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Funk Poems for 'Bird'

by Timuçin Şahin's Flow State

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    Guitarist/composer Timuçin Şahin releases Funk Poems for 'Bird', a reckoning with the ghost of one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, Charlie Parker, as well as a document of Şahin’s unique collage of influences from the classical and improvisational avant-garde. Joined by pianist Cory Smythe, bassist Reggie Washington, and drummer Sean Rickman, Şahin’s double neck guitar (one standard neck and the other fretless neck in an alternate tuning) careens through textures that are shaped by Bird's spirit while also being infused with the rhythmic energy of funk music and the chromatic pitch vocabulary of 20th century modernists.

    Flow State: Timuçin Şahin, guitar; Cory Smythe, piano; Reggie Washington, bass; Sean Rickman, drums

    Recorded January 2020 at Hayyam Studios Istanbul
    Recording Engineers: Alp Turaç and Sinan Sakızlı

    Baritone guitar recordings: Arel and Mimaroğlu Studios Yaşar University Izmir
    Recording Engineer: Mehmet Can Özer

    Confirmation on 1, is recorded at Acoustic Recording Studios in New York
    Recording Engineer: Peter Karl

    Mix and Mastering by Saygın Özatmaca

    Cover and Recording Session Photos: Turgay Yalçın

    Live Photos: Özge Balkan

    Graphic Design: Negrican Birlik

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Guitarist/composer Timuçin Şahin releases Funk Poems for 'Bird', a reckoning with the ghost of one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, Charlie Parker, as well as a document of Şahin’s unique collage of influences from the classical and improvisational avant-garde. Joined by pianist Cory Smythe, bassist Reggie Washington, and drummer Sean Rickman, Şahin’s double neck guitar (one standard neck and the other fretless neck in an alternate tuning) careens through textures that are shaped by Bird's spirit while also being infused with the rhythmic energy of funk music and the chromatic pitch vocabulary of 20th century modernists.

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released November 4, 2022

Flow State: Timuçin Şahin, guitar; Cory Smythe, piano; Reggie Washington, bass; Sean Rickman, drums

Recorded January 2020 at Hayyam Studios Istanbul
Recording Engineers: Alp Turaç and Sinan Sakızlı

Baritone guitar recordings: Arel and Mimaroğlu Studios Yaşar University Izmir
Recording Engineer: Mehmet Can Özer

Confirmation on 1, is recorded at Acoustic Recording Studios in New York
Recording Engineer: Peter Karl

Mix and Mastering by Saygın Özatmaca

Cover and Recording Session Photos: Turgay Yalçın

Live Photos: Özge Balkan

Graphic Design: Negrican Birlik

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Timuçin Şahin New York, New York

Timuçin Şahin, called “A nimble guitarist and a scintillating composer.” (New York Times), and his music described as “Very impressive, visceral yet also cerebral and feisty..”(Downbeat Magazine), is an innovative composer, improviser and band-leader with an extensive discography and performance background. ... more

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