Saadet Turkoz (Kazahstan, Turkey, Switzerland)

Improvisation

Saadet Turkoz – vocal

Anton Silaev – trumpet, electronics

Singer Saadet Torkez, now resident in Switzerland, was born in Istanbul in 1961 in a family of Uigur migrants from China. So, she inherited a rich historic mix of ancient traditions of Central-Asian highlands and the Marmara sea.

Through her improvisations (inspired mainly by melodic language of the Koran) and  Turkish and Kazakh songs she tries to transform her reminiscences and ancestral memory of her nation. Her voice and music create unique images and sophisticated atmosphere that are beyond cultural borders

Besides her solo concerts, Saadet regularly performs in duos, trios or bigger formations with free-improvising jazz musicians -  such as  Martin Schuetz, Elliot Sharp, Eyvind Kang, Werner Luedi, Urs Leimgruber, Thomas Rohrer, Miya Masaoka, Norbert Moeslang, Andy Guhl, Peter Kowald, Gianni Gebbia, Ikue Mori, Carl Ruediger, Okkyung Lee, the Koch-Schuetz-Studer Trio, Pascal Schaer, Nils Wogram, Jaques Widmer, Mark Dresser,  Fred Frith, the Black Sea Trio, Larry Ochs, Carl Stone, Xu Feng Shia, Peggy Lee,  Mich Gerber, Peter SchŠrli, Fritz Hauser, Graham Haynes, Satoshi Takeishi,  Alex Cline,  Brent Arnold, Yagi Michiyo, Makigami Koichi.

Formations:

Duos:

Nils Wogram, posaune (Switzerland/Germany)

Martin Schuetz, cello (Switzerland)

Urs Leimgruber, sax (Switzerland)

Pascal Schaer, trombone (Switzerland)

Jaques Widmer, drum (Switzerland)

Elliott Sharp, git, sax (USA)

Okyung Lee, cello (Korea, USA)

Eyvind Kang, viola (USA)

Peggy Lee, cello (CA)

Xu Feng Xia, kuzheng (China/Germany)

Carl Stone, electronic (USA/Japan)

Miya Masaoka, koto (USA)

Trios:

Fredy Studer, drum and guest instrument (Urumchi-Uyghur Region/Switzerland)

Satoshi Takeishi, drum, Okkyung Lee, cello, (USA)

Mark Dresser, bass, Okkyung lee, cello(USA)

Larry Ochs, sax, Miya Masaoka, koto (USA)

Quartets:

Trio "what we live", Larry Ochs, sax, Lisle Ellis, bass, Don Robinson, drum (USA)

Trio Koch-Schuetz-Studer, Hans Koch, sax, Martin Schuetz, cello, Fredy Studer, drum, (Switzerland)

Quintets

"Blast"  (Dirk Bruinsma, sax, (NL), Paed Conca, bass, electronic, (CH), Frank Crijns, git, (NL), Fabrizio Spera, drums, (I)