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URL:https://mehmetpolat.net/events/mehmet-polat-quartet-in-jazz-inverdan-z
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SUMMARY:Mehmet Polat Quartet in Jazz Inverdan\, Zaandam
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: Franz von Chossy on piano\, Martin Hafizi on drums and Daniel van Huff
 elen on double bass. The quartet blends jazz with rich musical traditions 
 from Polat’s many previous crossover projects. \n\nThe crossover-inspire
 d compositions spring into existence through contemplation\, experiments\,
  emotions\, adventure and virtuosity. Polat finds a certain freedom in div
 erging 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 pr
 ovide a rhythmical fundament for melodic ud and piano lines. Each of the m
 usicians brings an individual musical sensibility\, creativity and freshne
 ss to interpreting and performing the works. Collectively they make the wh
 ole much more than a sum of the parts. \n\nThe Mehmet Polat Quartet’s de
 but album\, Embodied Poetry was released in June 2023 with a release conce
 rt in Bimhuis\, Amsterdam. Listen &amp\; buy it here: https://orcd.co/embo
 diedpoetry \n\n&nbsp\;\n\nMehmet Polat ud / compositions \n\nFranz von Cho
 ssy piano\n\nMartin Hafizi drums \n\nDaniel van Huffelen double bass\n\n&n
 bsp\;\n\nVideos on YouTube:\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgpT3-_OhJQ
  \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN7O8VZud4E\n\nhttps://www.youtube.co
 m/watch?v=gRmYrQoo65A\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2fX5SQkJTo\n\n&n
 bsp\;\n\nQuotes from the reviews:\n\n"...the jazz aesthetic is one that su
 ffuses the entire album\, but the extent to which this shines through waxe
 s and wanes along the way." **** Songlines UK\n\n\n“Unforgettable musica
 l tranquility” JazzNu NL\n\n\n"Admirable harmonious playing\, impressive
  range of styles" Cumhuriyet TR\n\n“Mehmet Polat is one of the best\, mo
 st influential and innovative ud players of his generation." Heaven Magazi
 ne 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 mu
 sic..." Moors Magazine NL\n\n“Embodied Poetry” is an evocative work\, 
 a result of the openness and peaceful coexistence of music that has refere
 nces in different cultures those expertly innervated with jazz. The result
  is extremely pleasant\, opens the mind." Blogfoolk IT\n\n“A brilliant a
 lbum” Lira Magazine SE\n\n“…the emphasis is always on his magnificen
 t playing on the ud…” Mixed World Music NL\n\n“Polat is currently th
 e most important representative of the oud in Europe\, always fascinatingl
 y mixing the music of his homeland with jazz.” Nieuwe Noten NL\n\n“...
 displays pure creative jazz with outbursts of introspective improvisations
 …” Written on Music &amp\; Europe Jazz Network\n\n“Discover the bea
 utiful\, 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:De Doopsgezinde Vermaning\, Westzijde 80\, Zaandam\, Netherlands
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