Blog Akbank Jazz Festival, piano, Perfect Balance and more: Kerem Görsev

We asked Görsev our questions about his most memorable festival experiences, being a part of the special recording prepared in honor of this year’s celebration, and about the development of jazz in Turkey.

Blog 80 years of Blue Note: Foundation and hard bop years

Blue Note’s initial vision was to release traditional jazz and swing recordings, it didn't take long for the focus to shift towards modern jazz.

Blog 2010’s Jazz Highlights

While we are stepping into 2020’s, here is a look back at what has happened in the jazz scene during the decade we left behind.

Blog Keith Jarrett

Caz dünyasının sayılı piyanistleri arasında yer alan Keith Jarrett, müzik için doğan ve bu yeteneğini de sonuna kadar kullanan caz devlerinden biri.

Blog On His 90th Birthday “Cannonball” Adderley

Renowned jazz musician, legendary alto saxophonist “Cannonball” Adderley burst onto the New York jazz scene in the 1950’s, on a mythic night that is forever etched into jazz history.

Blog A Portrait Attempt About A Curious English Gentleman: John Surman

Much like his Norwegian colleague Jan Garbarek, In the beginnings John Surman was also influenced by John Coltrane and the American jazz, yet in short time he was able to find his own voice.

Blog One morning, 60 years ago, 57 jazz legends came together: “A Great Day in Harlem”

Shot in the month of August in 1958 by Esquire magazine photographer Art Kane, this frame, capturing the most important 57 musicians of the era’s jazz scene altogether.

Blog A Rebellious And Soulful Jazz Musician: Chet Baker

Most of the jazz listeners know Chet Baker from his recordings, but his live performances between 1950-55 are still among the most praised performances of jazz history.

Blog The Northern Star of Avant-garde Jazz

John Coltrane’s most impressive period was under which record label? This question is one of the highly debated topics of jazz history.

Blog Self-liberation Efforts of a Genius: Thelonious Monk

To understand Thelonious Monk, we should pay attention to two important details from his early years.

Blog Fathers & Sons of the Jazz Scene

Inspired by Swiss guitarist Ulf Wakenius and his son Eric Wakenius, and also French Henri Texier and his son Sébastien Texier who will be performing for the Istanbul audience during Akbank Jazz Festival, we are taking a look at fathers and sons of jazz history.