Jazz Articles about Mikkel Ploug

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Album Review

Mikkel Ploug Group: Mikkel Ploug Group feat. Mark Turner

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 3, 2007

E' un disco dal colore compatto quello del chitarrista danese Mikkel Ploug. Si concentra sulla ricerca di una sonorità definita e riconoscibile e offre all'ascoltatore diversi temi interessanti. Per questo album d'esordio il giovane musicista ha voluto accanto a sé il sax tenore di Mark Turner. Le influenze coltraniane del fiatista si fanno sentire, ma il chitarrista si è divertito a giocare proprio con il contrasto fra il suo suono, a tratti indirizzato verso la fusion, e la personalità di ...

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Mikkel Ploug Group Featuring Mark Turner: Mikkel Ploug Group

Read "Mikkel Ploug Group" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
March 9, 2007

With recent appearances at the North Sea Jazz Festival and other more intimate venues, guitarist Mikkel Ploug's star has been ascending--not only in his native Denmark, but also in various overlapping international jazz circles. Last year, he received his BTA with a two-month residency in New York City, and in the process made some interesting musical connections. As a result, this debut offering from the Mikkel Ploug Group finds him inviting the crisp horn of NYC-based tenor saxophonist Mark Turner ...