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Orhan Demir

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Orhan Demir
Demir in the early 2000s
Demir in the early 2000s
Background information
GenresJazz
LabelHittite Records

Orhan Demir (Turkish: [ˈoɾhan ˈdemiɾ]; born 1954 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Canadian jazz guitarist. His first release, in 1986, was The Way I See You; his second release, in 1987, was North West; the third album was 1989's Windmill; in 1990 he released the solo acoustic album Sultan of Strings, followed by Hot Cargo (1993), Originals (1997), Guitar Plus (1998), Originals Vol. 2 (2018), Freedom in Jazz (2019), Freedom in Jazz Vol. 2 (2020), and the Ziggurat DVD (2021). Orhan Demir recordings received great reviews from Jazz Times, Down Beat, Guitar World, Cadence, Options, Coda, Jazz Journal and others.

Brief Biography

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Demir, born September 29, 1954, in Istanbul, immigrated to Canada in 1977. His albums were cited by respected magazines such as DownBeat.[1]

Orhan Demir's style is an interesting blend of Be-Bop rhythms[2] set against a middle-eastern scale[3] played with a fast picking technique.[2] He has been compared to Django Reinhardt.[3]

Musicians

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Selected discography

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  • The Way I See You (1986)
  • Northwest (1988)[4]
  • Windmill (1989)
  • Sultan Of Strings (1990)
  • Hot Cargo (1993)[1]
  • Guitar Plus (1998)[2]
  • Originals (1997)[3]
  • Originals Vol.2, (2018)
  • Freedom in Jazz, (2019)
  • Freedom in Jazz, Vol.2 (2020)
  • Ziggurat in 2021.
  • Freedom in Jazz, Vol. 3 (2023).
  • Wicked Demon (2025)

References

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  1. ^ a b Mimaroğlu, İlhan Kemaleddin (1994). Ertesi günce (in Turkish). Istanbul: Pan. p. 87. ISBN 978-975-7652-39-7.
  2. ^ a b c Grey, Hilarie (March 1999). "Orhan Demir Trio: Guitar Plus". JazzTimes. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Ferguson, Jim (November 1997). "Orhan Demir: Originals". JazzTimes. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  4. ^ "Orhan Demir: Northwest". Cadence. Vol. 10, no. 7. 1989. p. 65.

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