Ferit Odman (1982) is an on demand and busy jazz drummer based in Istanbul. He started his music studies in Sweden as an AFS exchange student (1999), got a full scholarship to get his B.A. in Music at Istanbul Bilgi University (2001), attended the School For Improvisation workshops in NYC (2004), and has been granted a Fulbright Scholarship to further build on his studies at William Paterson University (2006). He spent / played two years in NYC, studied with jazz greats like Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern and Bill Goodwin and he holds a M.M. (Master of Music) degree in Jazz Performance.

He became heavily entrenched in the Turkish jazz scene at a young age and recently performs and tours with Turkish pianist Kerem Görsev, French pianist Jean-François Giansily, guitarist Donovan Mixon, and trumpet players Maffy Falay & Lloyd Chisholm, while leading his own quintet and promoting his debut CD release “Nommo” that he recorded in New York with Vincent Herring, Brian Lynch, Burak Bedikyan and Peter Washington.

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