The clarinet – intense, soaring, yearning. And no one plays it quite like Hüsnü Şenlendirici, whose gypsy name means “the one who brings joy”. This is music that, long before we started to use the word chillout, soothed troubled gypsy souls in the twilight with its plaintive song; this is music that expresses hopes and yearnings; this is music that today fills the evening streets of old Istanbul with its evocative and enticing sounds.

Brought to Turkey from Europe, the clarinet’s expressive qualities soon found a home amongst classical and gypsy musicians. Playing snaking eastern melodies with lavish ornamentation or wild improvisations against complex drummed rhythms and with a sound so close to the human voice, the clarinet has become a much-loved part of Turkish musical culture. The clarinet on this CD is no less than the voice of one of Turkey’s great musicians Hüsnü Şenlendirici, and is at the same time his dear friend and his passion.

Hüsnü Şenlendirici was born on 12 July 1976, in Bergama, a small town in the Aegean region. Coming from a family deeply rooted in musical traditions (his grandfather, Hüsnü Şenlendirici, used to play the clarinet and trumpet; his other grandfather, Fahrettin Kofeci, the clarinet; and his recently deceased father, Ergun Senlendirici, the trumpet), he immediately became fascinated by music and started playing the clarinet when he was only five. After taking off to a musical journey where he was introduced to various cultures in Anatolia, and particularly to his Aegean homeland musical traditions. He attended the Turkish Music State Conservatory at Istanbul Technical University in 1988 to study music. But Senlendirici didn’t spend much time there and dropped out after 4 years of education.

In those years, he started playing with the famous Magnetic Band, a band put together by the master percussionist Okay Temiz, appearing in hundreds of festivals and becoming a musical ambassador of his country. He took part in the recordings of internationally known band, Embrio and went on tours together. In the meantime, he performed in outstanding festivals abroad with his father’s sextet, Laco. After quitting school, he accompanied various leading Turkish artists both on stage and during recordings. He played with distinguished Turkish musicians and bands including Ozdemir Erdogan, Muazzez Abaci, Bulent Ersoy, Muslum Gurses, Kibariye, Fatih Kisaparmak, Zara, Kubat, Kayahan, Seda Sayan, Emel Sayin, Adnan Senses, Zerrin Ozer, Cengiz Kurtoglu, Candan Ercetin, Fatih Erkoc, Serdar Ortac, Athena, Izel, Ayna, Hande Yener, Hasan Cihat Orter, Ilhan Ersahin, Mercan Dede and many others.

Following a proposal he received from Pozitif while still serving in the military, Senlendirici formed his present band, Laco Tayfa and collaborated with the famous American ensemble, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, for an album and a concert project. The resulting album, “In the Buzbag”, was highly acclaimed by critics. Right after this success, the group originally consisting of 13 members was reduced to an octette and their first solo album “Bergama Gaydasi” was released in 2000 by Doublemoon Records. This album was also published worldwide by the famous ethnic music record company, Traditional Crossroads. Then came a series of concerts, both at home and abroad.

Hüsnü Şenlendirici also founded a quintet called “Husnu Senlendirici and Friends” in order to carry Turkish music to wider audiences. He performed in numerous concerts with both of his groups within and outside Turkey. These included concerts like EXPO-2001 in Germany, supported by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism; New York, Central Park concert within the framework of Mayfest festival 2002; and the concerts he gave, in July 2002, with his 35 member Laco Tayfa Big Band during Istanbul Jazz Festival…

In the meanwhile, Senlendirici and his group Laco Tayfa released his new album “Hicaz Dolap” in October 2002. He also composed and arranged the tracks of a TV serial still being shot by Yavuz Turgul and Mustafa Oguz.

Hüsnü Şenlendirici accompanied Kubat and Belkis Akkale within the framework of “Anatolian Sun” which was financed by the Turkish Prime Ministry Promotion Fund and the Ministry of Culture. He also performed at the St. Irene Museum together with the Cemal Resit Rey and the Adana Symphony orchestras. In July 2004,  Husnu Senlendirici has performed at Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theatre with Laco Tayfa & Vassilis Saleas.

Musicians:

• Hüsnü Şenlendirici – Clarinet, Trumpet, Zurna, Keyboard, Turk Hung Drum
• Gültekin Kaçar – Elektric guitar
• Orhan Şallıel – Piano
• Erdinç Şenyaylar – Elektric guitar
• İsmail Tunçbilek – Baglama
• Serhan Yasdıman – Jazz guitar
• Ozan Musluoğlu – Kontrbass
• Gündem Stringed Groups – Stringed Music İnstrument
• Umut Sel – Kontrbass
• Ceyhun Çelikten – Keyboard, akordeon
• Murat Aydemir – Tanbur
• Tarık Ceran – Nature Sound
• Orhan Osman – Buzuki
• Cem Bergamalı – Turk Hang Drum
• Aytaç Doğan – Kanun
• Mehmet Akatay – Percussion
• Nuri Lekesizgöz – Kanun
• Hasan Gözetlik – Trombone
• Yıldıray Güz – Ud

Track List:

