Here is another santur player on Istiklal Avenue. Read more about the santur in this earlier post.
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Persian Tar
This is a group playing on Istiklal Caddesi. The melody instrument heard at the beginning of this recording is a tar, a Persian stringed instrument. To hear Iranian tar master Jalil Shanaz play, click here.
Akordeon
Accordion music near Taksim Square.
Bossa Nova in the streets
The (Istiklal) street version of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Desafinado,’ a popular bossa nova tune, played on the trumpet. Jobim helped define the Brazilian bossa nova movement in the early 1960s. Bossa nova, a combination of the samba and jazz, became internationally popular, and is still part of the jazz ‘standards’ library. Jobim’s compositions have been performed and recorded many, many times. Here is a performance of this song by João Gilberto, the other main bossa nova innovator.
This is not the same trumpeter who played the mambo posted earlier.
Santur
The santur is an instrument similar to a Western hammered dulcimer. The santur is a Persian instrument, but variants are found in Turkey, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Greece, Armenia and Central-Eastern Europe (where it is called a cimbalom). This player was (where else?) on Istiklal Avenue.
Spanish Song
Song in Spanish sung on İstiklal Caddesi.
More metro music
More music on Istiklal
This is a four-piece group: accordion, ud, guitar, and saxophone.
Cümbüş (2)
Another cümbüş player, this time with vocals. Again, at night, at a restaurant on the side streets around Istiklal Avenue. For more about the cümbüş, see this earlier post.
Cümbüş
The cümbüş (“joomboosh” – close enough pronunciation) is a Turkish stringed instrument that is kind of a cross between an ud and a banjo. This is an older gentlemen playing cümbüş at night on Istiklal Avenue.