Jazz Articles about Igor Matković

About Igor Matković

Instrument: Trumpet

Album Review

Jani Moder, Igor Matković, Jošt Drašler, Zlatko Kaućić: Ground Rituals

Read "Ground Rituals" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
December 13, 2021

Registrato dal vivo nel giugno del 2021 al jazz club Stala di Lokev, in Slovenia appena fuori dal confine triestino, questo album documenta un'improvvisazione di un quartetto di musicisti diversi per generazione e per frequentazioni musicali, magicamente simpatetici nonostante (o, forse, proprio grazie a) il loro essere per la prima volta assieme su un palco. Le sette tracce in cui si suddivide l'ora e dieci minuti di musica sono accomunate dai tempi, quasi sempre medio-lenti, dalle atmosfere, a ...

Album Review

Ecliptic: The Path of 01

Read "The Path of 01" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
May 25, 2020

Slovenian jazz guitarist Jani Moder composed all of the music for this project, but it is arranged by the band, and is very much a group sound. Only trumpeter Igor Matković appeared on Moder's previous release Jani Moder's Brain Blender: Abacus (ZKP RTV SLO, 2014), but his role here has expanded from guest to a significant lead voice. The ensemble has a different focus as well; gone are the keyboards and mallets which were so prominent in Brain Blender. Moder ...