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Timucin Sahin

“A nimble guitarist and a scintillating composer.” The New York Times- 2009 “Sahin’s guitar playing soars in a confluence of high art and earthiness. “ Guitar Player Magazine- 2010 “Turkish-born/New York-based guitarist Timucin Sahin is one of those artists who defines the avant-garde genre." Guitar International- 2010 "Very impressive, visceral yet also cerebral and feisty..” Downbeat Magazine- 2013 Timucin Sahin has been recognized as one of today’s truly unique voices of contemporary jazz music by publications such as San Francisco Bay Guardian, AllaboutJazz, Jazzwise, Downbeat and Jazz-Times as well as by many others. His unique sound on fretless electric guitar and his emotional content in his composing made him non-comparable and his music almost impossible to categorize. Both his compositions and his playing on his double-neck guitar – his trademark – radiate an incomparable individualism. His music is drawn from a wide body of knowledge and experience, often developed from his considerable skills as a guitarist. He employs improvisation but in ways hard to separate from the sound of his notated music. His music is characterized by a delicacy of instrumental imagination and rhythmic structures, which have much flexibility though clearly pulse derived. Audiophile audition described his music as follows: “There is a lot going on in Sahin's ample assortment of tones and experimentation and his approach to composition and performance necessitates active involvement. But to apply a one-time film student's simile, it is like delving into a David Lynch or Atom Egoyan movie: on subsequent tries understanding and insight start to occur. “ Timucin Sahin, born in Turkey, immigrated to Holland as a young man to study jazz guitar and classical composition in Hilversum and Amsterdam Conservatories. Then he continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music. He was awarded first prize at the prestigious Dutch Jazz Competition in 2001 and second prizes at the Jur Naessens Music Award in 2002, and Deloitte Jazz Award in 2006. His third record as a leader “BAFA” is widely regarded as one of the most unique and uncompromising jazz recordings of contemporary jazz of today. Raul d'Gama Rose at All About Jazz wrote: “The language of saxophone-guitar dialogues has never been the same after Coleman's legendary Harmolodic duels with Pat Metheny. There is a chance that Timucin Sahin may have crossed that horizon after all, with Bafa” He recently released his quintet album "INHERENCE" which is reviewed by Downbeat as "very impressive, visceral yet also cerebral and feisty quintet album".

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Interview

Timucin Sahin: Fretless and Fearless

Read "Timucin Sahin: Fretless and Fearless" reviewed by Matthew Warnock


Exciting, creative, challenging, noise, nonsense, genius--all of these words and more have been used for decades by critics and listeners alike to describe the avant-garde movement in jazz. While there seems to be no consensus on the genres appeal, some love it and others detest it, the avant-garde has always had a unique ability to draw out emotions in people, regardless of their listening preferences. The music is technically and musically challenging to the performers and to the listeners as ...

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Timucin Sahin: Bafa

Read "Bafa" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


It might have been easy to attribute it all to Ornette Coleman. Had he not recorded with quartets that did not include pianos the chances are not many musicians would have had the gumption to structure their quartets likewise. He then went and recorded Song X, one of his most progressive Harmolodic recordings that preceded his Primetime catalogue. The language of saxophone-guitar dialogues has never been the same after Coleman's legendary Harmolodic duels with Pat Metheny. There is a chance ...

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Timucin Sahin Trio: Window for My Breath

Read "Window for My Breath" reviewed by John Kelman


Turkish-born, Netherlands-educated, and soon-to-be New York-resident guitarist Timuçin Åžahin is but one example showing that a jazz mindset can be found in countries off the beaten path. Like Slovenian guitarist Samo Å alamon, Åžahin's debut, Slick Road (Kalan, 2004), demonstrated that a conventional jazz aesthetic and broader cultural influences need not make strange bedfellows.

The 33 year-old Åžahin seems to have surprisingly little in common with influences normally associated with up-and-coming guitarists, like Frisell, Metheny, and Scofield. Instead, Åžahin's style--all the ...

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Timucin Sahin: Slick Road

Read "Slick Road" reviewed by John Kelman


With the world becoming a smaller place, jazz is finding its way into unexpected places. Slovenia has a burgeoning jazz scene with artists like Samo Salamon and Jure Pukl; from India artists include the genre-bending Prasanna and the improvisationally rich U. Srinivas; and now, from Turkey comes Timucin Sahin with Slick Road , an album that shows how far away from the American tradition jazz has drifted, all the while remaining vibrant and true to its essence.

Sahin's influences are ...

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Fretless Guitarist Timucin Sahin Interviewed at AAJ

Fretless Guitarist Timucin Sahin Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz

Turkish-born/New York-based guitarist Timuin ahin is one of those artists who defines the avant-garde genre. He'll admit that his music is not for everyone, it is not for the casual listener, but it's the music that he hears and the music that he loves. This is not dance music per se, but there is a pulse that underlines ahin's work, that binds the freely improvised and the structured, producing layers of interest in his pieces that go beyond simply being ...

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Timucin Sahin & Randy Brecker European Tour

Timucin Sahin & Randy Brecker European Tour

Source: All About Jazz

One of the most outstanding guitarist/composer of today's contemporary jazz is joining his forces with trumpet hero in a rather special quartet setting.

Timucin Sahin has been recognized as one of today's truly unique voices of contemporary jazz music by publications such as San Francisco Bay Guardian, AllaboutJazz, Jazzwise and Jazz-Times as well as by many others. His unique sound on fretless electric guitar and his emotional content in his composing made him non-comparable and his music almost impossible to ...

