The youngest child in his family living near Istanbul, Turkey, Arto has been open to other cultures from an early age. He immigrated to the United States in 1981, and since then has collaborated with an array of outstanding jazz and world music artists. And when music becomes the sound of your life, your life becomes music.” The compositions on EVERY DAY IS A NEW LIFE reflect Arto’s multicultural outlook as well as the experiences which have marked his life, such as the sudden death of his brother Onno.īorn to an Armenian family, life for Arto began in Turkey, where at a very early age he became a well-known studio musician. “Something happens, good or bad, and it inspires me. The music I play is the sound of my life,” says Arto Tuncboyaciyan. Known most widely for his percussion work with jazz artists, such as Joe Zawinul, Al Di Meola, Chet Baker and Oregon, as well as with Greek artists such as Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Arto puts forth here for the first time the complete spectrum of his multi-faceted abilities. He has arranged 11 original compositions for a dynamic world music experience with this ensemble of 10 players. Arto sings, accompanying himself on the traditional six-stringed sazebo, solos on the traditional double-reed duduk, and plays percussion. The US debut album by legendary Armenian vocalist, percussionist and instrumentalist, Arto Tuncboyaciyan.
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