Fusion Of Anatolian Music Traditions With Jazz
On eve of Global Jazz Day, director of prominent music festival says Istanbul has emerged as a jazz hub. As the world marks International Jazz Day on Friday amid restrictions to stem the spread of coronavirus, the director of a prominent Turkish music festival explains the link between Turkish metropolis Istanbul and jazz music. Istanbul and jazz have a very long relationship – in fact, Istanbul is among the first European cities when jazz came to Europe from America, back in the 1920s, Harun Izer, the director of Istanbul Jazz Festival- organized since 1994- told Anadolu Agency.