SalıCaz! / Funda Yavuz Akyazıcı



  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022 12:30
  • 12.30
Having spent 17 years in the New York jazz scene, composer, arranger and jazz guitarist Yavuz Akyazıcı released the album “Yavuz Akyazıcı Prokect – Turkish Standards” consisting of his jazz arrangements of popular Turkish rock and pop songs, in 2009. Among the most listened Turkish jazz albums on Spotify and consisting of three volumes, the album series features jazz versions of such popular songs as Paramparça (Teoman), Bu Aşk Fazla Sana (Şebnem Ferah), Seni Kendime Sakladım (Duman) and Kanatlarım Var Ruhumda (Nil Karaibrahimgil).

His jazz duo repertoire with his wife Funda Akyazıcı, a jazz vocalist, features a variety of popular foreign songs and jazz standards in addition to songs from the album “Turkish Standards”.