Okay Temiz – Denizaltı Rüzgarları ℗ 1975

Jazz percussionist. He is one of the most famous Turkish jazz musicians. Born in 1939, in Istanbul, Okay Temiz was deeply involved in music from his early years. He got his first musical inspirations from her mother, Naciye Temiz, who had gone through classical Turkish music education. Again with the support of his mother, he started taking percussion and tympanum courses at the State Conservatoire of Classical Music in Ankara. Launching his professional musical career in 1955, Temiz continued his studies at the Tophane Art Institute, where he gained the musical knowledge and skills that allowed him create his own drum- a drum with a unique sound and features entirely different from conventional ones. Between the years 1959 and 1967, Okay Temiz performed in several programs and shows, accompanying dance music groups in Turkey. In 1967, he joined Ulvi Temel’s group and appeared in some of the most outstanding music halls of Europe. It was then when the Swedish saga started. There he met trumpeter Maffy Falay,