For the release of his new album « Solar Plexus », Ilhan Ersahin will perform with his companions David Harrington and Kelly Wollesen on the Canadian stage. Be ready for the new breath of Jazz to blow your mind with his international project “Istanbul Sessions”. 

Ersahin plunged himself into jazz culture for his first ten years in the states, playing mostly straight ahead standards and perfecting his form. He released a couple of records on a small label out of San Francisco, but in the mid-90s found himself drawn to bands like Massive Attack and Portishead whose hybrid approach spoke to his own musical upbringing—one that included jazz, but also dub, reggae, rock, and other more diverse elements. In 1998 he formed Wax Poetic, a project that incorporated spoken word, a DJ, and electronic elements, which built on Ersahin’s jazz instincts and included a young Norah Jones on vocals. This marked the beginning of a new era for Ersahin—one that would find him on the forward cusp of new-century jazz, blending an eclectic mix of ingredients to create a bold new sound.

“What I’m doing now is a manifestation of what my life has been. It’s not like I consciously invented a certain style. It’s just a reflection of what I’ve always done music-wise and creatively.”

Dave Harrington is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and one half of the electronic music duo Darkside, along with Nicolas Jaar. In a July 28, 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, Harrington mentions that he “grew up in a house where jazz was the musical language.” Harrington started out as a jazz bassist, taking lessons at the Harlem School of the Arts from Kelvin Bell of Eighties downtown favorites Defunkt and former Ornette Coleman and Marc Ribot sideman Brad Jones. Harrington notes that his guitar playing is inspired by jazz musicians such as Bill Frisell, David Torn, John Zorn, and Jerry Garcia,[7] as well as bands such as King Crimson.

Kenny Wollesen (born 1966) is an American drummer and percussionist. Wollesen has recorded and toured with Tom Waits, Sean Lennon, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, John Lurie, Myra Melford, Steven Bernstein, and John Zorn. He is a founding member of the New Klezmer Trio and a member of the Sex Mob and Himalayas groups.

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