Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Arto Tunçboyacıyan

Turkish musician

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1957

Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Profession: composer, singer, percussionist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States, Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Arto Tunçboyaciyan (Armenian: ???? ?????????????; born 4 August 1957) is a US-based avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian-Turkish descent.
He had appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went on to work with numerous notable jazz musicians including Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul, as well as performing semi-regularly with Paul Winter and the Earth Band.
Tunçboyaciyan fronts his own group called the Armenian Navy Band, and is also a member of the instrumental quartet Night Ark.
He has worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu and the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki.
Tunçboyaciyan's elder brother Onno Tunç was also a musician, and they have collaborated on several occasions.