Ömer Göksel - Istanbul Superband Plays

Omer Goksel says :

"This project is the first of its kind and I can gladly call it "our" album thanks to the dedication of all the musicians involved.
They put not only their competence, but also their hearts into this music.

I am grateful to all the musicians, technical and supporting team who worked in a highly professional manner, but also with a truly amateur spirit, in order to squeeze the best out of what we had in our hands.

I also wish to thank my family, my friends and a close circle who, even though they might not be directly involved in the production, provided the crucial support in our worst moments when we got close to giving up."

Credits :

Aycan Teztel: conductor, trombone, keyboards
Levent Altındağ: t. sax, s. sax, flute, b. sax
Şenova Ülker: trumpet, flügelhorn
Yahya Dai: b. sax, a. sax, t. sax, ewi

Gökay Gökşen: trombone
Doğan Aykon: trombone
Eray Zikguş: bass trombone

Serdar Barçın: a. sax, flute
Meriç Demirkol: alto sax
Halil Ibrahim Işık: trumpet, flügelhorn
Erkut Gökgöz: trumpet, flügelhorn

P. & Co.: strings
Ayşin Kiremitçi: english horn, oboe Serkan Özyılmaz: piano
Gülden Teztel: piano
Ömer Göksel: seq. prg., keyboards

Ercüment Ateş: guitar
Eylem Pelit: bass
Volkan Öktem: drums

Jozi Levi: percussion
Mehmet Akatay: percussion
Hamdi Akatay: percussion
Ernesto Herrera: percussion

Fatih Erkoç: vocal performance on Tren
Ercan Irmak: ney, kaval on Kervan
Hüsnü Şenlendirici: clarinet on Çökertme


Ömer Göksel: composer, all tunes except Çökertme (anonymous folk song)
Matt Harris: arranger, all tunes except Baby Caretta and Veda
Kamil Özler: arranger, Baby Caretta and Veda
Dave Cushman, Deniz Özdemir, Ömer Göksel: copying

Recorded at MIAM ITU Dr. Erol Üçer Ses Kayıt Stüdyoları
Additional tracks recorded at OMI's
Mixed at OMI's by Alp Turaç with Ömer Göksel and Aycan Teztel
Recording engineers: Pieter Snapper, Reuben de Lautour, Ömer Göksel
Digital editing: Reuben de Lautour, Ömer Göksel and Alp Turaç
Final mixing & mastering: Bob Katz, Digital Domain Studios, Florida, USA
Produced by: Aycan Teztel and Ömer Göksel
Executive producer: Ömer Göksel
Label: Muzikal Yapim