BORA ÇELİKER - NUTS'N'BOLTS (BalconyTV)

  • 5 years ago
BORA ÇELİKER performs the song "NUTS'N'BOLTS" for BalconyTV.
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PRESENTED BY EBRU DENGİZ

Guitarist/singer Bora Çeliker has been active on the music scene for nearly two decades. he's truly proficient in numerous styles of improvisational music; jazz (swing to post bop), blues (chicago, texas, louisiana), free jazz and avant garde.

- winner of the 2010 National Jazz Guitar Competition organised by Jazz Magazine, Godin Guitars, Nardis Jazz Club and NTV

- opening act for Jethro Tull, with a duo performance with fellow guitar player Sarp Maden in 2005

- performance at the İstanbul International Jazz Festival with saxophonist/composer extraordinaire Stéphane Guillaume in 2010

- producer & host of "Blues Makinası" radio show, aired weekly on Wednesdays on 92.3 Radyo Kozmos between 2001-2003

- highly original debut album "Borabook", featuring internationally acclaimed musicians Burak Bedikyan (piano), Eric Revis (bass), Ted Poor (drums) and İmer Demirer (trumpet) released in December 2012. Sound may be described as post-bop with rock, psychedelic and classical overtones.

- quartet performances at the International Ankara Jazz Festival, Jazz 15 Festival and the International Jazz Day in 2013, following the release of debut album

- composed and performed the soundtrack of the segment "Kül" (directed by Zehra Derya Koç) for the movie Kars Öyküleri (Tales From Kars) which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2010 and was screened at numerous International Film Festivals.

- recorded second album with internationally acclaimed veteran musicians Andy Middleton (tenor and soprano saxophones), Burak Bedikyan (piano), Hans Strasser (bass) and Joris Dudli (drums) in October 2014.

- performance at the Turkish Jazz Festival in Baku Azerbaijan with his trio (2014)

- performance at the Turkish Embassy reception in Kampala, Uganda in honor of the 91st anniversary of the Turkish Republic (2014)

- collaborations with numerous prominent musicians both from Turkey and abroad.

- holds a BA degree in Translation & Interpretation Bilkent University (2000) and MA in Music Bilgi University (2005)

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CREDITS / SPONSORS
Location: SAE Institute Istanbul / https://istanbul.sae.edu
Producers: Ebru Dengiz, Gökhan Yenileyen
Videography: SoundGleam
Sound Engineers: Aras Tüysüz, Tahsin Güngör Aktürk

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