"Yurdal Tokcan & Ahenk: Turkish Delights
Published: January 21, 2007
By Elliott Simon
Middle Eastern instrumentation, modes and rhythms have long served as source material for jazz musicians wishing to extend their musical boundaries. In the early days of jazz, an “oriental” tinge was often used to add an air of exotica to a performance piece. Later, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and others would use these same modes and rhythms as creative inspiration for some of their most famous works."
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