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Mehmet Polat

Master ud player, composer and teacher

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    • Roots in Motion (2025)
    • Embodied Poetry (2023)
    • The Promise (2020)
    • Quantum Leap (2019)
    • Ageless Garden (2018)
    • Ask Your Heart (2017)
    • Next Spring (2014)
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Category: Press

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* Album review for ‘Roots in Motion’ in JazzFlits NL

“Roots In Motion” is a powerful statement of deep musical and emotional expression, blending Turkish tradition, jazz, and global influences with masterful artistry. Beautiful album review in JazzFlits written byContinue reading* Album review for ‘Roots in Motion’ in JazzFlits NL

Posted-on08/05/2025By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Roots in Motion’ in Moors Magazine NL

“Exciting, warm, melancholic, passionate, and extraordinarily beautiful.” writes Holly Moors in moorsmagazine.com about ‘Roots In Motion’. Review: https://tinyurl.com/2xdkdwwa

Posted-on21/04/2025By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Roots in Motion’ in Jazzquad RU

Beautiful review on Jazz Quad by Leonid Auskern! Here is a quote “Music is both an anchor to the past and a gateway to transformation and cultural dialogue.” https://jazzquad.ru/index.pl?act=PRODUCT&id=6868 ListenContinue reading* Album review for ‘Roots in Motion’ in Jazzquad RU

Posted-on14/04/2025By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Concert review for ‘Mehmet Polat Quartet in Zeeland’ at Zeeuwse Cultuur Agenda

Recensie Mehmet Polat kwartet Een Bunder muziek, 12 mei 2024

Posted-on20/05/2024By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in JazzNu

‘Embodied Poetry’ van Mehmet Polat onvergetelijk muzikaal rustpunt  

Posted-on25/12/2023By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in Jazzism

Beautiful review in Jazzism #5 by Rik van Boeckel. “…varied in terms of musical styles though the emphasis is on the magnefic playing on the ud…” #embodiedpoetry

Posted-on20/12/2023By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in Jazzquad RU

https://jazzquad.ru/index.pl?act=PRODUCT&id=6616 “…after Embodied Poetry I will definitely remember one more name: Mehmet Polat.”

Posted-on11/12/2023By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in Muziekwereld by NTB

“…mysterious Eastern world of sounds larded with ear-pleasing Western jazz.”

Posted-on16/11/2023By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in Cumhuriyet TR

“Admirable harmonious playing, impressive range of styles” https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/kultur-sanat/vitrindeki-albumler-2137281

Posted-on04/11/202315/11/2023By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com
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* Album review for ‘Embodied Poetry’ in Songlines UK ****

“…the jazz aesthetic is one that suffuses the entire album, but the extent to which this shines through waxes and wanes along the way.” ****

Posted-on01/11/2023By lineBylineudipolat@gmail.com

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“Mehmet Polat is a wonderful musician: an open eye and ear for everything and everyone...”

Dani Heyvaert, Rootstime.be

Upcoming Events

09 Oct
'Tijd en hoop' with Joke Hermsen, Maryana Golovchenko
9 Oct 25
Woerden
26 Oct
'Tijd en hoop' with Joke Hermsen, Maryana Golovchenko
26 Oct 25
Haarlem
02 Nov
Mehmet Polat Quartet in Jazz Inverdan, Zaandam
2 Nov 25
Zaandam
13 Nov
Mehmet Polat Quartet in Theater de Lieve Vrouw
13 Nov 25
Amersfoort
03 Mar
Mehmet Polat Quartet in Jazz in Arnhem
3 Mar 26
Arnhem

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