Three big names to choose from, if you wanna rock out in Istanbul tonight.

First up is Joe Lovano Us Five @ CRR as part of the Akbank Jazz Festival. 57 year old Lovano has been one of the leading tenor sax players for the last twenty years. This year he even filled up for Zorn’s alto in the Masada Quintet. His Us Five quintet also has Esperanza Spalding playing the bass and pianist James Weidman. Bad news though, the concert is already sold out.

The next two are Friday night party acts. Italian producer Bottin rose to prominence after releasing stuff on Bear Funk and Italians do it Better. He’s part of the bearded space/italo disco/nudisco crew. Tonight at Indigo.

Also in Istanbul tonight is Brendan Moeller aka Beat Pharmacy. Moeller is famed for his spaced out dubby house productions. I’ve never heard him DJ though, but with Crystal you can’t go wrong. Previously on undomondo.