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Tales and Stories(2013) As performed in a standard quartet setting (pianist Warren Byrd, upright bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Mark Ferber), the guitarist’s tunes sound like updated classics. Tales & Stories is a pleasure-packed minor masterpiece. Mark Holston - Jazziz Magazine The quartet explores the 12 original pieces with grace, fire, wit, and emotional intensity, displaying intuitive interaction throughout. Just let these sounds wash over you; good music can excite and soothe and this is good music. Richard Kamins - Step Tempest The 12 varied pieces sometimes mix East and West elements and range from the diaphanous to hard-swinging pieces swaggering with digital dexterity and mental agility. All are engaging, clear, uncluttered, accessible and resonate with a pleasant sense of layered mystery, seasoned with savory hints of the exotic. Owen McNally - Hartford Courant On My Way(2009) Bakir's inspired soloing feeds off of the energy coming from his trio mates, with lines possessing laser-like focus. Dan Bilawsky - All About Jazz He is definitely on his way to becoming a creative voice in the world of jazz guitar. John Vincent Barron - Jazz Review.com Sinan has given us here is a blueprint of his soul, you’ll find eleven songs which embody a variety of shapes and tones. Rob Young - Urbanflux A nice mixture of slower-paced and faster material, played well. Bakir does indeed seem to be a young musician "on his way" and I will be interested to see where he takes his talent next. Brad Walseth - JazzChicago.net Jazz has a new vehicle with Sinan Bakir at the helm and this generation can claim him as one of their own. Lucia Sanchez - Examiner "On My Way" is a solid debut. It's easy to put this music on and just let it play. The voice of the guitar one hears on the opening cut never wavers or falters throughout." Richard Kamins - Courant About Rising jazz guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir is making a name for himself in todays music scene with his unique, creative and exciting approach on the guitar. Turkish born guitarist is striving for a fresh and clean sound and has a highly energetic playing style. Young guitarist is hailed not only as a virtuoso player, but also a masterful composer by his peers. Bakir’s fresh sounding tunes are an amalgam of rock & jazz stylings and driven by strong melodies deriving from the rich Turkish tradition combined with modern jazz harmonies.

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Album Review

Sinan Bakir: Tales & Stories

Read "Tales & Stories" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Guitarist Sinan Bakir's Tales & Stories are told by a talented quartet, which takes the guitarist's own tunes and weaves a dozen musical narratives of real quality. Bakir--a Turkish musician who moved to the US after gaining an engineering degree--has developed an original style, combining his own Turkish upbringing with rock and jazz influences. Tales & Stories, his second album, hints at Chet Atkins, Kenny Burrell and even Steve Howe's jazz excursions in its flowing, melodic compositions. Whatever ...

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Sinan Bakir: On My Way

Read "On My Way" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


A lot of young artists seem to throw out hard and fast material at the top of their album programs, to instantly grab attention, but the rest of the music often falls flat and doesn't live up to the early-track hype. Guitarist Sinan Bakir goes the other way, easing into his music as On My Way sets sail, preferring to hold all the aces until later in the game. The title track and, to a greater extent, ...

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Take Five With Sinan Bakir

Read "Take Five With Sinan Bakir" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Sinan Bakir:Sinan Bakir is one of the most unique and exciting young jazz guitarists on the scene today. The sound that Sinan is striving for described often as fresh, clean and lively yet intense and full with emotion. Sinan Bakir is hailed not only as a virtuoso player, but also a masterful composer. His album On My Way, with Thomson Kneeland and Mark Ferber, s described by Richard Kamins of The Hartford Courant as “a solid debut. ...

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Guitarist Sinan Bakir’s Luxuriant Solo Ideas Take Root At Middletown’s Buttonwood Tree

Guitarist Sinan Bakir’s Luxuriant Solo Ideas Take Root At Middletown’s Buttonwood Tree

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Guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir, a Nutmeg State transplant who’s originally from Ankara, Turkey, has set Gold Medal standards of excellence in expression in recent years with his two acclaimed recordings and live performances in many venues stretching from Connecticut to New York. You’ll get a chance to hear Bakir up close and personal in a solo electric guitar performance at 8:00 pm on Saturday, January 10, in the cozy, casual intimacy of the performance gallery space at The Buttonwood Tree Performing ...

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Enter the "Sinan Bakir - Tales & Stories" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Sinan Bakir - Tales & Stories" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

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All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Sinan Bakir - Tales & Stories“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 30th. Click here to enter the contest

(Becoming a fan of Sinan Bakir at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! About Tales & Stories

Following his critically acclaimed debut album On My Way (2009), with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Mark Ferber, the new album also ...

