Michael Magalon

Michael Magalon
Modern Jazz Artist
Magalon Performing at Festival Un Soir Autour Du Monde 2009
Background information
Birth name Michael Magalon
Born (1975-08-24) 24 August 1975
Ougrée, Belgium
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, club manager
Instruments Bass, guitar
Years active 1993–
Website michaelmagalon.com

Michael Magalon (born August 24, 1975) is a Belgian jazz bassist, guitarist and composer.

Biography

Magalon started playing classical guitar at 12. At 18, he composed the music for the play Couleur de Femmes by Jacques Henrard adapted by Marc Gooris][1] (1993).

After gaining experience with a number of bands Magalon studied at the Jazz Studio][2][3] in Antwerp. Later, he started to play the bass influenced by the modern jazz band Aka Moon and the bassist Michel Hatzigeorgiou.

Magalon has worked with Belgian jazz musicians such as Jeroen Van Herzeele, Bart Defoort,[4] Stephane Mercier,[5] Dominic Ntoumos,[6][7] and musicians from rock and funk like Rudy Lenners (Scorpions), Rudy Trouvé (dEUS, Kiss My Jazz, Dead Man Ray), and Nick Van Gelder.

In 2007, Magalon performed at the MIDEM[8] of Cannes in France with his drumless trio featuring Stephane Mercier[5] on saxophone and Georges Hermans[9] on piano.

In 2008 Magalon decided to take a break from playing professionally, only to experiment with the other side of music, working as manager for the Engine Room Club in South East England. He welcomed bands like the Germs, Hed PE, The Addicts, inMe, Discharge, Acid Mothers Temple, Death Angel.

Magazine /Webzine Articles

  1. http://www.juliafree.nl/?page_id=506, Reportage/photo series of the Trafalgar Arches recording sessions and Spain-tour by Julia Free (2011)
  2. http://www.artistesbelges.be/biography.php?artiste=722, Artistes Belges, (November 2010).
  3. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/component/eventlist/details/1002482-michael-magalon-quartet[10] Jazzwise Webazine, (July 2009).
  4. http://www.maisondujazz.be/fr/hot/hot.htm#midis[11] Maison du Jazz, (February 2007)
  5. http://www.talentris.com/Magalon,-Hermans,-Mercier-articlev1n-number-2719.html[12] Talentris (16 May 2007).
  6. http://www.ccdison.be/presence/Presence_312-11-2009_web.pdf[13] 'PPRESENCE', Centre Culturel Dison, 'Issue 312', (Nov 2009).
  7. http://www.aglouvain.be/site/images/savate/savates/savate338.pdf[14] 'La Savate', Issue, (March 2008).
  1. ↑ Historique
  2. ↑ Jazz Studio
  3. ↑ Claude Nobs, personnalité de l'année au Midem 2007 - GL Connection, le blog de Gildas Lefeuvre
  4. ↑ Artiste Bart Defoort - Igloo Records
  5. 1 2 Stephane Mercier official site Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Ntoumos
  7. ↑ Ntoumos "Transition" - CD Release à la Fnac : Jazzques
  8. ↑ Midem 2007 Les temps forts Musique Classique et Jazz
  9. ↑ Trio0FRjaune.pub Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Michael Magalon Quartet Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ hothouse 95- février 2007
  12. ↑ Magalon, Hermans, Mercier - Talentris
  13. ↑ 0_Presence-312-11-2009.indd
  14. ↑ untitled
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