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Take Five With Ferit Odman
Ferit Odman is an on demand and busy jazz drummer based in Istanbul. He started his music studies in Sweden as an AFS exchange student (1999), got a full scholarship to get his B.A. in Music at Istanbul Bilgi University (2001), attended the School For Improvisation workshops in NYC (2004), and has been granted a Fulbright Scholarship to further build on his studies at William Paterson University (2006). He spent / played two years in NYC and holds a M.M. (Master of Music) degree in Jazz Performance. He has three albums as a leader and played over 30 recordings. Odman recently performs with TRT Big Band and Turkish pianist Kerem G?rsev, while leading his own quintet and touring around Europe.
Instrument(s):
Drums
Teachers and/or influences?
Max Roach
drums1925 - 2007
Art Blakey
drums1919 - 1990
Philly Joe Jones
drums1923 - 1985
I knew I wanted to be a musician when...
When I was 11.
Your sound and approach to music:
Swinging.
Your teaching approach:
Back to the basics.
Your dream band:
Just recorded my last album with my dream band.
Favorite venue:
North Sea Jazz Festival, Nardis Jazz Club
Your favorite recording in your discography and why?
Dameronia With Strings. The use of string arrangements, which is very rare for a drummer's album as well as the fact that it's recorded, mixed and mastered purely analog to vinyl. That means you'll hear exactly what we played that day, without any digital corrections. This is a tribute that I worked on meticulously in honor of my favorite pianist/composer
Tadd Dameron
piano1917 - 1965
The first Jazz album I bought was:
Wynton Marsalis
trumpetb.1961
What do you think is the most important thing you are contributing musically?
Keeping the tradition alive.
CDs you are listening to now:
Nicholas Payton
trumpetb.1973
Otis Brown III
drums
David Binney
saxophone, altob.1961
Clifford Brown
trumpetb.1930
Desert Island picks:
Roy Haynes
drums1926 - 2024
Wynton Kelly
piano1931 - 1971
Hank Mobley
saxophone, tenor1930 - 1986
Clifford Brown and Max Roach, Study In Brown (Polygram);
The Engine Room, A History Of Jazz Drumming From Storyville to 52nd Street (Proper Records).
What are some of the essential requirements to keep jazz alive and growing?
People to go out, check out live music and buy hard copies.
What is in the near future?
Just released my third album as a leader: Dameronia With Strings.
What's your greatest fear when you perform?
No fears
If I weren't a jazz musician, I would be a:
A lost soul.
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