The US jazz group The Brian Horton Quartet gave its final Ankara performance at Panora Park on Friday, June 5 at 8 pm. The Durham, North Carolina-based group is sponsored by The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad, a program produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The group’s tour of Turkey also includes performances in Istanbul, Adana, Antakya and Karamanmaras. Ankara was the group’s last stop before the group travels to Azerbaijan.

The Quaret is deeply rooted in the traditions of blues, groove and jazz music. The group explores multi-cultural rhythms and encourages improvisation, revisiting jazz standards with fresh ideas to craft original, spontaneous composition. The band developed through the study of masters—such as jazz greats Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus—as well as through new, global urban grooves.