John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick, Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon, Dave Liebman, Kenny Garrett, Mark Turner, Chris Cheek, Chris Potter, Philly Joe Jones, Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole, Billie Holiday, Jimi Hendrix, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Guitar Watson, B.B. King, Luther Tucker, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, Albert King, Jimmie Vaughan, Little Walter, Kim Wilson, Ronnie Earl, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Cream, Metallica, Charles Aznavour, Yves Montand, Louis Prima, Elvis Presley and so on...
started working as a professional musician in ankara, where he got his university degree. used to have a blues band, the king bees, with which he performed regularly for 5 years. while still in ankara he met and played with janusz szprot and tuna otenel. returned to hometown istanbul in 2001. attended bilgi university's graduate program, concentrating on 'jazz performance studies(guitar)'; he was lucky to meet, study and play with wonderful musicians of 3 generations during his time there. now, for the past two years, he's been getting whatever gigs he can get; working solo, duo, trio, quartet or quintet settings, depending on how much club owners can spare. likes to play, but likes to play in a quartet with piano, bass and drums best.
has played, jammed or partied with Tuna Otenel, Imer Demirer, Neset-Nukhet Ruacan, Selim Selcuk, Sibel Kose, Ilham-Ayse Gencer, Selim Benba, Mehmet Kutukcuoglu, Mahmut Yalay, Nilufer Verdi, Selcuk-Bilal Karaman, Selcuk Sun, Onder Focan, Cem Tuncer, Cem Aksel, Yaz Baltacigil, Sarp Maden, Donovan Mixon, Jean François Charles-Maurice Giansilly, Erdal Akyol, Genco Ari, Kamil Erdem, Yahya Dai, Serkan Ozyilmaz, Evrim Ozsuca, Eugene Ali Perret, Ates Tezer, Oguz Erdin, Sadik Saglam, Nusret Gurs, Volkan Oktem, Oguz Durukan, Ilhan Ersahin, Hamza Touré, Oguz Ardal, Orcun Basturk, Altan Irtel, Erguven Basaran, Hakan Behlil, Meric Demirkol, Cagri Sertel, Kagan Yildiz, Kamil Ozler, Müge-Cihan Terlan, Ozgur Salici, Ricky Ford, Ekin Cengizkan, Murat Copur, Utku Unal, Raci Pismisoglu, Baris Erturk, Murat Taner, Kerem Gorsev, Feyza Eren, Baran Say, Serhan Erkol, Mahir Akyol, Murat-Suleyman-Arda-Akin Bagcioglu, Mehmet Ali Acet, Merih Kocabay, Murat Arkan, Ali Metin Can, Suayip Yeltan, Yavuz Cetin, Batu-Batuhan Mutlugil, Burak Bedikyan, Ali Jackson, Ozge Pinar, Wynton Marsalis, Sean Jones, Erhan Seckin, Eric Revis, Jeff Tain Watts, Elif Caglar, Ferit Odman, Caner Kaptan, Kaan Biyikoglu, Kerem Oktem, Cagdas Oruc, Tony Jones, Fehmi-Onur Alatan, Suha Kiratlioglu, Canan Aykent, Emre Kesim, Alan Ginter, Nihat Ulner, Keisa Brown, Michael Brown, Aysegul-Nezih Yesilnil, Doruk(tpt), Yavuz Akyazici, Engin Gunaydin, Kerem Turkaydin, Uraz Kivaner, Sureyya Dogrular, Orcun Kocak, Cagdas Dinc, Kaan Cakir, Ozge Oncel, Sezgi Olgac, Tugrul Aray, Elif Turan, Ebru Selvikavak, Murat Ulus, Zafer Gerdanli, Sarp Keskiner, Burak Gungormus, Ergin Ozler, Vefa Karatay, Alper Cengiz, Erkan-Hakan-Serkan Ertekin, Cuneyt Basar, Murat Ersoy, Yigit Guner ..
