For Love

Personel

For Love Release Date: July 24, 2020 MUSICIANS: BUIKA Vocalist LUCIANA SOUZA Vocalist LETIZIA GAMBI Vocalist AIMÉE ALLEN Vocalist FAHİR ATAKOĞLU Piano ALAIN CARON Bass HORACIO “EL NEGRO” HERNANDEZ Drums MUSTAFA BOZTUY Darbuka & Bendir BOB FRANCESCHINI Tenor & Soprano Sax ROMERO LUBAMBO Acoustic Guitar ÇAĞATAY ÇETİN Solo Cello RÜSTEM MUSTAFA Solo Violin UĞUR VAROL Acoustic Fretless Guitar FATİH AHISKALI Oud GÖKSUN ÇAVDAR Bass Clarinet ÖZER ARKUN Cello Recorded at: Carriage House, Stamford Connecticut

Track Listing

FOR LOVE – POR AMOR 3:28 DAY BY DAY 7:08 YING AND YANG 4:48 SEVEN OF HEARTS 3:48 ABOUT YOU 6:55 CORAÇAO VAGABUNDO – GYPSY HEART 5:03 RYTHM OF LOVE – OUR DANCE 5:34 GLOW WITH THE FLOW – DUET 5:04 COME MUSICA 5:26 HIDDEN BEAUTY 6:32 THIS TOO SHALL PASS – BU DA GECER 4:16 LAND AND SEA 6:07 LOVE’S CRESCENDO 4:35

Artist Biography

An unrepentant romantic, Turkish-American pianist-composer-arranger Fahir Atakoğlu is all-in For Love (Far & Here, LLC) on his 18th album as a leader A visionary undertaking that blends musical elements from Turkey, Spain, Italy, the Middle East, Cuba and Brazil while revealing touches of American jazz in the freewheeling improvisations heard throughout, For Love also carries the majestic sweep of symphonic polyphony in Fahir’s stirring string orchestrations With world-class musicians in American saxophonist Bob Franceschini, Canadian bassist Alain Caron, Turkish percussionist Mustafa Boztuy and Cuban drumming marvel Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, For Love also features an international cast of vocalists in