Jazz Articles about Mark Lotz

Mark Alban & Islak Kopek: Istanbul Improv Sessions May 4th

by Jerry D'Souza
December 12, 2011

Flautist Mark Alban Lotz played two concerts of improvised music with different bands of musicians in Istanbul in May 2010. Istanbul Improve Sessions, May 5th (LopLop Records, 2011) was the first to be released. The performance from the previous day, with Islak Köpek, now makes its appearance and finds Lotz playing in real time duo, trio and larger group settings. The music has been released as it was played except for some trims at the beginning and end of each, ...

Mark Alban Lotz: Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 6, 2011

Il nome di Mark Alban Lotz è legato ad una lunga serie di registrazioni nei contesti più disparati, dal jazz, alla world, all'improvvisazione radicale, sempre in giro per il mondo con musicisti di tutti i tipi, dalla A alla Z, dall'Armenia allo Zambia, come ci tiene a dire. Nel maggio del 2010 si è trovato ad Instanbul ed ha scelto di registrare una sessione estemporanea con artisti locali, una cosa piuttosto breve, trentanove minuti, che comprende due improvvissazioni in sestetto ...

Mark Alban Lotz: Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th

by Eyal Hareuveni
May 25, 2011

Dutch master flutist Mark Alban Lotz is a true musical nomad, seeming to have played with musicians from all over the world, and feeling free in any musical setting, whether it is solo performance, free or mainstream jazz, contemporary new music or African, Balkan, East-Asian or Indian traditions. Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th documents highlights of his meeting with some of Istanbul's great exponents from its vibrant improvising scene, many of them members of the musical collective and label re:konstruKt, ...

Mark Alban Lotz: Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th

by Bruce Lindsay
May 22, 2011

Istanbul Improv Sessions May 5th is an apt, if rather prosaic, title for this collection of improvisations, all of which were recorded in one day during 2010 in Istanbul. The leader and producer of the sessions is flautist Mark Alban Lotz, a German-born resident of Holland with over a dozen albums to his name. Lotz' collaborators all come from the Istanbul improvisation scene which, on the evidence of this album, seems to be full of invention, ability and humor.

Take Five With Mark Alban Lotz

by AAJ Staff
July 30, 2009

Meet Mark Alban Lotz: Improviser and composer. Exponent of the new generation of truly European jazz musicians. Highly skilled and broadly informed heading for something new. Gained a lot international acclaim for his interpretations of Afro-Cuban religious folklore, quickly followed by his creations of: “Pygmee-Bop" and “Whisper Music." In his music Mark builds a bridge between jazz and contemporary music, often crossing boarders with other traditions.

Released 12 CDs as leader. Performed/recorded with top improvisers, jazz ...

Mark Alban Lotz and Lotz of Music: Bite!

by Bruce Lindsay
July 14, 2009

Jazz has brought many innovative and original approaches to the world of music, but an entire album inspired by fish could well be a first. Flautist Mark Alban Lotz's Bite! offers 19 tracks of fresh, entertaining and uplifting music inspired not just by fish, but by “a dutch view on fish," a combined video and music project. Bite! is a joyous work. The quartet's musicianship is consistently excellent and conveys a clear feeling that the players had ...

Mark Lotz Quartet: Blue Moods

by Todd S. Jenkins
May 1, 2001

Marvelously atmospheric flute-fronted jazz from the Netherlands. Lotz is a flautist of considerable promise, with an approach that’s clearly rooted in the classics but intimately familiar with the jazz canon. His prior projects included world music and the avant-garde, but here Lotz sticks mostly to American and Brazilian fare with charming results.

The disc opens with the exotic rhythms of Duke Ellington’s “Pyramid”, as Lotz’ flute lilts ethereally over Ben Schroder’s caravan pulse, Sander Tekelenburg’s almost subconscious bass, and Erik ...