Batum

Maffy Falay & Sevda · 1972 · Traditional Black Sea tune, Sevda in Sweden

Context

Sevda, founded in Sweden in 1971 by Turkish trumpeter Maffy Falay with percussionist Okay Temiz and violinist Salih Baysal, plays traditional Turkish tunes from a modal jazz perspective. Batum appears on the 2011 Caprice reissue that brings together the two 1972 albums, Jazz i Sverige '72 and Live at Jazzhus Montmartre. Sevda is the first group to receive the Jazz in Sweden prize.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Turkish and Anatolian jazz, Spiritual jazz. Among the origins and influences of Turkish and Anatolian jazz: Modal, Free jazz.

Sources

• old.capricemusic.se
• EN: Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay

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