Arto Tunçboyacıyan

Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Armenian: Արթօ Թունջպոյաջեան; born 4 August 1957) is a US-based avant-garde folk and jazz multi-instrumentalist and singer of Armenian-Turkish descent. He had appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went on to work with numerous notable jazz musicians including Chet Baker, Marc Johnson, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul, as well as performing semi-regularly with Paul Winter and the Earth Band. Tunçboyacıyan fronts his own group called the Armenian Navy Band, and is also a member of the instrumental quartet Night Ark. He has worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu and the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki. Tunçboyacıyan's elder brother Onno Tunç was also a musician, and they have collaborated on several occasions.