Orhan Demir


Orhan Demir is a Canadian jazz guitarist. He has released several albums.
His first release in 1986 "The way I see You" second release is in 1987 "North West", third album was in 1989 "Windmill" in 1990 solo acoustic album "Sultan of Strings", followed by "Hot Cargo" in 1993, "Originals" in 1997, and "Guitar Plus" in 1998, Originals Vol.2 in 2018, Freedom in Jazz in 2019 and all of his albums received great reviews from Jazz Times, Down Beat, Guitar World, Cadence, Options, Coda, and others.

Brief Biography

Demir, born September 29, 1954 in Istanbul, immigrated to Canada in 1977.
His albums were cited by respected magazines such as ''DownBeat'.
Orhan Demir's style is an interesting blend of Be-Bop rhythms set against a middle-eastern scale played with a fast picking technique. He has been compared to Django Reinhardt.

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