Master of Chess and Reeds: Alihan Samedov and "Sen Gelmez Oldun"

Today's random tune is from an Azerbaijani artist named Alihan Samedov. Known for playing wind and other Azerbaijani folk instruments, Samedov came from a musical family and completed his music education at two Azerbaijani music schools. Among the wind instruments he plays are balaban, clarinet, tutek, zurna, oboe and saxophone. He is also a chess master and instructor, as well as the current music director of the Kadıköy Folklore Education Centre in Istanbul. He was also the person in charge of Azerbaijani music at Samanyolu TV's (STV) Music and Entertainment Programs before the Turkish government closed the station in 2016 for alleged links to the Gülen Movement which the government has blamed for organizing the attempted coup d'etat in 2016. You can find this song, Sen Gelmez Oldun, on the 2014 album Balaban (in two versions, no less), and on the various artists compilation Turca Lounge, Vol. 1 (2007).

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