Orhan Demir Explained

Orhan Demir
Genre:Jazz
Label:Hittite Records

Orhan Demir (pronounced as /tr/; born 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Canadian jazz guitarist. His first release in 1986 "The way I see You" second release is in 1987 "North West", third album was in 1989 "Windmill" in 1990 solo acoustic album "Sultan of Strings", followed by "Hot Cargo" in 1993, "Originals" in 1997, and "Guitar Plus" in 1998, Originals Vol.2 in 2018, Freedom in Jazz in 2019, Freedom in Jazz Vol.2 in 2020, Ziggurat DVD in 2021.Orhan Demir recordings received great reviews from Jazz Times, Down Beat, Guitar World, Cadence, Options, Coda, Jazz Journal and others.

Brief Biography

Demir, born September 29, 1954, in Istanbul, immigrated to Canada in 1977.His albums were cited by respected magazines such as DownBeat'.[1]

Orhan Demir's style is an interesting blend of Be-Bop rhythms set against a middle-eastern scale played with a fast picking technique. He has been compared to Django Reinhardt.

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Selected discography

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mimaroğlu, İlhan Kemaleddin . Ertesi günce . 1994 . Pan . Istanbul . 978-975-7652-39-7 . 87 . Turkish .
  2. News: . 1989 . 10 . 7 . 65 . Orhan Demir: Northwest .
  3. News: Grey . Hilarie . Orhan Demir Trio: Guitar Plus . . March 1999 . October 25, 2009 .
  4. News: Ferguson . Jim . Orhan Demir: Originals . . November 1997 . October 25, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308091459/http://jazztimes.com/articles/9986-originals-orhan-demir . March 8, 2016 . dead .

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