Drummer of Two Worlds
Context
Istanbul percussionist Okay Temiz, who settled in Sweden after meeting Maffy Falay and Don Cherry, gives his name to an album recorded in Istanbul and Stockholm. The solo sessions took place at Metronome studios in Stockholm. The record mixes piano, handmade drums, amplified berimbau and a bell drum kit, over Turkish meters in 9/8 and 7/8 as well as over 4/4.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Turkish and Anatolian jazz, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Turkish and Anatolian jazz: Modal, Free jazz.