Truffaz Istanbul

In the grand continuum of the ever progressing Nublu Sound, acclaimed saxophonist and composer Ilhan Ersahin and famous Swizz trumpeter Erik Truffaz present Istanbul Sessions project. With Istanbul Sessions Ersahin, founder of Nublu Records and the renowned East Village nightclub of the same name, and trumpet virtuose's Truffaz, bring together the sounds of east and west to produce something new and vital, with free-form avant-jazz riffs skillfully and seamlessly with the exotically flavored grooves conjured by Istanbul bassist Alp Ersonmez, drummer Turgut Alp Bekoglu, and percussionist Izzet Kizil to dazzling effect. Freedom opens with an exciting stretch of drumming before Ersahin enters with some nice tenor; Truffaz joins him to flesh out the horn statement and add solo runs…

There was a generation or two of trumpeters who picked up ideas from the meteoric musical trajectory of Miles Davis and developed them after Miles himself had moved on. Palle Mikkelborg and Enrico Rava are good examples, but the Swiss-born Frenchman Érik Truffaz is one of the most consistently creative. He just can’t help sounding beautiful and lyrical, whatever the setting. A good example here is his work on the slightly grungy sound of vocalist Anna Aaron’s song Blue Movie, which has a delightful, whimsical trumpet solo with Harmon mute that could have sprung out of any Davis recording from the 50s or 60s. As on many recent Truffaz discs, regular partners join the trumpeter: namely Marcello Giuliani on bass and drummer Marc Erbetta…