MEHMET ALİ SANLIKOL

I am excited to announce a short tour I will be doing with my unique jazz band which pairs Turkish instruments such as zurna (double reed wind), ney (end-blown flute), kös (large kettledrums) and nekkare (small kettledrums) with a 6-horn jazz combo to perform my film inspired and innovative Turkish music influenced compositions in order to promote my new album.

Locations, Dates/Times, Prices: 
Wednesday, October 1, 8:00 PM – Scullers, Cambridge, MA, $25, purchase tickets

Thursday, October 2, 7:30 PM – RISD Auditorium, Providence, RI, $20, on the day of the concert $25, purchase tickets

Friday, October 3, 8:00 PM – Le Poisson Rouge, New York, NY, seated $25/standing $20,purchase tickets

The band is featuring,

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, piano, keyboards, continuum, zurna, ney, voice
Jerry Sabatini, trumpet, flugel horn
Jeff Claassen, trumpet flugel horn
Mark Zaleski, alto sax., clarinet
Aaron Henry, tenor & soprano sax.
Chris Gagne, trombone
Jared Sims, baritone sax., bass clarinet
Utar Artun, piano, keyboards
Phil Sargent, electric guitar
Fernando Huergo, electric bass
Bertram Lehmann, drums
George Lernis, kettledrums, frame drums, percussion

 

Whatsnext, my new large jazz ensemble album, is now available for purchase through Bandcamp and iTunes or you can stream it through Spotify.

Bandcamp CD:
http://dunya.bandcamp.com/album/whatsnext

iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/whatsnext/id826720935?uo=4

spotify:
https://play.spotify.com/album/1X7lGXksIymLMvfDSijd93

Regattabar:
http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=3113

DromNYC:
http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/486289?utm_medium=bks

 

Whatsnext
CD Release Concerts

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol will present his modern jazz compositions for big band as well as compositions specifically influenced by Turkish music for the jazz combo from his new album.

Locations, Dates/Times, Prices: 
Thurs., April 3, 7:30 PM – Regattabar, Cambridge, MA, $20, buy tickets here
Sat., April 5, 9:30 PM – Drom, New York, NY, $10/adv. $15, buy tickets here

 

Dün gece seyrim içinde / Last night I dreamt of…:
Turkish Songs of Protest

Five musicians of the Dünya Ensemble on vocals and a wide range of traditional instruments offer a lively and varied program: classical compositions of the palace, blunt women’s complaints from the countryside, songs which mingle the religious and the secular, songs which express longing and intimacy across ethnic and religious boundaries, “blasphemous” (and therefore politically incendiary) songs by heterodox Sufis, songs of unconventional love, Turkish songs notated and sung in Greek, and Jewish devotional texts set to Turkish Sufi melodies. This is public and private music, for entertainment, contemplation and devotion, expressing explicit border-crossings that defy official or societal norms: “protest music”, in the largest sense.

Locations, Dates/Times, Price: 
Thursday, March 27, 8:00 PM – New England Conservatory, Jordan Hall, FREE
Sunday, March 30, 7:30 PM – Boston College, Gasson Hall, FREE
Tuesday, April 1, 8:00 PM – Tufts University, Distler Hall, FREE