Album of the Week (4/16/15 @ 5pm) Emrah Kotan's, The New Anatolian Experience

Emrah is a master at combining 2 cultures (USA "jazz" and his native Turkey) but I hear a third - can YOU hear it?

After receiving a Bachelor of Music degree from Turkey's Ankara State Conservatory, Emrah Kotan moved to the States to pursue his Master's degree in Jazz Studies at Georgia State University. He has performed in prestigious jazz festivals and venues such as the Montreux, Antibes and Istanbul Jazz Festivals in Europe as well as the Atlanta Jazz Festival and The Blue Note in the United States.

Emrah performs regularly in the Atlanta area with various bands and conducts lectures pertaining to jazz, Middle Eastern and Turkish drumming. He is an applied percussion instructor and Director the Jazz and World Percussion Ensembles at Agnes Scott College.

Emrah resides in Atlanta, Georgia

Visit him at www.emrahkotan.com

Your host this week is Pieter Pastoor

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