To Paradise
Jazz in Turkey the documentary can be summarized as a project in which I explore the condition, evolution and interaction of Turkish jazz music and its musicians, in parallel to Turkish history. The s…
To Paradise
Jazz in Turkey the documentary can be summarized as a project in which I explore the condition, evolution and interaction of Turkish jazz music and its musicians, in parallel to Turkish history. The spark for this project, I suppose, were my encounters with lhan Mimarolus late 50s book Caz Sanat (Art of Jazz) and the slim appendix called Summary: Jazz in Turkey in Cüneyt Sermets 90s book Cazn çinden. Afterwards, conversations with the Focan family led me to realize that despite the massive intention for research and observation regarding the topic, the project was yet an orphan. In a country with limited archives, calling the oral history-based project a daring Turkish Jazz History would be beyond me, so I decided to name it Jazz in Turkey instead. We started filming in 2011. The greatest hindrance for an oral history project, I suppose, is the potential of the interviewees getting lost in the turbulent waters that range between deep modesty and high ego when talking about themselves. Turkeys jazz story, which I compiled from interviews with 50 people, partially carries elements of a chronological history documentary. However, due to the interviewees approach and what they delivered, I started evaluating it as the impact of jazz music to Turkey. When this impact is attributed to a sociological development process, one can easily notice the structure evolving in phases. The codes involved in the process are political manoeuvres, mimicry, original advancements, technical development, social perception, determinant self-confidence and artistic spirit. I think, this documentarys mission is to voice a sincere interpretation of how outright facts are perceived in different social strata, rather than revealing buried historical truth. A sincere interpretation that pours from the minds and hearts of dozens of people
To Paradise
Crime,Drama,Thriller
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Jazz in Turkey the documentary can be summarized as a project in which I explore the condition, evolution and interaction of Turkish jazz music and its musicians, in parallel to Turkish history. The spark for this project, I suppose, were my encounters with lhan Mimarolus late 50s book Caz Sanat (Art of Jazz) and the slim appendix called Summary: Jazz in Turkey in Cüneyt Sermets 90s book Cazn çinden. Afterwards, conversations with the Focan family led me to realize that despite the massive intention for research and observation regarding the topic, the project was yet an orphan.
In a country with limited archives, calling the oral history-based project a daring Turkish Jazz History would be beyond me, so I decided to name it Jazz in Turkey instead. We started filming in 2011. The greatest hindrance for an oral history project, I suppose, is the potential of the interviewees getting lost in the turbulent waters that range between deep modesty and high ego when talking about themselves.
Turkeys jazz story, which I compiled from interviews with 50 people, partially carries elements of a chronological history documentary. However, due to the interviewees approach and what they delivered, I started evaluating it as the impact of jazz music to Turkey. When this impact is attributed to a sociological development process, one can easily notice the structure evolving in phases.
The codes involved in the process are political manoeuvres, mimicry, original advancements, technical development, social perception, determinant self-confidence and artistic spirit. I think, this documentarys mission is to voice a sincere interpretation of how outright facts are perceived in different social strata, rather than revealing buried historical truth. A sincere interpretation that pours from the minds and hearts of dozens of people.