İlhan Erşahin's Istanbul Sessions
19:30 Bahçehir Üniversitesi Fazıl Say Sahnesi

Cecil Taylor - Tony Oxley
20:00 Cemal Reşit Rey Konser Salonu

Aki Takase: Plays Fats Waller
21:30 Babylon

Niyaz
22:00 Ghetto

Ticket Prices:
Full: 45,00 TL - Student: 25,00 TL

Niyaz
October 22 Thursday  22:00 

This year, Niyaz is bringing a great mix of traditional Iranian melodies with electronic sounds to Akbank Jazz Festival. Hyptonic melodies and rhytms by Niyaz welcomes you to 21st century’s world music. The group has also collaborated with an impressive vocal; Azam Ali known by projects “The Matrix: Revolutions”, “Alias” and “The Agency”. Niyaz has also worked with Carmen Rizzo, two times Grammy nominee and collaborated with Seal, Alanis Morissette, Khaled, Paul Oakenfold and Cirque De Soleil. With the peaceful sufi-inspired sounds , Niyaz shares an experience of Persian and Indian culture.

Azam Ali - Vocal, Rik
Loga Ramin Torkian - Guitar, Saz,  Kamman
Laura Escude - Programming, Violin, Keyboards
Naser Musa - Oud
Salar Nader - Tablas
Ulaş Özdemir -  Saz, Vocals