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SUMMARY:Mehmet Polat Quartet at Teatro Munganga
DESCRIPTION:Mehmet Polat Quartet\n\nUd player and composer Mehmet Polat bri
 ngs on board three virtuosos of jazz and world music to form his new quart
 et: Philipp Rüttgers on piano\, Martin Hafizi on drums and Daniel van Huf
 felen on double bass. The quartet blends jazz with rich musical traditions
  from Polat’s many previous crossover projects. \n\nThe crossover-inspir
 ed compositions spring into existence through contemplation\, experiments\
 , emotions\, adventure and virtuosity. Polat finds a certain freedom in di
 verging from simple time signatures into complex ‘odd meters’ like the
  5/4\, 7/4 and 9/8 found in non-Western music. The drums and double bass p
 rovide a rhythmical fundament for melodic ud and piano lines. Each of the 
 musicians brings an individual musical sensibility\, creativity and freshn
 ess to interpreting and performing the works. Collectively they make the w
 hole much more than a sum of the parts. \n\nThe Mehmet Polat Quartet’s d
 ebut album\, Embodied Poetry was released in June 2023 with a release conc
 ert in Bimhuis\, Amsterdam. Listen &amp\; buy it here: https://orcd.co/emb
 odiedpoetry \n\n&nbsp\;\n\nMehmet Polat ud / compositions \n\nFranz von Ch
 ossy piano\n\nMartin Hafizi drums \n\nDaniel van Huffelen double bass\n\n&
 nbsp\;\n\nVideos on YouTube:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgpT3-_OhJ
 Q \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN7O8VZud4E\n\nhttps://www.youtube.c
 om/watch?v=gRmYrQoo65A\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2fX5SQkJTo\n\n&
 nbsp\;\n\nQuotes from the reviews:\n\n"...the jazz aesthetic is one that s
 uffuses the entire album\, but the extent to which this shines through wax
 es and wanes along the way." **** Songlines UK\n\n\n“Unforgettable music
 al tranquility” JazzNu NL\n\n\n"Admirable harmonious playing\, impressiv
 e range of styles" Cumhuriyet TR\n\n“Mehmet Polat is one of the best\, m
 ost influential and innovative ud players of his generation." Heaven Magaz
 ine NL\n\n"Contemporary\, unconventional world music of great stature...."
  New Folk Sounds NL\n\n"...the inclusiveness of the music is distinctive."
  Jazzflits NL\n\n"Beautiful\, melancholic\, often exciting\, always warm m
 usic..." Moors Magazine NL\n\n“Embodied Poetry” is an evocative work\,
  a result of the openness and peaceful coexistence of music that has refer
 ences in different cultures those expertly innervated with jazz. The resul
 t is extremely pleasant\, opens the mind." Blogfoolk IT\n\n“A brilliant 
 album” Lira Magazine SE\n\n“…the emphasis is always on his magnifice
 nt playing on the ud…” Mixed World Music NL\n\n“Polat is currently t
 he most important representative of the oud in Europe\, always fascinating
 ly mixing the music of his homeland with jazz.” Nieuwe Noten NL\n\n“..
 .displays pure creative jazz with outbursts of introspective improvisation
 s…” Written on Music &amp\; Europe Jazz Network\n\n“Discover the be
 autiful\, virtuoso union of two united universes. ..all these harmonious\,
  soothing beauties will reveal themselves to you.” Jazzmania BE\n\n​
 ​​​​​“Mehmet Polat is a wonderful musician: an open eye and ea
 r for everything and everyone… The band provides seventy minutes of exce
 llent listening pleasure.” Rootstime BE\n​\n\n"Unequalled\, heartwarmi
 ng global sounds..." Zeeuwse Cultuur Agenda\, NL\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n Links to w
 ebsite &amp\; social media:\n\nwww.mehmetpolat.net\n\nwww.facebook.com/udi
 mehmetpolat\n\nwww.youtube.com/user/mehmetpolat\n\nhttps://open.spotify.co
 m/artist/5G3QhltT1IWPSkV3Wh1My4\n\nhttps://mehmetpolat.bandcamp.com/\n\nww
 w.instagram.com/mehmet.polat.udi\n\nwww.twitter.com/udipolat\n\n&nbsp\;\n\
 n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Teatro Munganga\, Schinkelhavenstraat 27\, Amsterdam\, 1075 VP\, N
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