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| Scottish Guitar Quartet Play the Open Strings Festival In Germany  The SGQ have been asked to play at the Osnabrueck Open Strings festival during the "Hot Strings" night on Friday 30th of September. In addition to this the SGQ will be playing in the south of Germany at Burghausen. The group has a featured article in the September issue of Akustik Gitarre magazine and will be using the concerts to publicise a new compilation CD tentatively titled the PETER FINGER SGQ SELECTION. The SGQ are a contemporary music group, comprising four of Scotland's leading acoustic guitarist-composers; Ged Brockie, Nigel Clark, Malcolm MacFarlane and Kevin MacKenzie.They draw on celtic, modern, classical and jazz genres, with strong influences from world music, and blend these disparate styles together to produce an eclectic sound that is both unique and powerful with the textures and timbres of four acoustic guitars. The Scottish Guitar Quartet are fast becoming known as one of the Scottish music scene's most exciting acts, with plaudits such as "national asset" being bandied about in reviews - the band have earned their following largely through refusing to be boxed in by genre. Though pitching themselves primarily as a jazz outfit, they also weave Celtic, classical and world music strands into their sound. This is aided by the fact that all four players are talented composers, in addition to the diversity of their previous experience. The quartet's intricately arranged, original material, punctuated by improvisational interludes, takes in re-workings of Charlie Parker and Miles Davis tracks, plus evocative pastoral pieces inspired by Scottish landscapes. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |