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Hristo Vitchev / Liubomia Krastev: Rhodopa
by Jakob Baekgaard
While jazz as an art form always moves forward, it is also tied to tradition and the music of the past. Many jazz musicians with European ties have found inspiration in the folk music of their country: Jan Johansson's Jazz på svenska, Dag Arnesen's Norwegian Song 1-3 and Sunna Gunnlaugs Songs from Iceland are some of ...
Hristo Vitchev and Liubomir Krastev: Rhodopa
by Eyal Hareuveni
Bulganin modern jazz guitarist Hristo Vitchev resides in the Bay Area and alternates between a variety of jazz formations. On Rhodopa, which is a mountainous region in Bulgaria (named after the character from the Greek mythology known also as Hera, sister of Zeus) he teams with clarinetist Liubomir Krastev who shares with him Bulgarian roots on ...
Wounded by a Poisoned Arrow
Album: Familiar Fields
By Hristo Vitchev
Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2013
Duration: 06:09
Hristo Vitchev Quartet: Familiar Fields
by Karl Ackermann
The nine original compositions that make up Familiar Fields were conceived by composer/guitarist Hristo Vitchev between the releases of Song for Messambria (First Orbit Sounds, 2009) and his seven-movement Perperikon Suite (Self Produced, 2011). Vitchev wisely decided that these pieces deserved a home of their own, and that choice is more than validated here. Sharing instrumental ...
Hristo Vitchev Quartet: Familiar Fields
by Nicholas F. Mondello
There's a poignant scene in the film Gladiator (DreamWorks/Universal, 2000), where the film's hero, Maximus--played by actor and guitarist, Russell Crowe--flashes back on the lush fields of his far away farm home. There's a longing, a yearning sense in that memorable, moving sequence. Those fields pull at his heart.With Familiar Fields, his fifth CD ...
Hristo Vitchev Quartet: Familiar Fields
by Chris Mosey
New Age jazz from a guitarist very much in the Pat Metheny tradition. Hristo Vitchev was born in Bulgaria but now lives--as do a great many other New Agers--in San Francisco. He wrote the music on this album some time ago but says the songs “were constantly searching for their own voice, their own identity, and ...
Hristo Vitchev Quartet: Familiar Fields
by Jakob Baekgaard
In an age where there is a constant demand for instant gratification, it takes courage to let musical material develop at a slow pace in order to realize an artistic vision. Nevertheless, this is what Bulgarian-born guitarist Hristo Vitchev has done on his album, Familiar Fields, whose compositions were written in the space between Vitchev's second ...
Hristo Vitchev Quartet: Familiar Fields
by Sammy Stein
Hristo Vitchev is an impressionistic jazz guitarist and composer; born in Belgium but now residing in San Francisco, he leads several modern jazz formations, from duets to quartets. His debut, Song For Messambria (Orbit Sounds, 2009), received positive reviews internationally, and his studio album with Latin Grammy-nominated pianist Weber Iago, Secrets of An Angel (Orbit Sounds, ...
Heartmony
Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2012
Track listing: Under Trees Of Color, Over Fields Of Grey; Musica Humana; Memories In Black And White; The Last Leaves Which Fell In Fall; Prelude To The Crepuscular Rays; Crepuscular Rays; Preulde To An Act Of Departure; The Imperative Expression; And May We Meet Again; Prelude To A Melancholic Heart; The Melancholic Heart.
