The Armenian Navy Band was founded by the percussionist/vocalist of Armenian descent, Arto Tunçboyaciyan. Arto likes to describe The Armenian Navy Band as 'avant garde music from Armenia' which suggests something of the band but is a little limiting...
Multi-instrumentalist, multi-talented avant-garde folk artist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, and Singer Serj Tankian, team up for an improvisational, innovative, medley of rock/jazz,metal/Armenian/Turkish/African/Chinese/Japanese kaleidoscopic music...
Now living in the USA, Arto has performed and recorded with an array of outstanding jazz and world music artists, including popular Greek artists such as Eleftheria Arvanitaki, as well as the Spanish guitarist Gerardo Nuñez, and Joe Zawinul, Al Di Meola,
Arto, born 1957 in Galataria (outside Istanbul/Constantinople), has recorded with Paul Winter, Gerardo Núñez, Al DiMeola , Joe Zawinul, Bob Berg, Mike Manieri, Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Dino Saluzzi, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Of the Armenian diaspora, Arto Tuncboyaciyan grew up outside Istanbul. His music celebrates Armenian sorrow + loneliness, also in African-American jazz and blues; it's melancholic, joyous, loving, consoling...