Jazz Articles about Anatholi Bulkin

About Anatholi Bulkin

Album Review

Anatholi Bulkin is a 33-year-old Swedish guitarist who has obviously dissected the work of Pat Metheny, John Scofield, John Abercrombie, and other fusion guitar giants. While he's clearly influenced by his fusion forebears, Bulkin is an impressive player in his own right who's just beginning to forge an individual style.Trio albums force young jazzers to let all of the tricks out of the bag, and Anatholi shows he has chops to spare on Initiation. Accompanied by the Jaco-influenced ...

Album Review

Anatholi Bulkin: Initiation

by Douglas Payne
July 1, 1999

33-year-old Swedish guitarist Anatholi Bulkin divides his time and talents between a jazz power trio, two different nine-piece groups and world music exploits of the often African variety. In his travels, he's received ringing endorsements from jazz folk like Ron McClure, Dave Liebman and Harvie Swartz. On Initiation, apparently his solo debut, Bulkin states his case, suggesting the fleet and varying styles of Larry Coryell, filtered through such additional influences as Alan Holdsworth ("Initiation"), John Scofield ("The Underdog") ...