Enver Izmaylov

Enver Izmaylov Is A Prominent Ukranian Folk And Jazz Musician Guitarist . Born Into A Tatar Family Previously Deported From Crimea Ukraine Izmaylov Returned In 1989.
Izmaylov Doesn't Pluck The Strings But Uses Jazz Tapping - An Original Technique Of Electric Guitar Playing When A Musician Plays With Both Hands On The Neck By Tapping On The Strings With His Finger-Tips As If It Were A Keyboard. Enver Graduated From The Fergana Music School In 1973 Majoring On Bassoon And Had Started Playing The Guitar At Age 15 About 1970 .
Izmaylov's Music Is An Original Blend Of Main-Stream Jazz Crimean Tatar Turkish Uzbek And Balkan Folk Music And Classical Music. Many Of His Pieces Are Composed In Time Signatures Which Aren't Standard In The Western Music But Are Common In South Eastern Music And Central Asian Music Such As 5/8 7/8 9/8 11/8 11/16 And 13/16. Discography -At A Fergana Bazar 1991 Solo Live In Munster
-The Eastern Legend 1991 Solo RDM -Kara Deniz/Black Sea With Burhan Ocal 1992 Unit Records -Dancing Over The Moon With Geoff Warren 1995
-Yarimada/Peninsula 1997 RDM -Minaret Crimea Art Trio 1998 Symphocarre -Eastern Legend 2000 Boheme -With My Best Wishes! 2004
-Around The Black Sea 2007 read less