Selçuk Sun

Selcuk Sun (20 February 1934-22 March 2016) was a Turkish double bass player and one of the most significant jazz musicians in Turkey.

Later he worked with Dizzy Gillespie (during his world tour in 1956), Phil Woods, Joe Gordan, Frank Rehak, Ernie Wilkens and Quincy Jones.

He received a Scholarship from the Berklee School of Music, but could not attend due to his military service.

In Copenhagen he lived for six months and played at the Jazzhus Montmartre with the pianist Bud Powell and the tenor saxophonist Lucky Thompson.

While Don Cherry's stay in Ankara in 1969, Selcuk Sun along with Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, Irfan Sümer and Okay Temiz on drums, held a concert.