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Ozan Musluoglu

Born in Germany, Ozan Musluoglu started playing bass guitar at the age of sixteen. He graduated from the Music Department at Bilgi University in Istanbul. During his studies he has participated in many workshops with well known bass players like Marc Johnson, David Friesen, Dominique Lemerle and Robert Balzar.

For many years he was bassist of the successful band Athena, with whom he recorded albums and toured both nationally and internationally. The band represented Turkey in the 2004 eurovision Song Contest where they placed fourth.

Ozan Musluoğlu enthusiastically released his first album “Coincidence” under the Recbyjazz label in February 2009.

On the same year Ozan finished recording his second album “40th Day” consisting of his original compositions. The musicians of this album released under Equinox Music Label-May 2011 are: Jeremy Pelt, voted rising star on the trumpet 5 years in a row by Downbeat magazine; JD Allen on tenor saxophone, Danny Grissett on piano and Darrell Green on drums.

His third album “My Best Friends Are Piyanists” also released under Equinox Music 2012, featured the talents of twelve of Turkey’s most renowned jazz pianists.

His fourth album “My Best Friends Are Vocalists” also released under Sony Music 2015, featured the talents of thirteen of Turkey’s most renowned vocalists.

He also produced a weekly jazz radio program called “Jazz Hour” on the TRT National Radio channel every week. (2009-2017)

In addition to a very busy gigging schedule, Ozan Musluoglu is the full time bass player for the TRT (Turkish National Television) Jazz Orchestra, conducted by one of Turkey’s most respected and seasoned musicians, guitarist, clarinetist and composer Kamil Özler.

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Album Review

Peter DiCarlo: The Other Side

Read "The Other Side" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Other Side is the second album by New York City-bred alto saxophonist Peter DiCarlo who now lives and works in Izmir, Turkey. Unlike the first, which was emphatically straight-ahead, this one blends elements of fusion and traces of a Turkish accent within DiCarlo's usual plain- spoken approach. Even so, the album's seven numbers--six written and all arranged by DiCarlo--would not be out of place in any anthology of contemporary straight-ahead jazz, as he seems unable to ...

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Burak Kaya: Climate Change

Read "Climate Change" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Turkish guitarist Burak Kaya's Climate Change is a socially conscious album with a definite political theme. It does not, however, “scream" its civic message boisterously or with an aggressive style. Instead, its nine originals unfurl with a peaceful yet gripping feel and pastel colored hues with a memorable vibe.The dramatic “Gezi Park," named after the location of the Istanbul protests against (initially) urban development, opens with a series of expectant brief bursts of collective phrases that roll with ...

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Burak Kaya: Climate Change

Read "Climate Change" reviewed by Chris Mosey


Turkish guitarist Burak Kaya sees climate change as the greatest challenge facing mankind. On the sleeve of his album of the same name, he cites a Cree proverb: “Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will man finally realize that we cannot eat money." He offers this disk as a ray of light in an increasingly dark world. The label and cover ...

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"Bassist Ozan Musluoglu’s 40th Day (Equi- nox Music & Entertainment; 38:31 ***1/2) not only boasts a New York lineup, but also an allegiance to bop." —- Eric Fine, Downbeat Magazine (Jan-2012)

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Other Side

Shifting Paradigm Records
2024

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Climate Change

Self Produced
2015

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40th Day

Equinox Music & Entertainment
2011

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The Other Side

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Gerze

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Activists

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Gezi Park

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HES Off

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