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Ferit Odman
Born in 1982, started playing drums at the age of 12. He was rewarded
several times in various music competitions held in Istanbul. In 1999,
he studied jazz in Tannbergsskolan (Sweden) as a senior A.F.S. exchange
student. That year, he was selected for Tannbergsskolan Big band and
Hemvärnets Musikkår Lycksele (Swedish military band). In
2001, he got enrolled in Istanbul
Bilgi University - Jazz Performance
Major with full scholarship and graduated with the 2nd ranking in 2005.
He became heavily entrenched in the Turkish jazz scene at a young age.
He went to SIM (School For
Improvisational Music) in NYC where he had
the opportunity to take private lessons from Billy Hart, Nasheet Waits,
Tom Rainey and Jim Black. He has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and currently
pursuing his jazz performance
masters degree in William
Paterson University, he is studying with jazz greats like
Mulgrew
Miller, Harold Mabern and Bill Goodwin.
Ferit Odman is an
 endorser.
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Ferit
Odman has
appeared on:
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Donovan
Mixon’s Hybrid Project
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Swing A La Turc
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ilk |
The Dance Of Life |
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2007 Kalan Music
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2006 Aura Records |
2004 DMC-Jazz |
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