AYDIN KAHYA ALL STAR BAND
Aydın Kahya was born in 1974 in Ankara. After elementary school he started to study at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Piano Department. Two years later he switched to trombone and promoted to higher grades twice for his accomplishments. He studied jazz composition with Prof. İlhan Baran and motown vocal techniques with Keisha Brown. Some of the artists he has performed with include Aydın Esen, Atilla Şereftuğ, Aşkın Arsunan, Garo Mafyan, Süheyl Denizci, Tuna Ötenel, Kerem Görsev, Önder Focan, Slide Hampton, Brian Lynch, Bruce Barth, Doug Weiss, Huge Sicotte and Tony Jones. The albums he was featured on include Vocalists” by Önder Focan (the first album ever released by Blue Note with Turkish jazz vocals), R&B album Istanbul Party” with Tony Jones and a symphonic jazz album Aventia Crooners” with Atilla Şereftuğ, performing with the Czech Philarmonic Orchestra. He has performed inside and outside of Turkey with symphonies, big bands and different band variations on festivals, radios and recordings. He currently is a tutor at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Jazz Vocal department.
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Aydın Kahya
VocalAydın Kahya, born in 1974 in Ankara, got into Hacettepe University State Conservatory Piano Department.
Ferit Odman
DrumsFerit Odman is an on demand and busy jazz drummer based in Istanbul. He started his music studies in Sweden as an AFS exchange student (1999), got a full scholarship to get his B.A.
Önder Focan
GuitarÖnder Focan started music by playing mandolin at the age of 8. He switched to guitar at 15 and concentrated on jazz in 1975.
Ozan Musluoğlu
Bass guitar, ContrabassBorn in Germany, Ozan Musluoglu started playing bass guitar at the age of sixteen. He graduated from the Music Department at Bilgi University in Istanbul.
Uraz Kıvaner
PianoHe was born in Ankara 1979. He started to show interest in piano when he was 5 years old.
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