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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · 28d

Ottoman/Turkish inspired originals blending jazz, classical, and beyond…

🎶 Thursday, Sept 18 – DROM, New York City (7:00pm)
🎶 Friday, Sept 19 – The Regattabar, Boston (7:30pm)

TIX:
- dromnyc.com/event/mehmet...
- www.ticketweb.com/event/mehmet...

#nycjazz #bostonjazz #livejazz #dromnyc

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’m most grateful to @blogcritics.bsky.social for their fantastic and in-depth review of 'Lessons from Nightingales.'

Huge thanks to Jon Sobel 🙏🌷
#blueheron #mehmetalisanlikol #newalbum #lessonsfromnightingales #review

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Aug 20

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Quintet
featuring Ingrid Jensen
9/18 - NY, DROM: dromnyc.com/event/mehmet...
9/19 - Boston, Regattabar: www.ticketweb.com/event/mehmet...

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Jun 28

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Quintet 12 Temmuz’da Urla Caz Festivalinde! Repertuar hareketli ve enerjik. Hepinizi konsere bekliyoruz-BİLETLER İÇİN: www.bubilet.com.tr/izmir/etkinl...
#urla #caz #urlacazfestivali #urladam #mehmetalisanlıkol

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Jun 26

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Quintet 10 Temmuz’da Denizli Caz Festivalinde! Repertuar çok renkli ve konser de ücretsiz. Hepinizi bekliyoruz!

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Jun 23

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Quintet 7 Temmuz’da Kıbrıs Mağusa Festivalinde!
BİLETLER: kibrisbiletcim.com/event/mehmet... #konser #caz #kıbrıs

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Jun 9

New video featuring Ingrid Jensen with footage captured by my late father in London during the 60s…

youtu.be/-LqBn5e9RTs?...

One Melancholic Montuno (featuring Ingrid Jensen)

YouTube video by DÜNYA

youtu.be

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Reposted by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

The Arts Fuse @theartsfuse.bsky.social · Jun 3

Michael Ullman can't recall anything quite like @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social's Turko-jazz playing. (The critic invented the term.) He's glad it’s here for us to enjoy in the album "7 Shades of Melancholia."

artsfuse.org/311447/jazz-...

Jazz Album Review: Mehmet Ali Sanlikol's Distinctive "7 Shades of Melancholia" - The Arts Fuse

I don’t know anything quite like Mehmet Ali Sanlikol’s Turko-jazz playing. (I invented the term.) I am glad it’s here for us to enjoy.

artsfuse.org

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · May 28

Catch us at one of these festivals!
#istanbuljazzfestival #urla #denizli #bursa #magusa

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · May 21

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from the granddaddy of American music magazines!!!

downbeat.com/reviews/deta...

DownBeat Reviews

downbeat.com

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · May 16

VIDEO OF THE DAY @jazzwisemagazine.bsky.social

www.jazzwise.com/news/article...

Video of the Day: Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol uses microtonal keyboard for ‘Hüseyni Jam’ live performance

Rising keyboardist shares a new song featuring an innovative 17-key-per-octave instrument from his latest album 7 Shades of Melancholia

www.jazzwise.com

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · May 11

NEW VIDEO 🌷🙏🫶

A Children's Song (Annemize Türkü) - dedicated to all mothers
youtu.be/GKbcRlWCO94

A Children's Song (Annemize Türkü) - dedicated to all mothers

YouTube video by DÜNYA

youtu.be

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · May 1

New Review: www.makingascene.org/mehmet-ali-s...

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol 7 Shades of Melancholia

Making a Scene Mehmet Ali Sanlikol 7 Shades of Melancholia he stands apart with his fusion of jazz, classical, and Turkish traditional music

www.makingascene.org

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Apr 29

First full-length video is released from my new album “7 Shades of Melancholia”. This piece, entitled “Hüseyni Jam”, is based on a Turkish folk song I arranged. And this recording features my digital microtonal keyboard the SANLIKOL Renaissance 17 (patent pending): youtu.be/xzUHyzSG414?...

Hüseyni Jam (featuring the SANLIKOL Renaissance 17 - a digital microtonal keyboard)

YouTube video by DÜNYA

youtu.be

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Apr 28

“…it would not be surprising if, in the years to come, 7 Shades of Melancholia stands as a landmark for those seeking to chart the shifting currents between cultures and sound.”Thierry De Clemensat, Paris-Move
www.paris-move.com/reviews/mehm...

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol - 7 Shades Of Melancholia

Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol - 7 Shades Of Melancholia stands as a landmark for those seeking to chart the currents between cultures and sound.

www.paris-move.com

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thanks so much!

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Apr 21

New album featuring Ingrid Jensen coming out on all streaming platforms and Bandcamp as CD & LP this Friday, April 25
youtu.be/bncgjK6yo_Q?...

7 Shades of Melancholia TEASER

YouTube video by DÜNYA

youtu.be

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Apr 7

www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Turkish composer and musician transforms his oud to let loose with electric riffs

Grammy-nominated Turkish composer and musician Mehmet Ali Sanlikol fuses traditional Turkish music with other genres and styles on a custom electric oud.

www.wbur.org

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Mar 31

At this Composer Spotlight I’ll focus on specific examples where I created extended compositions from extremely simple structural ideas.

Become a member at www.JazzComposersPresent.com And see you at 7pm on this Wednesday!

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Mar 29

NEW ALBUM ALERT!
“7 Shades of Melancholia” out on April 25.
Huge thanks to @otherhouses for this first interview:
ukjazznews.com/mehmet-ali-s...

Mondays with Morgan: Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol – new album ‘7 Shades of Melancholia’ - UK Jazz News

The following is jazz journalist Morgan Enos’s interview with pianist and composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol. His new album, 7 Shades of Melancholia, featuring trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, soprano saxophonist L...

ukjazznews.com

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Mar 28

This post is specifically for composers as this mini-lesson is as heavy as it gets! 😁😎 Watch here: youtu.be/OPZ5YbC3wq8?...
And, as I said in the video: PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT ENGAGING WITH WORLD MUSIC TRADITIONS UNLESS YOU HAVE INTERNALIZED THEM OR STUDIED THEM EXTENSIVELY 🙏🙏🙏

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol on Finding Harmony in Modal World Music

YouTube video by Jazz Composers Present

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Mar 25

We just had an awesome rehearsal! Our ensemble sounds really good and you won’t believe the range of music that we’ll perform at this concert. So, please join me and the DÜNYA Ensemble on Wednesday, March 26 at 7:30pm for a very special musical journey!

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Feb 19

www.thetonearm.com/mehmet-ali-s...

Mehmet Ali Sanlikol Reveals Jazz's Ottoman Musical Origins

The Grammy-nominated composer and New England Conservatory faculty member unites Turkish mehter bands with American jazz, revealing centuries-old connections between two musical traditions. Soon, he w...

www.thetonearm.com

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Feb 1

There will be a series of FREE events and concert as well as the world premiere of a new composition I wrote uniting the jazz orchestra with a mehter (so-called “Ottoman Janissary”) band on Feb. 27 at NEC. More info: necmusic.edu/events/zildj...

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Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol @mehmetalisanlikol.bsky.social · Dec 7

A mini-documentary in which I explain how I was commissioned to write a piece portraying Abraham according to Islam, how I connected with Sufism, the various musical/cultural influences in that piece, and how the stereotyping of Muslims played a role when I wrote this piece.
youtu.be/1kI34t_FXzE?...

A Musical Portrayal of Abraham According to Islam - short documentary

YouTube video by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol

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