Mehmet Ozan was a Turkish musician who built his music career outside of Turkey. He was member of several great bands such as Balkan, Bazaar and worked with several musicians like Anders Koppel, Alex Riel, Mads Vinding who are also premier jazz musicians of Denmark today. The name of his first album, Istanbul Express, later become the name of the band. Under the name Istanbul Express they did two more albums. He plays in various music styles such as Brasilian samba, forró; Caucassian lezginka mixed with traditional turkish folk fusion. from www.last.fm
