Memo Proje Haberler

Sun Ra Arkestra Under the Direction of Marshall Allen: Live at Babylon

When Sun Ra and the Arkestra first performed in Istanbul, in 1990, some three years before their namesake’s death, they caused quite a stir. Decked out in full space-cadet costuming, the flamboyant collective played on the back of a flatbed truck, attracting a sizable crowd of the curious as they made their way to the city’s main modern shopping hub, Taksim Square…

📋11.11.2015 | Jeff Tamarkin | JazzTimes

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Arkadaşımız Sami Kısaoğlu David Murray Infinity Quartet konserine dair izlenimlerini Cazkolik okurları için kaleme aldı.

Cazın usta ismi David Murray bu kez Mehmet Uluğ için sahnedeydi.

Ağaçların çiçeğe durduğu fakat İstanbul’a baharın tam anlamıyla gelmediği, soğuğun sokaklarda ceket kapattırdığı Mart ayının son haftasında şehirde iki günlük bir caz baharı yaşandı. 25 ve 26 Mart tarihlerinde Babylon sahnesine konuk olan cazın efsane isimlerinden David Murray’di bu zamansız baharın nedeni…

📋30.03.2015 | Sami Kısaoğlu | Cazkolik.com

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New David Murray album featuring Saul Williams "Blues for Memo" is out now!

David Murray’s new album Blues for Memo is now available online to download and stream!

Featuring acclaimed actor/poet Saul Williams, Murray crafts a powerful, political expression of the blues, paying homage to a pioneer of Istanbul’s jazz scene, Mehmet “Memo” Uluğ. Inspired further by the legendary conductor/cornetist Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris and poet Amiri Baraka, Blues for Memo is a cutting-edge collaboration of jazz and poetry.

📋02.02.2018 | Motema

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Best Jazz of 2018 – David Murray featuring Saul Williams, 'Blues for Memo'

The luminary tenor saxophonist David Murray has long been both an avant-garde pacesetter and a guardian of tradition. That’s the case on this album (recorded live in Turkey), with Murray purring and teasing over a stellar quartet — and savoring his interactions with Saul Williams’s biting poetry.

📋06.12.2018 | Giovanni Russonello | The New York Times

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