Şevket Akıncı (guitarist, composer, improviser, arranger, producer)Şevket Akıncı has played, composed, and recorded in many musical styles from jazz, country, folk, and classical Turkish, to electronica, punk, and free improvisation. He has performed concerts in many countries with his ensembles and with many outstanding musicians. He has also composed scores for a variety of dance, film and theater projects. In 2005, with Korhan Erel, he founded Islak Köpek, Turkey’s oldest free improvisation group; and later created the avant garde Mutant project for seven guitarists. Currently, he gives concerts with Umut Çağlar’s Dead Country, Şenol Küçükyıldırım’sWeed projects, and with the Turkish-Dutch improvisation project IstanPOOL. A producer of the Şirin Soysal project, Şevket Akıncı  is a lecturer at the Bahçeşehir Jazz School, and a radio programmer. He has also written a book of poetry, Hezeyan Sözlüğü.  http://sevketakinci.com/

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