NEW ALBUM RELEASED
“7 Shades of Melancholia”, featuring Ingrid Jensen, is now available to stream on all platforms and for purchase as CD and/or limited LP on Bandcamp
An Elegant Ritual [EPK]
An Elegant Ritual [EPK]
EPK for the album entitled “An Elegant Ritual” – official release date July 16, 2021. This trio album is modeled after the structure of a Sufi whirling (Mevlevi) dervish ritual (ayin), with influences from John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”.
“THE RISE UP” – Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? featuring Dave Liebman EPK
“THE RISE UP” – Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol & Whatsnext? featuring Dave Liebman [EPK]
EPK for the album entitled “The Rise Up” – official release date August 21, 2020
“THE RISE UP: Stories of Strife, Struggle and Inspiration ” is an extended programmatic piece composed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol for jazz orchestra.
TEDx TALK: “Embracing an Uncomfortable Globalism”
TEDx TALK: “Embracing an Uncomfortable Globalism”
I grew up in Turkey playing classical and Jazz piano while championing Western ideals. However, all of what I thought to be true was defeated by a simple Turkish folk song 7 years after my arrival in the US, which sparked a curiosity that resulted in a decade long period of internalization of Turkish music, history and culture. From this decade, I feel that I came out as a composer who can ‘speak’ multiple musical languages by not reducing or standardizing but fully honoring them.