Aydın Esen

piano, keyboards · 1962

The son of a trumpeter, Aydın Esen studied for thirteen years at the conservatory in Turkey before joining Berklee, the New England Conservatory, and Juilliard. Winner of the Martial Solal piano competition in Paris in 1989, he recorded Anadolu for Columbia in 1992 and collaborated with Dave Liebman and Wolfgang Muthspiel.

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Styles

• Turkish and Anatolian jazz
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Anadolu (1992)

Sources

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