Albums
"MEDCEZIR - EBB AND FLOW" is the studio recording of the international project Med Cezir. You can listen to Caglayan Yildiz's piece here. Amsterdam based Axyz Ensemble collaborates with Turkish composers Selim Dogru, Gokce Altay, Oguz Buyukberber, Caglayan Yildiz and performers Erkan Ogur, Oguz Buyukberber, Fahrettin Yarkın, Murat Tokac, Kemal Dinc, Alper Kekec. The CD can be ordered from Karnatic Lab Records.
"A Z" is a duo album with clarinetist Oguz Buyukberber. Caglayan Yildiz plays classical guitars and fretless bass guitar on this album. 1/3 of the album is free improvisation, 1/3 is through composed music and 1/3 is compositions with improvisation. This album got lots of attention both from audiences and the critics in the year it was released.
"TRIO MRIO" is a guitar/ bass/ drums trio album, with Caglayan Yildiz on fretless bass guitar, Sarp Maden guitars and Volkan Oktem on drums. The album consists of original compositions by Caglayan Yildiz and Sarp Maden.
"NIX" is an album by pianist/composer Tolga Tuzun, with Caglayan Yildiz on guitars, guitar synth and fretless bass guitar as a sideman.
"VELVELE" is an album by clarinetist/composer Oguz Buyukberber with Caglayan Yildiz on guitars, guitar synth and fretless bass guitar as a sideman.
"AYSEGUL-GUZ" is a modern Turkish Folk Music album with rock,funk, jazz,new age elements in it. All arrangements by Caglayan Yildiz and Oguz Buyukberber. Caglayan Yildiz appears on guitars, guitar synth and fretless bass guitar, Oguz Buyukberber on clarinet/ bass clarinet, melodica, recorders, synths, Volkan OKTEM on drums , Engin Arslan on baglama, Baki DUYARLAR on piano. This album has been widely appreciated by both jazz and Turkish Folk audiences.
"DURGA-SILK ROAD" is a Turkish- Greek connection project. Four compositions by Caglayan Yildiz appear on this album, one of which has been used for a Greek documentary on the River Meric (Evros) the river between Turkey and Greece. On the album, Nikiphoros Metaxas appears as music director, Vasiliki Pappageorgiou on vocals, , Caglayan Yildiz on guitars, Oguz Buyukberber on clarinet/ bass clarinet/ recorders, Can Kozlu on drums , Engin Arslan on baglama, Hasan Esen on violin and kemenche, Ilker Ozalp on bass guitar, Nikos Krallis on buzuki, Ugur Isik on violoncello, Vahit Anadolu on percussions, Cihan Yurtcu on kaval. The album has been widely appreciated in Greece but unfortunately has not been released and distributed in Turkey.
"GRUP GUNDOGARKEN-1999" Caglayan Yildiz and Oguz Buyukberber have co-worked as arrangers. Caglayan Yildiz plays all guitars, basses and synthesizers, Oguz Buyukberber plays clarinets, recorders and synthesizers, Can Kozlu plays drums, Baki Duyarlar plays piano, Yahya Dai plays saxophone and flute, Alper Maral plays bass trombone, Yavuz Daridere plays Hammond and trumpets, Engin Gurkey plays percussions.
"MEST OF GRUP GUNDOGARKEN": Caglayan Yildiz plays all guitars and basses.
MANCOLOJI: Caglayan Yildiz plays guitars on some tracks this very last album of late Barıis Manco.
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