Wednesday 22 June 2011

24. Ferdi Özbeğen

Turkish music combined with jazzy funk... On the surface, an almost unbeatable combination, and one which Ferdi Özbeğen has undoubtedly pulled off with this song: Köprüden geçti gelin ('the bride crosses the bridge', I think - Turkish speakers: please help!).
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Born in Izmir in 1941,
Ferdi Özbeğen seems to have been one of the "kings of 70s cheese" of Turkish music, but this song - taken from an apparently quite rare compilation entitled 'Bosporus Bridges - A Wide Selection of Turkish Jazz and Funk 1969-1978' (Discogs - link >>>) - is just unbelievably good!
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Having just returned from a week-end jumping off a yacht in a bay near Bodrum, I can safely say that this tune of Ferdi's is one of the best cures for "post-Bodrum blues" I could ever have imagined!
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