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Akbank Jazz Festival: Amir Elsaffar And Two Rivers at Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall
Courtesy of asli | Posted on September 22, 2016
Where
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall
Darülbedayi Str. HARBİYE / İstanbul
İstanbul
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When
Wed, October 19, 2016
20:30
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About
“Two Rivers”, combining jazz and modal music, was formed under the leadership of innovative jazz musician, Amir ElSaffar. The Iraqi-American trumpet player has played with the likes of Cecil Taylor, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer and Daniel Barenboim, and won the 2001 Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition. In 2002, he took a break from his music career and took a 5-year long sabbatical spanning Iraq, the Middle East and Europe in a quest for exploring his ancestors' music, particularly excelling on “santur”. Using his own unique technique, ElSaffar managed to produce intermediate sounds from trumpet which received wide attention from the world of jazz...