Career
He has released several albums. His first release in 1986 "The way I see You" second release is in1987 "North West", third album was in 1988 "Windmill" in 1989 solo acoustic album "Sultan of Strings", followed by "Hot Cargo" in 1991, "Originals" in 1997 and "Guitar Plus" in 1999 and all of his albums received great reviews from Jazz Times, Down Beat, Guitar World, Cadence, Options, Coda, and others Brief Demir, born 1954 in Istanbul, immigrated to Canada in 1977.
His albums were cited by respected magazines such as Down Beat, Option and Cadence.
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.
Orhan Demir - guitar Neil Swainson - acoustic bass Barry Elmes - drums Rick Lazaroff - electric bass Jack Vorvis - drums.
