------------- From: "Arthur Gadney" <a_gadney@hotmail.com> Subject: Turkey? .... I've noticed before, that it seems like more and more interesting musicians play in Turkey....Is here a growing "scene" or interest in Turkey or something?? hi arthur, theres not a scene per se that i know of, but istanbul, especially, has a large young westernized and educated muslim poor-to-middle class with a long history of being open to all styles of arts and musics. its the crossoroads between europe and asia- literally, by ferrry in the same city. recently saxophone player/ethnographer robert reigle set up a conf on spectral music whose many caried participants ranged from fred hodgkinson to iancu dumitrescu and ana avram, all doing their own music and they also jammed together. i'll let you know when we get the coverage up in jumpartsjournal.org if my visit a year ago was any indication, expect much from turkey. love to all steve, now off to hear milford graves/wm parker duo n.p.: jean derome: canot (ambients magnetiques) n.r. autobio perry robinson, finally. up to p 130 Steve Koenig Editor, JumpArtsJournal.org 2625 East 13 Street 2K Brooklyn NY USA 11235-4422 tel. 718-332-6517 e: AcousticLv@aol.com