KORAY ERGÜNAY

Born in April 1973, Koray Ergunay has been playing electric bass guitar since 1987. In 1988, he was chosen for the high school band’s bass chair and as a band, won three prizes in national high school band contests in 1990 and 1991. The high school band evolved into “Continuum”, a group that played compositions by fusion greats like Weather Report, Return to Forever, Chick Corea Electric Band, Al DiMeola etc. in early 90s. He went on to perform and record with various jazz-fusion lineups in mid to late 90s, the most notables being Jazz Without Fear (with Burak Babacan on electric guitar, Meriç Demirkol on saxophone and Gürcan Konanç on drums) and Retrofusion Trio (with Gökhan Yılmaz on electric guitar and Arda Baykurt on drums). Both bands performed in university festivals and various venues in Ankara. Then came the GKG project with Gökhan Yılmaz and Gürcan Konanç, which also recorded read more...