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"Canadian-based guitarist, Orhan Demir, possesses a phenomenal talent. Arriving in North America from his native Turkey, he soon fell under the spell of jazz, drawing upon a myriad of influences in the process of shaping his own creative voice, - John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, |
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Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, to mention a few. These served as touchstones
in the development of his distinctly unique amalgam of eastern and western
elements, evident both in his playing and in his compositions. There are
fleeting moments that conjure up a Django Reinheart or an Oscar Alleman,
or even more contemporaneous echoes of John McLaughlin and Larry Coryell;
nevertheless, in his total commitment to fashioning his own brand of music,
he sounds like no one before or since."
John Sutherland, Coda Magazine.
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