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Timucin Sahin @ Tea Lounge Brooklyn

Timucin Sahin @ Tea Lounge Brooklyn

Source: All About Jazz

After a fabulous concert at Knitting Factory on 30 april with his Quartet, Sahin will appear at Brooklyn's proggressive club Tea Lounge on 3 rd of May.

This time he'll feature Dan Wiess on drums, Sean Conley on bass and John O' Gallagher on alto sax.

Timucin's unique sound on fretless electric guitar and his emotional content in his composing made him non-comparable and his music almost impossible to categorize.With his unique quartet he'll present new dimensions in todays contemporary ...

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Timucin Sahin 4 @ Knitting Factory 30 April 2007

Timucin Sahin 4  @ Knitting Factory 30 April 2007

Source: All About Jazz

Turkish guitarist composer Timucin Sahin will be back from a long european tour and will appear with his special quartet in Knitting Factory Old Office on 30 th of april.

Sahin features Tyshawn Sorey on drums Thomas Morgan on bass and John O'Gallegher on alto sax.

Timucin's unique sound on fretless electric guitar and his emotional content in his composing made him non-comparable and his music almost impossible to categorize.With his unique quartet he'll present new dimensions in ...

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Timucin Sahin 4 Live @ Rose in Brooklyn on February 21, 2007 at 8pm

Timucin Sahin 4 Live @ Rose in Brooklyn on February 21, 2007 at 8pm

Source: All About Jazz

Turkish guitarist composer Timucin Sahin will appear with his special quartet in Brooklyn.

Sahin is happy to be performing his music with Tyshawn Sorey on drums and Thomas Morgan on bass and this trio will feature John O'Gallegher on alto sax for the first time.

Timucin Sahin has been recognized as one of today's truly unique voices of contemporary jazz music by publications such as San Francisco Bay Guardian, All About Jazz, Jazzwise and JazzTimes as well as by many ...

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Timucin Sahin Quartet featuring Mark Turner @ Knitting Factory 10 april 2006

Timucin Sahin Quartet featuring Mark Turner @ Knitting Factory 10 april 2006

Source: All About Jazz

Timucin Sahin will appear with a brand new Quartet @ Knitting Factory Old Office in New York on the 10 april @ 8.30 pm.

His quartet features one of the great tenor players Mark Turner.

Quartet also features magnificent young drummer Marcus Gilmore and bassist Matt Brewer whom Sahin also works together in his formation with Greg Osby.

Sahin recently became one of the finalists of the prestiqius Deloitte Jazz Award in Netherlands where he performed with Jazz Orchestra of ...

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Timucin Sahin Trio @ Trump Tower World Bar February 25 2006

Timucin Sahin Trio @ Trump Tower World Bar February 25 2006

Source: All About Jazz

TIMUCIN SAHIN TRIO Having been utilizing and deepening the concepts of contemporary jazz as well as contemporary classical and south Indian music for some time, Sahin's music nevertheless demands a lot from his band members.

Timucin has just moved to NYC and gave outstanding performances with Greg Osby in the city last week.

He released a trio album entitled Window For My Breath on Kalan Music last December which features Kai Eckhardt on electric bass and Owen Hart Jr on ...

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Greg Osby-Timucin Sahin Quartet in NYC February 16th

Greg Osby-Timucin Sahin Quartet in NYC February 16th

Source: All About Jazz

GREG OSBY-TIMUCIN SAHIN QUARTET GREG OSBY: Saxophones, compositions TIMUCIN SAHIN: Fretless guitars, compositions, live electronics TOMMY CRANE: Drums MATT BREWER: Bass February 16th Thursday 9:30pm $15 Maia Meyhane 98 Ave B (Bet. 6th and 7th St.) NYC Reservation: (212) 358 1166 Newest formation of Sahin with one of the best saxophonist of today's improvised music Greg Osby. Quartet performs repertoire of Sahin and Osby.The musical paralellities as well as the fine differences of their approach in writing makes this quartet ...

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Recording

Timucin Sahin's "Window for my breath"

Timucin Sahin's "Window for my breath"

Source: All About Jazz

Turkish guitarist composer Timucin Sahin released his new album from kalan Music. This one is a trio record featuring Kai Eckhardt on bass and Owen Hart jr on drums. Here's trio's information: For more information: http://www.timucinsahin.com TIMUCIN SAHIN TRIO Having been utilizing and deepening the concepts of contemporary jazz as well as contemporary classical and south Indian music for some time, Sahin's music nevertheless demands a lot from his band members. In his trio setting he's working with one of ...

“For Turkish guitarist Timucin Sahin, jazz merely serves as a name for a set of conventions he embroiders with forward-looking compositions, improvisation, and timbres on his new record Window for My Breath. Filtered through the kaleidoscopic vision of Sahin and his crack band, bassist Kai Eckhardt and drummer Owen Hart Jr., the pieces effortlessly move between meters and textures, dropping in polyrhytms before swinging or conjuring the avant-funk of Victor Wooten without any of the feel-good virtuosity pills. They touch upon raga and reggae over occasional bursts of ambient computer noises that blurp, bleep, and awe.” Alex K

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Primary Instrument

Guitar, electric

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

http://music.as.nyu.edu/object/Timucin_Sahin.html

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Inherence

Between the Lines
2013

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Bafa

Between the Lines
2010

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Bafa

Between the Lines
2009

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Slick Road

Unknown label
2004

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