City Life
Hakan Ali Toker
About
Life in the metropolitan cities is very fast, very colorful; full of great opportunities and great dangers. These places are meeting points for many cultures, where all sorts of fusion is possible. Chinatown on one end, Gypsy district on the other, etc. Hakan A. Toker’s “City Life” is an ethno-jazz project depicting all these aspects through original compositions interpreted by a virtuosic crew, each member mastering at least three genres.
Concerts feature verbal introductions before each tune, accompanied by artwork from Hilmi Şimşek projected on stage.
The album Şehir Hayatı was selected for the Istanbul Jazz Festival committee’s Spotify playlist “Jazz from Turkey 2010’s.”
Watch / Listen:
Gear
- 1 acoustic grand piano with adjustable bench (tuned on concert day)
- 1 double bass
- 1 drum kit with adjustable seat
- 1 Latin percussion set if available (2 congas, 2 bongos, 2 timbales, cowbell, tambourine)
All other percussion is provided by the band. If the Latin kit must be transported, assistance is required.
- 1 small podium (min. 2×2 m) with rug for tabla player
Sound · Effects · Lights
Sound
- 4 wireless clip-on mics for clarinet, trumpet, saxophone and percussion (players move on and off stage)
- 2 mics for piano · 1 talkback mic at piano
- Standard drum-kit mic set
- 2 overhead mics for tabla, 3 dynamic mics for percussion
- 1 line input and suitable amp/monitor for bass
- 6 stage monitors with separate mixes preferred
- 24-channel mixer with dedicated engineer (system ready before soundcheck)
Effects (if available)
- Analog thin or plate reverb for winds
- Hall reverb for drums
- Water effect for tabla and auxiliary percussion
- No effects on piano or bass
Lights
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4 follow spots for roaming musicians plus standard stage lighting