Tonight, we played our best gig to date at Jazz-Play Studio, the funky space owned by
Donovan Mixon, a stellar jazz guitarist who lives and teaches in Beyoglu. We had special guests
Hedi Güven, Calvin Lai, and
Joseph with us, the energy was very good, and the sound was better than is typical for Istanbul venues.
Janet danced a bit of Roman oyun havasi with us, and
Yeliz and
Ladi went at it with all manners of analog, digital, and video cameras.
It was actually a
listening concert - I hope those who came to listen were able to, perhaps for the first time, hear what it is we do, what we can do, and well, probably, what we also can't do, but anyways...
This Thursday is our last gig at
Victoria Lokantasi, our "birthplace," and regular gig since fall (since fall 2005 for Eliot). You better come on down, if you are in Istanbul, since otherwise you'll have to fly all the way to California to hear our next performances!
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Bu aksam, Jazz-Play Studyo'da (
Donovan Mixon'un sahib olan bir yer - o jaz gitarci, ve özel ders veriyor orasi) bizim en iyi konser verdik. özel misafirimiz
Hedi Güven, Joseph, ve
Calvin Lai da çaldi, gayit supermis, ve normal çaldigimiz yere göre daha iyi ses çikti (
Yilmaz, tesekkur ederim...). Janet bir az roman oyun havasi bizle beraber dans oynadi,
Yeliz ve Ladi durmadan fotograf film klip çikmisti.
Bu gerçek bir dinleme konseridir. Keske gelenler, belki ilk defa, çalabileceginiz (ve çalamadigimiz) sey sürekle dinleyebilir...
Bu persembe, bizim en son
Viktoria Lokantasi'ndaki program yapacagiz. Sonbahardan beri sürekli orada çaliyoruz (Eliot sonbahar 2005'den beri). Gelmeniz sart, ayrica Kaliforniya'ya uçak bilet alin ve orada konserimize izleyebiliriz!