Orientet

            Gary Barone:   Violina Sauleva:    Shakir Ertek:
                trumpet                viola                percussion

The three musicians from Bulgaria, the U.S.A. and Turkey originally met to study odd-time rhythms. From that came a gold mine that constantly yields new ideas and musical impulses.

Orientet combines the old music of Turkey and Bulgaria with jazz and improvisation elements. With attention to the fine details, the acoustic trio plays a kind chamber music that is very entertaining. The musical focus is on listening, alert interplay and communication.

The program features traditional Oriental pieces alternating with new compositions of Gary Barone.

The Musicians

Shakir Ertek: percussion

Born in Istanbul.
During his journalism studies at the Univerisity of Istanbul, Shakir played rock, blues and Turkish music with various groups.
He has lived in Germany since 1978, and studied drums at the Frankfurt Musikwerkstatt.
He has played in various ensembles as percussionist as well as drum set player - with the Chris Jarrett Trio, Ensemble Zifafkand, Les Haulz et les Bas, Tributo Armonico Austria, Fis Füz ..., and has played concerts in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Morocco, Iran und Israel.

Shakir is the author of the drum method book Turkish Rhythms for Drum Set and Kudüm (Leu Publishers).
He also teaches percussion and rhythm at the “Jugendmusikschule Südlicher Breisgau” and gives workshops for children and well as adults.

Violina Sauleva: viola

Born in Bulgaria
Violina studied at the Mannheim-Heidelberg Conservatory.
She has been the Assistent Solo Viola player in the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra since 1998.

Violina is interested in Near East music and makes study trips to India and Turkey to further her knowledge and experience.
In 2002 she, along with Shakir Ertek and Karim Othman Hassan. founded the Ensemble Zirafkand, which concentrates on early Ottoman court music.
At the present time, Viola plays in various chamber music ensembles in and around Freiburg.

Gary Barone: trumpet

Born Dec. 12, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan. Began playing trumpet at age 6, started playing professionally at 14. Lived 20 years in Los Angeles, where he was a soloist with Shelly Manne, Stan Kenton, Bud Shank, Maynard Ferguson, Sergio Mendes, Robby Krieger, Canned Heat, Frank Zappa et. al.

Gary’s TV and movie work included recording with composers Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, Dave Gruisin, Michel Legrand and John Williams; he was featured soloist in the movie New York, New York, and TV shows Barney Miller and Starsky and Hutch. Many of his activities are documented in Leonard Feather’s Encyclopaedia of Jazz.

After studying composing and arranging in Los Angeles, Gary moved to Portland, Oregon in 1986. There he linked up the bassist David Friesen, with whom he later made four CDs and toured Europe.

In 1995, Gary was invited to the Jazz & Rock Schule Freiburg as "Artist in Residence." Since living in Freiburg, he has performed with Jiggs Whigham, Waldi Heidepriem, Christof Lauer, Tony Lakatos and Albert Mangelsdorf, and has recorded two of his own CDs, Ta Ta Boom and Gary and the Space Band.

Gary currently teaches at the Jazz & Rock Schule Freiburg, conducts the Jazzhaus Big Band, composes and arranges music, performs as a soloist, and holds improvisation workshops.

Contact

Gary Barone: garybar@gmx.net

Shakir Ertek: shakir.ertek@web.de

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