Eylem Pelit

Layout by:EYLEM PELITHe was born in January 15,1971 in Ankara, Turkey. He started to play the bass guitar when he was a student as a viola player for six years at the State Conservatory of I.T.U.He played in the jam-sessions and concerts with musicians as Dianne Reeves, Larry Coryell, Muvaffak “Muffy” Falay, Peter Martin, John Scofield, Claudio Roditi, Mark Harris, Karl Potter, Jack Tama, Russel Melon, Aydin Esen, Rames Shottam-Ramamani-T.A.S.Mani ( Karnataka College of Percussion )Kerem Gorsev, Askin Arsunan, Fatih Erkoc Elvan Araci, Yildiz Ibrahimova, Fahir Atakoglu, Onder Focan and the Group Passaporte Latino,Rex Richardson,Bobo Stanson,Lennart Aberg,Daniel Humair,Misirli Ahmet..He played both in albums and in concerts of some well known Turkish Pop Musicians as Kayahan, Ajda Pekkan, Nilufer, Sezen Aksu, Nukhet Duru, Izel, Yasar, Mustafa Sandal, Isin Karaca, Zulfu Livaneli, Nazan Oncel, Edip Akbayram, Modern Folk Uclusu and etc. He also made music arrangements in the albums of Volkan Konak, Arif Sag and Tolga Sag.Being a member of jazz bands of ‘’Group Habbecik’’ and ‘’Passiflora’’, Eylem Pelit also plays the bass guitar at the Beck’s Big Band, which gathers the most talented jazz musicians in Turkey. Some of the albums he played at:Habbecik / "an meselesi" Lifeline / "novaexpress" Hi jazz hicaz Hakan Kursun Trio Askin Arsunan Ethno Karma Project Pasaporte Latino Sezen Aksu / "sarki soylemek lazim" Ilhan Sesen / "neler oluyor bize" Isin Karaca / "ana dilim ask" Yasar / "esirinim" Edip Akbayram / "ilk gunku gibi" Arif Sag / "concerto for baglama" Volkan Konak / "simal ruzgari" ve " pedaliza" Suavi / "ciglik ciglikga" Yedi Karanfil / "7" Gokhan Tepe / "hep belkide ask" Emin Igus / "bu dunya bir pencere" Emel / "arabesk" Tolga Sag / "yol" Yavuz Bingol / "belki yine gelirsin" Asmali Konak Soundtrack Some of the Festivals he played at:• 14. International Istanbul Jazz Festival -Okay Temiz Oriental Wind feat.Karnataka College of Percussion-2007• 14.International Istanbul Jazz Festival -Sarp Maden Quartet-2007• Fethiye Oludeniz Jazz fest.- Okay Temiz- 2007• 27.Leverkusener Jazz Festival-Okan Ersan feat. Istanbul Superband- 2006• Akbank 14.International Istanbul Jazz Festival -Elvan Araci Quartet-2004• 7.International Istanbul Jazz Festival-Askin Arsunan’s Ethno –Karma Project- 2003• Izmir Jazz fest.-Onder Focan Latin & Funk Project-2003• 10.International Istanbul Jazz Festival -Beck’s Bigband -2003• 10.International Istanbul Jazz Festival -Sevket Akinci Lifeline Project- 2003• Magusa Klt. Sanat fest.-Habbecik and Okan Ersan Project- 2002• Akbank 10.International Istanbul Jazz Festival -Askin Arsunan Quintet-2000 16.Aelener Jazz festival Okan Ersan Istanbul Super Band 2007 28.Leverkusener Jazz Festival Okan Ersan Istanbul Super Band 2007