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Author: bbarner
Date: 2009-08-24 14:07
I was killing time at the Istanbul airport and wandered into a book and CD shop to look for some Turkish clarinet music. I chose practically at random one by Taksim Trio that turned out to be quite nice. The Istanbul-based trio's clarinetest is Hüsnü Senlendirici and the other two musicians play stringed instruments called baglama and quanun. You can find the group on Myspace and Youtube. The other CD I bought, "Anatolian Wedding" by Selim Sesler, isn't half bad either. The Guardian newspaper called him "the Coltrane of the clarinet". I don't know about that. Perhaps, Bulgarian Ivo Papasov plays with more Trane-ish intensity. One thing I notice about both records is that in spite of the wiggly note-bending and vibrato used in this style of clarinet playing, when the band plays in unison the intonation is spot on.
Bill Barner
http://www.billbarner.com
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2009-08-24 14:52
I love both of these clarinetists. Senlendirici and Sesler are both masters. Sesler is Rom (Gypsy) from the area of Turkey that is in Europe and he has a few amazing discs available here.
The other thing to keep in mind when listening to Turkish music is that not only do they bend notes and use a tone that features heavy vibrato, but the modes (makams) feature many quarter-tone elements as well...
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