Saxophonist / keyboardist Ilhan Ersahin is a busy world citizen. He can regularly be found on the stage of his club NuBlu in New York. He is also boss of the eponymous label on which he releases a selection of CDs of his and other people's nu-jazz and world music projects such as Wax Poetic, Lovetrio, Kudu and Forro in the Dark. He also regularly flies around the world to play here and there and to
… gain inspiration. A permanent destination is Istanbul, where, after all, his roots lie and where he recorded the fascinating Harikalar diyari (Wonderland) a few years ago. During one of his trips he met trumpet player and soul mate Erik Truffaz. They decided to record something together, which resulted in the varied CD Our Theory. It is clear that there was a lot of cutting and pasting in the recordings and that many electronic effects have been added. Yet the CD sounds remarkably organic and gives a precise picture of how jazz should sound today. (HB)more
