Burak Kaya: Climate Change (2015) reviewed by George W.Harris Published: 01.07.2016 (Jazz Weekly) Guitarist Burak Kaya comes from Turkey along with his team of Ozan Muslouglu/b and Yinon Muallem/perc for a collection of soothing and adroitly swinging originals. He’s got a delicate tone with a winning lilt, displayed on “Hasankeyf”…

Burak Kaya: Climate Change (2015) reviewed by Robert D.Rusch Published: January 2016 (Cadence Magazine) BURAK KAYA [gtr] is from Turkey from where he has issued, CLIMATE CHANGE [Weplay 8680275 090405], a trio set [Ozan Musluoglu-b Yinon Muallem-perc] playing 9 Kaya originals [46:47]. The music is drawn by Kaya’s concern not…

Burak Kaya: Climate Change (2015) reviewed by Tom Greenland Published: June 2015 (The New York City Jazz Record) Guitarist Burak Kaya’s Climate Change is a self-produced “message album” designed to heighten awareness of humans’ destruction of the ecosystem, adorned with 13-year-old Filipino artist Trisha Co Reyes’ provocative painting of a…

Burak Kaya, Climate Change (2005) reviewed by James Seaberry Published: May 13, 2015 (Jazz Guitar Society – Reviews ) I was given the honor and pleasure of reviewing a new CD by an amazing guitarist and composer from Istanbul, Turkey, Burak Kaya. The CD is entitled “Climate Change”. I did…

Burak Kaya: Climate Change (2015) reviewed by Hrayr Attarian Published: April 6, 2015 – 4,5 Stars (All About Jazz) Turkish guitarist Burak Kaya’s Climate Change is a socially conscious album with a definite political theme. It does not, however, “scream” its civic message boisterously or with an aggressive style. Instead,…

Burak Kaya: Climate Change (2015) reviewed by Chris Mosey Published: March 2, 2015 – 4 Stars (All About Jazz) Turkish guitarist Burak Kaya sees climate change as the greatest challenge facing mankind. On the sleeve of his album of the same name, he cites a Cree proverb: “Only when the…