HAKAN BEHLİL QUINTET
Hakan Behlil was born in 1954 in Istanbul. He got interested in music while he was studying at the German High School. The band he played with in high school, ‘Dönüşüm’, got signed later on. His first serious job as a musician was a tour in the 70’s. He toured Romania and Bulgaria as a guitar player. He played the drums when he was a student in Paris with the reggae band ‘Gunsmoke’. After coming back to Turkey he toured with Okay Temiz. He formed the band ‘Euphony’ with Emin Fındıkoğlu, Tuna Ötenel, Fatih Erkoç, Hasan Kocamaz, Levent Çoker, Şenova Ülker and Murat Verdi. He played with a lot foreign jazz artists who came to Turkey, including world-famed Chet Baker.
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Deniz Dündar
DrumsThe musician Deniz Dündar, an Istanbul native, has been a jazz drummer since 1978, and has performed with many different groups over his long career; Dündar’ rhythmical mastery has made him in dema
Kaan Bıyıkoğlu
Piano
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.
Şenova Ülker
TrumpetSenova Ülker started his education in trumpet at the Ankara State Conservatory in 1969 and completed it upon his graduation with honors from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1979.
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