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Shapes

Shapes

By Ruben Machtelinckx

Label: El Negocito Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: The Guitar; Slaaplied Voor Grote Mensen; Medieval; Warme Streken; Astor Zolla; Don’t Ask, Ask Me; Beek; Rap for Michael Gregory Jackson; Mister Sandman’s Rag; The Marriage; Meenseguts; Wyble; Done Gone.

Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes

by Mark Sullivan
September 6, 2016

Young Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already had an active recording career, especially with his quartet and the duo Linus. His recordings have become progressively more acoustic and ever more freely improvised. Guitarist Karl Van Deun was Ruben's teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. His performing career has been sidelined by hearing problems, but he ...

Karl Van Deun & Ruben Machtelinckx: Shapes

by Jakob Baekgaard
August 24, 2016

In spite of his young age, Belgian guitarist Ruben Machtelinckx has already traversed a wide spectrum of musical expressions, and yet, while the textures are different, his records share a certain lyrical sensibility and the quality of dwelling in the moment. On Shapes, Machtelinckx joins his former teacher Karl Van Deun to play ...

Shapes

By Wolfgang Haffner

Label: Moers Music
Released: 2006

The Big Picture

By Shapes

Label: Burnin' Down the House Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: CD1: Arc of Twilight, Naima, The Big Picture, Gabriela, Eat the Heat, Lobster, Measure Once, Sotto Voce. CD2: Softly As in a Morning Sunrise, Love for Sale, In the Outdoors, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, Automat, I Still Remember, What Now?

Shapes: The Big Picture

by AAJ Staff
June 25, 2005

By Ted Kane The Big Picture is the second album from pianist/vibraphonist Roger Burn's protean Shapes ensemble. Like their debut, 2003's The Last Farewell, this set features original compositions from not only Burn but also other members, including harmonica player Tollak Ollestad and guitarists Mike Higgins and Matthew Von Doran. This release is a two-CD affair, ...

Shapes: The Big Picture

by Michael P. Gladstone
March 23, 2005

From its debut recording in 2002, this sextet has morphed into a much larger ensemble, in varied configurations, for this two-disc offering. Although two of its original members, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, were not present for the making of this album, The Big Picture includes performances by Russell Ferrante and Jimmy Haslip (associated with Yellowjackets), ...

Shapes: The Big Picture

by Jim Santella
March 19, 2005

Combining smooth jazz originals with classic standards, Shapes weave a collective web of familiar sounds that could easily describe your most recent nostalgic trip to the DVD rental store. Let by vibraphonist/pianist Roger Burn and harmonica player Tollak Ollestad, Shapes form their double CD into a program that easily recalls relaxed movie scenes in general.

Shapes: The Big Picture

by John Kelman
March 3, 2005

As with the auspicious debut of The Last Farewell , Shapes continue to explore a breadth of styles on their sophomore effort, The Big Picture , still retaining a distinctive complexion that lends cohesiveness to the entire proceeding. That the group, led by Roger Burn, has shifted from being a six-person collective to a one-man operation ...