Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Erdoğan Çapli Exciting Rhythms of Piano Pasha [1963]


Time Records Series 2000 S/2074

From Billboard July 13, 1963:
Erdoğan Çapli is a most exciting Turkish pianist who gets a chance to show off his jazz-pop-Middle Eastern stylings on this impressive disk.  Intricate and inventive rhythmic patterns and harmonic changes applied to a flock of American standards make this a most unusual album.  Çapli's 14-year-old son Kerim comes through with virtuoso drum work in support of his dad.
Tracklist:
01 Uska Dara
02 Exodus
03 Granada
04 Moon River
05 Caravan
06 Baubles, Bangles and Beads
07 Up A Lazy River
08 Pasha's Theme
09 Misirlou
10 Poinciana
11 Blues A La Turk
12 St. Louis Blues

Personnel and Instrumentation:
Piano and Harpsichord – Erdoğan Çapli
Bass – Sam Bruno
Bongos and Drums – Kerim Çapli
Percussion – William Ryan

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