be challenging: I ask the listener to go from Capoeira to Sufi influences, and from Swing to classical Ottoman/Turkish music and more!...

credits

released July 21, 2023

All music composed and arranged by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol (Mehteran publishing, ASCAP) except “Estarabim” composed by Erkin Koray and arranged by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol.

The Boston Beat – spoken word rap by Raydar Ellis
Estarabim – lyrics by Erkin Koray
The Call “A Touch of Eternity” – lyrics by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol thanks Erkin Koray, Fatma Durmaz Yılbirlik and Serap Kantarcı Sanlıkol

Produced by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol and Kabir Sehgal

This album was recorded at Futura Productions (Roslindale, MA) between December 2021 and June 2022 by John Weston.
Assistants: Travis Karpak and Josh Lu
Mixed and mastered by John Weston

Graphic design by DM Stith
Photos by Suzi Sanlıkol

This album has been made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the New England Conservatory Faculty Professional Development Grant

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DÜNYA Belmont, Massachusetts

Our vision as a record label is to fund and release a variety of unique projects which include different line-ups from the DÜNYA Musicians’ Collective featuring ensembles of 3 musicians to 35. These recorded projects are often multilingual, pluralistic and feature a diverse repertoire extending from Jazz to Ottoman classical music and Western classical music music to Turkish pop. ... more