Burhan Öçal: Music alla Turca - Interview
if you praise a Turkish jazz musician to the cats in New York, be prepared for puzzled if not hostile looks. Although, in one case anyway, that may be about to change. Burhan Öçal just finished a rare two-month U.S. tour with the Kronos Quartet in San Francisco and the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble in Irvine. Mike Zwerin interviews this master of fusing Turkish musical forms with American jazz.