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Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir Releases "Tales & Stories"

Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir Releases "Tales & Stories"

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Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir, a native of Ankara, Turkey, who has chosen Hartford as his adopted home town, celebrates the launching of his second album, Tales & Stories (Aslan Records) with a CD release concert Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown. And he has much to celebrate with his fine new release, a welcome follow-up to his debut disc, the acclaimed and aptly titled, On My Way. Graced with Bakir's distinctive ...

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Windsor Jazz Series Runs Through June

Windsor Jazz Series Runs Through June

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Sinan Bakir, the young, Turkish-born guitarist/composer who embraced Hartford as his hometown, has established himself as a much-respected, expressive and independent- minded player on the talent-laden local scene. Now virtually a brand name for quality as a sideman or leader, he's worked in numerous local venues, including his regular, long-running Wednesday night gig at Cuvee, a restaurant in West Hartford Center, and at festivals and clubs in Connecticut and New York. With an encore album on its way, the native ...

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Sinan Bakir at Mark Twain House on March 11

Sinan Bakir at Mark Twain House on March 11

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You can take-in a first-rate jazz doubleheader Sunday, March 11, in Hartford by attending the sizzling jazz brunch at the Mark Twain House and Museum, followed by the red-hot, admission-free jazz matinee series that has been drawing record-breaking turnouts at the downtown Hartford Public Library. Guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir, Turkey's crown jewel gift to the city of Hartford, leads his trio in the “Sunday Jazz Brunch" series at the Twain House's Murasaki Café, an event curated by Hartford's colorful concert producer/fashion ...

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Interview

Guitarist Sinan Bakir, Turkey's Great Gift to Hartford's Ongoing Jazz Renaissance

Guitarist Sinan Bakir, Turkey's Great Gift to Hartford's Ongoing Jazz Renaissance

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Guitarist Sinan Bakir Next Up In Library Jazz Series: Turkish Musician Ultimately Makes Hartford His Home Guitarist Sinan Bakir, Turkey's great gift to Hartford's ongoing jazzrenaissance, was so homesick when he first arrived in Hartford 11 years ago as a scholarship student that he almost turned around and went home to his beloved hometown of Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Luckily for Hartford, Bakir chose Connecticut's capital city over Ankara, and has established himself as a much respected player on ...

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Sinan Bakir/Larry Willis at the Hartford Monday Night Jazz Festival

Sinan Bakir/Larry Willis at the Hartford Monday Night Jazz Festival

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The Hartford Jazz Society presents its free Monday Night Jazz in Bushnell Park series featuring noted pianist Larry Willis on Monday, July 18. Willis, who made his recording debut as a teenager with Hartford jazz great Jackie McLean, has played with a who's who in jazz and even served a seven-year stint with Blood, Sweat & Tears. Over the years, he's been the pianist of choice for stylists ranging from Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz to Hugh Masekela and Shirley ...

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Sinan Bakir Trio at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on April 23rd

Sinan Bakir Trio at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on April 23rd

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Jazz guitarist Sinan Bakir and his trio will be performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan's East Village on Saturday, April 23rd. Since releasing his debut album On My Way in 2009 Hartford based guitarist has been receiving rave reviews from All About Jazz, Jazz Review, Jazz Chicago, Courant and many other publications around the world. Bakir, originally from Turkey came to United States on a scholarship to study jazz almost a decade ago and since then keeping busy ...

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Sinan Bakir Performs Original Music, from Blues to Ballads

Sinan Bakir Performs Original Music, from Blues to Ballads

Source: Michael Ricci

As a teenager in Turkey, Sinan Bakir fell under the spell of the electric guitar after attending a rock concert. Little did he know that his newfound passion would lead him to the United States and a career as a jazz musician and educator. Yet, as the guitarist's performance at West Hartford's Szechuan Tokyo on Saturday attested, Bakir has unequivocally found his calling. He confidently directed two sets of original material, ranging from blues to ballads, many given a touch ...

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Turkish-born guitarist/composer Sinan Bakir makes a strong debut as a leader with the self-released On My Way, an inventive guitar- trio outing with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Mark Ferber. As the title suggests, the Hartford, Connecticut-based musician shows he is definitely on his way to becoming a creative voice in the world of jazz guitar. Bakir moves easily from a classic Kenny Burrell-style, especially on chord melody passages (title track and "Steps"), to a more modern, linear approach in the mold of John Scofield ("Stop n' Go," "Karma"). The guitarist effectively mixes bebop lines with chromatic trills, relying heavily on guitaristic hammer-ons and pull-offs, to create a unique voice void of direct imitation

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Tales & Stories

Aslan Records
2014

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On My Way

Self Produced
2010

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Blues for Istanbul

From: On My Way
By Sinan Bakir

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