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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
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