Smooth Jazz

Ubuntu

Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) [feat. Stevie Wonder]

All I Want Is You

All I Want Is You (feat. October London)

Just a tune I wrote that brings me joy. The great Mike Sunjka plays guitar. I kept thinking I would replace the drums/bass I created with live instruments but it never worked out, so this "demo" version is a-go.

Hope Springs Eternal


Childhood in 7/8 time: Istanbul Before Twelve smells of simit and the sea; it sounds like ferry horns, spoon percussion, and merchants’ cries. Makam melodies meet nu-jazz soul—warm, handcrafted, alive.



This is my first map of Istanbul—from the courtyard to the ferry, from the tea garden to the Grand Bazaar. You’ll hear makam colors, microtones, and aksak grooves in 7/8 and 9/8; saz, oud, kanun, ney, kaval, zurna, darbuka, and davul telling how the city sounded to me before I turned twelve.
Each track is a scene: our block, the neighbor, Teacher Veli (stern and kind), friendship and hospitality, the green valleys, the Bosphorus, the nights, the tea garden, and the journey forward. Between seagulls and ferry horns, nu-jazz and soul blend with a hint of djent—honest, warm, handcrafted.
Not nostalgia in sepia—living memory. If you know how tea tastes like home, press play.

Stone Groove (feat. Joe Sample)

Boney James

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