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Arto Tunçboyacıyan

From: Istanbul, United States
Since: 1957–present
Releases: 22

avant-folk
jazz
world fusion

About

Arto Sedraki Tunçboyacıyan (Armenian: Արտո Սեդրակի Թունջբոյաջյան; Western Armenian: Արթօ Սէտրակի Թունճպոյաճեան, romanized: Art'ō T'unjpoyajean; born August 4, 1957) is an American avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian descent. He fronts his Armenian Navy Band group and is also a member of the instrumental quartet Night Ark.

Tunçboyacıyan had appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went on to work with numerous jazz musicians, including Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul, as well as performing semi-regularly with Paul Winter and the Earth Band. He has worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu, the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki and the guitarist Adonis Mitzelos. Tunçboyacıyan's elder brother, Onno Tunçboyacıyan, was also a musician, and they have collaborated on several occasions.

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