Hi Arthur, First of all, anti-semitism is not a big issue here except for a few radical islamists about whom nobody cares. It was never thought that the bombings were planned inside the country... At the concert, Zorn was in a very happy and relaxed mode. He did not talk much and did not mention any politics. (Although most of the artists coming from the US, declare their anti-Bush and anti war statements here...) The house was not sold out, but about 4/5 full with an enthusiastic crowd. The performance was mind blowing but short (a little more than an hour). Even after the show, he was very kind and interested to sign more than thirty of my albums, and that was something I did not expect regarding his sometimes nervous attitude. "Arthur Gadney" <a_gadney@hotmail.com> 19.02.2004 15:02 To: ÜMİT BAYKARA/YKB@YKBNOTES, zorn-list@lists.xmission.com cc: Subject: Re: Turkey? Hi Umit. Thanks for the info. That's very interesting. I'm kind of curious how something like an Electric Masada concert is recieved there, concidering it's not more than a few months ago synagogues were bombed and so on. I know Zorn can be pretty provocative on the topic of anti-semitism and all that, at least he has been so at several shows in Germany.
From: "UMIT BAYKARA" <ubaykara@ykb.com>
Hello there,
There's an interesting and growing scene here in Turkey, mostly fueled by Pozitif, a concert and festival production company and also a label manager...(Doublemoon). Every October, we have Akbank Jazz Festival which features non-mainstream jazzers (Zorn played three times) and in July, there's Istanbul Jazz Festival which mainly features widely known musicians... Also we have a club called Babylon, which is also run by Pozitif guys, where lots of cool gigs have been made... You can use the following links for an archive of the past events here...
http://www.pozitif.info/eng/kronoloji/kronoloji.htm http://www.babylon-ist.com/b2003/en/arsiv/arsiv.asp
Cheers, Umit.
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