An Elegant Ritual, by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

An Elegant Ritual

by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

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1.	Prelude 00:53	buy track
2.	The 7th Day 08:59	buy track
3.	Interlude 1 01:31	buy track
4.	Lost Inside 06:05	buy track
5.	Interlude 2 01:34	buy track
6.	Arayış / In Search 07:16	buy track
7.	An Elegant Ritual 08:54	buy track
8.	Interlude 3 01:37	buy track
9.	Hasret: Anadolu Jazz 07:44	buy track
10.	Postlude 02:21	buy track
11.	Invitation 08:02	buy track

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This trio album is modeled after the structure of a Sufi whirling (Mevlevi) dervish ritual (ayin), with influences from John Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme".

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released July 16, 2021

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, piano, voice, ney
James Heazlewood-Dale, acoustic bass
George Lernis, drums, gongs, bendir

Produced by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

This album was recorded at Futura Productions (Roslindale, MA) on August 21-22, 2020.

Recorded by John Weston and assisted by Travis Karpak. Edited by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol. Mixed and Mastered by John Weston at Futura Productions.
Graphic art and design by Jamie Breiwick

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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

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