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Telvin

Erkan Oğur: Guitar Turgut Alp Bekoğlu: Drums İlkin Deniz: Bass

Anatolia is a geography that has been home to Ancient Greek, Roman, Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Persian and Arab cultures, philosophies and religions since the beginning of time. This has created a unique and diverse atmosphere that served as a great source of inspiration for artists in this region. The sounds of Anatolia reflect the diversity and the perfect harmony of this coexistence.

Erkan Ogur’s Anatolian Blues Project Telvin is a band that places a mixture of Anatolian ethnic folk music and themes at the heart of its sound. The band brings together traditional folk music with rock, blues and contemporary jazz genres in an extraordinary musical experiment that produces a magical and unique Anatolian Blues and Jazz sound. There is a vibrant inspiration from European jazz with a deep impact of 1970s rock and jazz fusion. Each musician’s individual skills and passion have been distilled and melded into the band’s composition. This individualism combined with virtuoso technique has helped band members create their very own unique sound. Literally Telvin means changing colors but it was used to express the change of the state of consciousness in Sufi philosophy. Erkan Oğur, Turgut Alp Bekoğlu and Ilkin Deniz have chosen the word to name the change in the state of their music during their journey together into the sounds of Anatolia.

Telvin strated its journey in 1995 in Istanbul. Besides their popularity within the Jazz and Blues scene in Turkey, the trio was greatly appreciated during its early international appearances in Houston and New Orleans in 1995 and in the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1998. After a period of playing together the band started featuring numerous talented musicians who played traditional folk instruments such as kaval, kopuz, erbane and hanging drums in addition to more contemporary instruments such as the piano and the saxophone. These features have greatly inspired the band to combine traditional folk music and jazz. Enriched by diversified improvisations, these features have created a magical tone that filled the gaps between traditional folk and contemporary music.

After years of hard work; long studio nights and many concerts, Telvin released their first album “Telvin” in 2006. Telvin is a band that has succeeded in bringing together the music of this geography and its deep heritage with jazz music, and has captivated a huge audience during its performances. The success of Erkan Oğur not only on fretless guitar but also on traditional string instruments and the E-Bow is evident in the album.

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Anatolian Jazz Telvin @ QEH London UK 3/15/06

Anatolian Jazz Telvin @ QEH London UK 3/15/06

Source: All About Jazz

Telvin is the Trio of Erkan Ogur, one of Turkey's top instrumentalists who started his career touring the blues in Mississippi. One day his regular guitar broke and he had to use his home-made fretless guitar. Guess what, it went down a storm. He returned to Turkey to champion ancient folk music, write a film score and apprear on loads of his mates' albums. For the last 10 years he has had a jazz trio Telvin; they've just released their ...

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Telvin

Kalan Müzik
2006

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