Mc Hacek

Mc Hacek: Featuring Ourselves

by John W. Patterson
May 1, 2000

Think Ed Mann, think Zappa, think vibes, think Holdsworth and Henderson and especially so — please think pure zany fusion. Alex Machacek is guitars/programming, Tibor Kövesdi is bass/keys, Flip Philipp is awesome vibes/percussion and Harri Ganglberger make one seriously talented Austrian jazz fusion band. I hear Dave Samuels’ Gallery days, Ed Mann’s superb Get Up release. Things are always surprising here with violin, viola, and cello swooning in on “Liebe, Jazz Und Übermut”. They even acknowledge this track sounding like ...