Burak Bedikyan

Jazz pianist and composer

Burak Bedikyan
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Piano
Years active	1990s–present
Labels	SteepleChase

Musical artist

Burak Bedikyan is a jazz pianist and composer.

Life and career

Bedikyan is "a Turk of Armenian ancestry".^[1] Early in his life, he was interested in contemporary classical music.^[1] From 1996, he studied with pianist Aydin Esen.^[1]

He has released four albums on SteepleChase Records.^[2] The first, Circle of Life, was a quartet recording with Chris Potter (sax), Peter Washington (bass) and Bill Stewart (drums) that featured some of his own compositions as well as covers.^[3]

Discography

An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded	Title	Label	Personnel/Notes
2014*	Circle of Life	SteepleChase	Quartet, with Chris Potter (sax), Peter Washington (bass), Bill Stewart (drums)
2015*	Leap of Faith	SteepleChase	Quartet, with Chris Cheek (tenor sax, soprano sax), Ron McClure (bass), Billy Drummond (drums)
2016*	Awakening	SteepleChase	Quartet, with Loren Stillman (alto sax), Ugonna Okegwo (bass), Donald Edwards (drums)
2017	New Beginning	SteepleChase	Trio, with Jay Anderson (bass), Adam Nussbaum (drums)

As sideman

Year recorded	Leader	Title	Label
2012*	Bora Celiker	Borabook	Equinox
2014*	Ferit Odman	Nommo	Equinox

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Margasak, Peter (February 2014) "Burak Bedikyan – Circle of Life". Down Beat. p. 90.
^ "Tag Archives: Burak Bedikyan". steeplechase.dk. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
^ Fordham, John (15 August 2013) "Burak Bedikyan: Circle of Life – Review". The Guardian.