NY GYPSY ALL-STARS ANNOUNCE US TOUR WITH TURKISH VIRTUOSO HUSNU SENLENDIRICI

For the first time in three years the NY Gypsy All-Stars have plotted various dates into a fifteen-day stretch for their upcoming US tour, which will run from Feb 6 to Feb 21. After having played at prestigious festivals including Central Parks SummerStage and De La Corte Theater, Chicago World Music Festival, NY Gypsy Festival and Madison World Music Festival, New Yorks very own Gypsy All-Stars will bring back the Gypsy beat and funk this time they will be joined by Turkish clarinet master Husnu Senlendirici for a celebration of Turkish and Balkan Music.

Turkish-born Gypsy clarinet player Husnu Senlendirici is revered as a pop star in his native homeland. In the late 90s his Gypsy-funk outfit Laco Tayfa recorded and toured internationally with Brooklyn Funk Essentials. Since then Senlendirici has collaborated with Al Di Meola, tabla legend Zakir Hussain and Bulgarian clarinetist Ivo Paposov. Says the prolific New York trumpeter and bandleader Frank London, In Turkey, the clarinet is their saxophone and Husnu is Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis and Maceo Parker all rolled into one. He is constantly pushing the envelope in any musical setting, raising the bar whether playing pop, improvisation, progressive folk or dance music.

Expect heart wrenching melodies, lavish ornamentation and off-beat improvisation against complex drum rhythms an East-meets-West fusion of the highest order.

NY Gypsy All-Stars & Husnu Senlendirici US Tour Dates:

Feb 6   @ Drom in New York
Feb 8   @ Berklee School of Music in Boston
Feb 12 @ Salsa Club in Arlington, VA
Feb 19 @ in Chicago Venue TBA
Feb 20 @ Soma Art Center in San Francisco
Feb 21 @ Chop Suey in Seattle

Produced by Serdar Ilhan
Presented in association with Yeni Raki America
Sponsored by
Arda Beskardes Attorney at Law – Ergun Senay DDS (212)753-0189 – Kabatash Merchant Services -Tulumba.com – La Vida Entertaintment – TACAWA – Seattle Honanary Conculat Genaral – Yore Dance Ensemble – Marmara Manhattan Hotel – Uskudar Restaurant NYC

About NY Gypsy All-Stars
Under the leadership of the young Macedonian / Turkish clarinet virtuoso Ismail Lumanovski, the New York Gypsy All-Stars band has amazed audiences with their jazz-inflected Gypsy and Turkish songs. Time Out New York calls Lumanovski an adventurous, modern-minded frontman, who leads his band through a varied terrain of Balkan, Turkish and Romany selections, spiked with jazz and Western styles. The band consists of Ismail Lumanovsk on clainet, Panagiotis Andreou on bass, Tamer Pinarbasi on kanun, Jason Lindner on keyboard and Engin Gunaydin on drums. www.myspace.com/nygypsyallstars

About Husnu Senlendirici
Born in Bergama, a small town in the Aegean region of Turkey, Husnu Senlendirici (whose gypsy name means “the one who brings joy”) has become a popular name in his native Turkey after having sold hundreds and thousands of records with an instrumental album. He has worked and performed with internationally known names like Zakir Hussein, Ivo Popasov, Mercan Dede, Vassilis Saleas, Okay Temiz (Magnetic Band), Brooklyn Funk Essentials and Ilhan Ersahin (Wax Poetic/Nublu). www.myspace.com/husnusenlendirici

About Serdar Ilhan
Serdar Ilhan is a veteran of the New York concert scene whose mission is to introduce the music of Turkey, the Balkans and the Mediterranean to America through events, showcases and educational programs. Ilhans impressive r鳵m頩ncludes 15 years of bookings at such prestigious venues as Lincoln Center, Central Park SummerStage, Carnegie Hall, Irving Plaza and running several live music venues including Drom. He is the co-founder and producer of the NY Gypsy Festival since 2005, the premier festival spotlightinging Eastern European and Balkan music. www.serdarilhan.com

The NY Gypsy All-Stars and Husnu Senlendirici US Tour will take place from Feb 6 21, 2010. Visit www.serdarilhan.com for a full schedule and tickets. For interview requests contact 917-498-8652 or info@serdarilhan.com