1. Oyun Havası/Dance Mood (04:26)
2. Çiğ/Avalianche (04:39)
3. Fla-Mango/Fla-Mango (03:56)
4. İstanbul İstanbul Olalı/Since Istanbul Has Been (04:52)
5. Şina Narı (03:12)
6. Leylim Ley (04:37)
7. Bülbülüm Altın Kafeste/My Golden-Caged Nightingale (06:08)
8. Kumsalda/On the Shore (04:50)
9. Kimseye Etmem Şikayet/I Won’t Complain (04:16)
10. Tatlı Dillim/Sweet Talker (05:00)
11. Dört Zeybek/Four Zeybek (06:08)

Length : 52:04 | Bitarte : 320 kBit/s | Year : 2005 | Size : 114 mb

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Laço Tayfa – 2002 – Hicaz Dolap

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Laço Tayfa represents a new synthesis within the Turkish Roma (gypsy) tradition. Under the leadership of clarinetist Husnu Senlendirici, Laco Tayfa brings Turkish regional folk music into dialogue with contemporary world music styles, fired by a driving improvisational style. This unification is achieved in Hicaz Dolap at such a level that listeners will find themselves caught up in a journey to the edges of a harmonious whole that is composed of incongruous melodic structures. Every instrument breathes on its own in this album; instruments once thought to be archrivals merge in great harmony.

Laço Tayfa, who gained instant notoriety with the highly respected album In The BuzzBag, recorded with the funk/acid jazz armada Brooklyn Funk Essentials, are now back with their own brand of funk. Some of the tracks on their debut album, Bergama Gaydasi, such as, “Malatya,” “Izmir’in Kavaklari,” “Fidayda” and “Çiftetelli,” have already become anthems of the music markets on Istiklal Cad.

In this album, Laco Tayfa combines the traditional sounds of Asia Minor and Thrace with Laco Tayfa magic and a highly sophisticated infrastructure. Contemporary musician/composer/conductor/legend Lawrence “Butch” Morris sat in as a consultant for this unorthodox project.

Hüsnü Şenlendirici comes from a family of musicians from the Turkish Aegean coastal town of Bergama, where local Roma musicians play for local inhabitants of different ethnic groups. Interestingly, in this area, Roma musicians play versions of brass band instruments. A typical traditional wedding band consists of clarinet, trumpet, snare drum and a double-headed folk bass drum called a davul. The Senlendirici family has consisted of musicians playing clarinet and trumpet for generations, hence the meaning of their last name, “The ones who create celebrations”. Husnu’s grandfather played trumpet and clarinet, while his father, Ergun, was a highly celebrated trumpet player who moved out of the regional wedding circuit to join studio, concert and touring musicians working out of Istanbul. After training at the state music conservatory in Istanbul, Husnu joined his father in concerts, recorded with world music artists such as Okay Temiz, and toured Europe and the United States. Husnu also participated in local avant-garde experiments, such as the fusing of Roma improvisational style, Turkish melodies and Western classical and jazz harmonies. While seeking new musical challenges, Husnu remains grounded in local Roma and Turkish urban styles, performing at weddings, with urban singing stars at concerts and on recordings.

For this project with Laço Tayfa, Husnu worked with traditional folk material from each of the regions of Turkey, using signature Roma tunes as a basis for a new synthesis which incorporates jazz harmonies, riffs and textures with Indian tabla as well as North African and Arabic rhythmic patterns. In this repertoire, Husnu also presents sounds from his native region, such as 9/8-meter Roma wedding pieces with driving melodic solos in the Aegean style, the melody of an Aegean folk dance form (zeybek) known as harmandali with solo clarinet and davul in the manner of a neighborhood wedding and an impassioned interpretation of an Aegean urban folk song, “Izmir’in Kavaklari.” Within traditional treatments of these diverse regional styles, Husnu embeds new improvisations.
Thus the Black Sea piecces maintain the characteristic parallel 4th harmonies, but add suprising twists and silences. The Rumeli (Turkish Balkan) repertoire of Deryalar and Ramize incorporate Roma Macedonian harmonies in 3rds. The Central Anatolian tune from Fidayda is performed in the bağlama style characteristic of its origins, but moves into an electro-bağlama solo which imitates the guitar. The musicians joining Hüsnü in Laço Tayfa are from Bergama and İzmir

Members :
Hüsnü Senlendirici (Clarinet, Trumpet, Asma Davul and Zurna).
Özkan Alici (Baglama).
Nuri Lekesizgöz (Kanun).
Ergun Hepbildik (Violin).
Mehmet Akatay (Percussion).
Volkan Öktem (Drums and Percussion).
Nurhat Sensesli (Bass) .
Burc Sensesli (Keyboards).

Track List:
01 -  Surmat (Traditional) (05:11)
02 -  Erkilet Güzeli (Traditional) (03:57)
03 -  Zülüf (Neset Ertas) (05:34)
04 -  Estergon Kalesi (Traditional) (03:57)
05 -  Ussak (Traditional) (04:12)
06 -  Püsküllü (Hüsnü Senlerdirici) (03:53)
07 -  Gel Yad’a Salma Dilber (Traditional) (05:28)
08 -  Hicaz Dolap (Sükrü Tunar) (04:47)
09 -  Atmaca (Hüsnü Senlerdirici) (04:28)
10 -  Kütahya’nin Pinarlari (Hisarli Ahmet) (04:38)
11 -  Divane Asik Gibi (Hasan Tunc) (03:41)
12 -  Surmat (Remix) (05:56)
13 -  Erkilet Güzeli (Remix) (05:38)

Length : 61:20 | Bitarte : 320 kBit/s | Year : 2002 | Size : 141 mb

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