The Maltese Falcon<\/em>. Despite exotic ingredients—notably Sanlikol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impassioned vocalise and full-bodied piano in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Violet Longing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d—the music is superior big band jazz flavored with intriguing undercurrents flowing out of the Middle East, and a few synthesizer and guitar touches. It is well played by Boston-area members of Sanlikol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s D\u00c3\u00bcnya musicians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 collective. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”VVLa8X9A6IqVJSpbvypicAmX9AU549Jw”] Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122sNext? (D\u00c3\u00bcnya) Using orchestral techniques that stem in part from his early training as a classical pianist, Sanlikol blends aspects of music of his native Turkey and of Arabic countries into contemporary jazz. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music and the New England Conservatory, he studied arranging with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>Using orchestral techniques that stem in part from his early training as a classical pianist, Sanlikol blends aspects of music of his native Turkey and of Arabic countries into contemporary jazz. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music and the New England Conservatory, he studied arranging with Bob Brookmeyer, whose influence is one ingredient in Sanlikol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eclecticism; the audacious \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On the Edge of the Extreme Impossible\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a dramatic instance. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Gone Crazy: A Noir Fantasy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d would be perfect in the background of a remake of The Maltese Falcon<\/em>. Despite exotic ingredients—notably Sanlikol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impassioned vocalise and full-bodied piano in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A Violet Longing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d—the music is superior big band jazz flavored with intriguing undercurrents flowing out of the Middle East, and a few synthesizer and guitar touches. It is well played by Boston-area members of Sanlikol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s D\u00c3\u00bcnya musicians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 collective. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"