Alex Machacek

Music:

Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: alexmachacek.com
Influences:

Recording session of "Improvision"performing my version of "Donna Lee" in a record store in Raleigh, NC
Sounds Like: Over the course of a whole lifetime as a passionate observer and chronicler of the music scene, with a particularly keen interest in guitarists of all stripes, I have been blown away innumerable times by extraordinary players who bring something remarkable and personal to the table. Alex Machacek is one such extraordinary talent.
Combining jaw-dropping technique with a fertile imagination and a playful sense of humor, the Austrian six-string phenom has concocted an audaciously brilliant manifesto in [sic]. Imagine a composite of Allan Holdsworths stunning legato chops and advanced harmonic language with Mike Keneallys exacting virtuosity and Frank Zappas fiercely uncompromising difficult music and youre getting close to where this visionary new talent is currently operating. He is perhaps the only guitarist on the planet who could cut the impossible charts of Zappas Jazz From Hell and simultaneously breathe life into them.
Bill Milkowski
Bill Milkowski is a contributor to Jazz Times and Jazziz magazines. He is also the author of JACO: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius (Backbeat Books)
Record Label: www.abstractlogix.com
Type of Label: Indie