İmer Demirer is a trumpet-player of such outstanding creativity and originality that the remark made by singer Randy Esen while describing how she had chosen him to play on her latest album is entirely justified: “İmer …” she said, “Man, I mean, what can I say … he was the only choice.” In my blog on a concert at the Bova Jazz Club on February 18, I said that ‘İmer, whose playing is invariably tasteful, was nothing less than magnificent.’
Bova regularly hosts some of Turkey’s finest jazz musicians, being especially strong on modern and improvised jazz. But the space is small. Booking advised.
The programme for the coming month is usually released on Instagram. I have asked them to put it on their website as well, but so far no joy. (We live in hope.)
Issue 66, December 2023
Turkey’s Centenary Issue
