Instrumental
International relevance: ***
Drummer Okay Temiz is one of Turkey's
best known jazz musicians and was a part of the exceptional
Swedish/Turkish band Sevda in the 70's. He released a couple of
albums featuring Swedish musicians, including this one.
As with Sevda, this is jazz with a
Turkish twist. The musicianship's extraordinary, with bass man Palle
Danielsson, pianist Bobo Stenson and sax player Lennart Åberg (Rena Rama and others) being the Swedes in the lot. Temiz himself is one of
the few that can play a drum solo that aren't merely a pee break to
the listener; his playing is marvellous, he always keeps the momentum
going through sharp attention without ever losing the direction. He
truly leads the band, focuses each of the musicians' efforts into one
collective, transcendent performance. It's a true joy to listen to
”Oriental Wind”, and other Sevda fans ought to be just as
delighted as I am by it. Simply excellent.
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