Sinan Bakir Trio CD Release Party at Szechuan Tokyo - Tonight!

The sound that Sinan is striving for described often as fresh, clean and lively yet intense and full with emotion. Sinan Bakir is hailed not only as a virtuoso player, but also a masterful composer. His album “On My Way" with Thomson Kneeland and Mark Ferber is described by Richard Kamins of Hartford Courant as a solid debut." It's easy to put this music on and just let it play. One can hear the influences of Holdsworth, John Scofield and Bill Frisell but Bakir is no imitator. The voice of the guitar one hears on the opening cut never wavers or falters throughout." Dan Barry of Hartford Advocate describes Sinan's playin' as quietly elaborate, informed by a good sense of when to crescendo and when to lean back and let it rip.

Dither Schmidth of Radio Resita tells that the album transforms a common day into a perfect day and calls it magical. Sinan, originally from Turkey, came to the United States to study jazz as a scholarship student. Sinan's early musical experience started with mandolin lessons then continued at the Ankara State Opera Children's Choir.

When he was a teenager, after attending to a rock concert, he got inspired by the guitar player and intoxicated with guitar. In the beginning, he took some private lessons both for classical and electric guitar. Later he began to unlock the secrets of the instrument by himself. During his years in college he was teaching guitar privately and performing with different projects around. After finishing his studies in engineering his musical journey brought him to Hartford, where he has begun to make a name on the music scene. He had the privilege to play with many of areas great musicians such as Warren Byrd, Mike Asetta, Craig Hartley, Alex Nakhimovsky, Steve Clarke, Curtis Torian and Pat Marafiote. Playing credits include Steve Davis, Nat Reeves, Aydin Esen and Jaimoe. Sinan had many TV & Radio appearences such as Comcast's TV series “Up and Coming”, “Accent on Jazz” at WWUH, Fox News and had international airplay from Canada through Europe. Notable festival appearances include Hartford International Jazz Festival(2005) and New Haven International Arts & Ideas Festival (2008).

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