Ali Perret

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About the artist

Born in Brooklyn, New York. Studied composition with Ilhan Usmanbas and Piano with Selman Ada at Istanbul state conservatory 1970 - 1980. Graduated from Berklee college of music in 1983 from Jazz composition, arranging and Piano, studying with Herb Pomeroy, Michael Gibbs, Ray Santisi etc.

"Istanbul Jazz Quartet" (1985-90, acoustic jazz ) "acid-trippin" (1995-2003, new funk, electonica jazz) "Mingus-Trippin" (2000 ), "Free'key trio" (2004) is some of the bands he founded. His 2009 projects are; "kako;phonia" (electro-acoustic), "Salter Ego" - switch ego - (drum&bass club music), "H-factor" (electro-acoustic jazz) and some of his previous bands like Free'key trio and Ali Perret's nonetonal quartet will be performing and recording in 2009.

Ali Perret prefers to write and play different styles and concepts of music with different settings such as; contemporary orchestral music, elektro-acoustic ensembles, contemporary Big-Band music, contemporary electronic music, electronic clubbing music, doing projects with artists from different disciplines  etc.  As an artist he performed and did projects in USA, Europe, Australia and Turkey. Some of the musicians and artists he work with; Craig Harris, Ricky Ford, Lawrence Butch Morris, Ira Coleman, Thurman Barker, Hans Ulrick Jensen, Carla Cook, Francis Bourec, Arto Tuncboyaci, Erkan Ogur, a constructed  world, Huseyin Alptekin, Can Yucel, Tuncel Kurtiz etc.

aliperret@gmail.com