Marzio Scholten

Marzio Scholten
Marzio Scholten, North Sea Jazz Festival, 2009
Background information
Born (1982-06-17) 17 June 1982
Granollers, Spain
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Years active 2002–present
Website Official site

Marzio Scholten (born in Granollers, Spain, 17 June 1982) is a Dutch jazz guitarist and composer.

Biography

He is regarded as one of the leading modern jazz guitarists and composers of the Netherlands. His Marzio Scholten Group is popular in the Dutch modern jazz scene.[1][2]

In June 2008, after graduating from the Amsterdam Conservatory two years earlier, he released his debut album, Motherland. In 2009 he was nominated for the Deloitte Jazz Award.

His second album, World of Thought, was released in October 2010 and received reviews worldwide.[3] The same reviewer selected World of Thought as one of the best international releases of 2010.[4] In the Netherlands World of Thought ended up in the Top 10 best jazz releases that year.[5]

In May 2012 Scholten released his third album, Voids, Echoes and Whispers, which received positive reviews in the Netherlands, U.S.[6], and Japan, where the readers of Tokyo Jazz Notes selected Voids, Echoes and Whispers as runner-up in the category Best International Jazz Album of 2012.[7]

Scholten has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, Bimhuis, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Royal Theatre Carré and The Hague Jazz.

Scholten's bands, Marzio Scholten Group/Marzio Scholten Quartet, consist of Yaniv Nachum (saxophone), Randal Corsen (piano), Stefan Lievestro (double bass), and Mark Schilders (drums). Compositions are written and arranged by guitarist and bandleader Scholten. Improvisation is important, as well as the mixing of modern jazz with other genres. Scholten's music can be described as modern creative jazz.

Discography

As leader

As a sideman

  • 2010: Patches of Blue, Marike van Dijk
  • 2011: Flow, Iman Spaargaren Quartet & Septet

References

  1. ↑ Roundtable with 7 Dutch top jazz guitarists (article in Dutch), Gitarist (Dutch Magazine), July 2008, p.16,17,18
  2. ↑ "Marzio Scholten gives the Netherlands claim to yet another masterful jazz guitarist", Anton Goudsmit, liner notes 'World of Thought', October 2010
  3. ↑ John Kelman, All About Jazz, 1 November 2010
  4. ↑ John Kelman's Best Releases of 2010 – Category 'New Discoveries'
  5. ↑ World Of Thought in Volkskrant Top 10 of 2010 – Category 'Jazz'
  6. ↑ All About Jazz – Marzio Scholten: Voids, Echoes And Whispers (2012)
  7. ↑ The Tokyo Jazz Notes Readers' Poll 2012 Results

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