Hakan Ali Toker

In the artist’s words: Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail. When I was a kid, I had an urge to be different than the others. Just because my peers were into pop music, I listened to non-pop: world, classical, jazz. What started-out as a childish protest turned into a real taste, a passion and a career! Find a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. Tell us why you chose this song. “Jingle Bells (Wrong take 1)” This track is on one of my fastest-recorded albums. My favorite piano was available at a piano store. They let me use their piano for the recording, but I had to get out of there within a couple hours. So I improvised non-stop until my time was up:)