Results for "Alex Machacek"

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FAT, Live at Porgy & Bess

Featuring the music of Alex Machacek
Duration: 7:35
October 30, 2012

Guitarist Alex Machacek and FAT (Fabulous Austrian Trio) in an incendiary performance at Porgy & Bess in Vienna, Austria, September 2010, also featuring bassist Raphael Preuschl and drummer Herbert Pirker. Released in September 2012, FAT is the trio's impressive followup to 2006's critically acclaimed [sic], both available on Abstract Logix.

Article: Album Review

Alex Machacek: FAT

by Ian Patterson
October 13, 2012

Alex Machacek has been turning heads with his incendiary guitar playing and striking writing since he burst on the scene with Featuring Ourselves (Next Generation Enterprises, 1999). Whilst drummer Herbert Pirker and bassist Raphael Preuschi have a less visible profile, their equally outstanding chops play a big part in the success of FAT. These musicians also ...

Article: Interview

Steven Wilson: Luck's What You Make It

by John Kelman
October 1, 2012

There was a time when progressive rock really meant what its name suggested: progressive music, music that pushed the boundaries of what rock music was, often by integrating elements of classical music and jazz into the mix. Milestone groups ranging from better-knowns like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator ...

Article: Album Review

Colin Cannon: Glenville

by Ian Patterson
September 20, 2012

Though still in his twenties, guitarist Colin Cannon has been performing in New York and along the East Coast for a decade. His debut as leader, In Summary (Self Produced, 2009) revealed a young composer with ideas aplenty, and a guitarist with a broad musical palette. If that album was slightly Pat Metheny-influenced--Cannon and Metheny were ...

Article: Catching Up With

Catching Up With Gary Husband

by Ian Patterson
March 30, 2012

Gary Husband has wind in his sails these days. The pianist/keyboardist/drummer and composer has released three outstanding records in nearly as many years, all on Abstract Logix: the heady post-bop Hotwired (2009); the jazz-fusion all-star extravaganza Dirty & Beautiful Vol 1 (2010), and the eagerly awaited follow-up, 2012's Dirty & Beautiful Vol 2. His Dirty & ...

Article: Album Review

Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2

by Ian Patterson
March 30, 2012

With friends as talented as those of pianist/drummer/keyboardist Gary Husband, the musical possibilities are mouthwatering and seemingly endless. With a riotous assembly of jazz fusion greats playing their butts off, Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 follows suit from Dirty & Beautiful Volume 1 (Abstract Logix, 2010). Several threads tie the two records together. Many of the ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Allan Holdsworth: Hard Hat Area and None Too Soon

by John Kelman
March 23, 2012

Few artists alive in 2012 can be both as awe-inspiring and frustrating as guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Since emerging in the early 1970s--his solo on “Hector's House," from trumpeter Ian Carr's Belladonna (Vertigo, 1972), an early and rough-hewn but still staggering preface to advances made in leaps in bounds in the ensuing half decade--Holdsworth has emerged as ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2

by John Kelman
March 9, 2012

Gary Husband Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 Abstract Logix 2012 If ever there was a musician whose efforts to redefine and reestablish himself are both worthy of attention and working, it's Gary Husband. Emerging as a powerhouse drummer with Allan Holdsworth in the guitarist's I.O.U. band of the early 1980s, Husband ...

Article: Album Review

Gary Husband: Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2

by Johanna McKenna
March 8, 2012

Multitalented drummer, keyboardist, composer, and arranger Gary Husband continues to raise the bar with each successive release, and 2012's Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 is no exception. Volume 2's collection of originals and fusion classics follows Dirty & Beautiful Volume 1 (Abstract Logix, 2010), featuring many of the same collaborators, but with some additional powerhouse guitarists ...

News: Recording

John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Mike Stern and others on the New Gary Husband Album

February 16, 2012

Multi-dimensional drummer, keyboardist, composer and arranger Gary Husband hits his stride with Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2, his latest release on Abstract Logix Records. Dirty & Beautiful Volume 2 features an explosive all-star line-up of guest musicians such as John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Jan Hammer, Robin Trower, Jimmy Herring, Wayne Krantz, Mark King, Alex Machacek and ...