Michael Magalon (born 24 August 1975) is a Belgian jazz bassist, guitarist, and composer.
Michael Magalon | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael Magalon |
| Born | 24 August 1975 Ougrée, Belgium |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, club manager |
| Instrument(s) | Bass, guitar |
| Years active | 1993– |
| Website | michaelmagalon |
Biography
editMagalon 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] 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[7] of Cannes in France with his drumless trio featuring Stephane Mercier[5] on saxophone and Georges Hermans[8] 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.
References
edit- ^ Historique
- ^ Jazz Studio
- ^ Claude Nobs, personnalité de l'année au Midem 2007 - GL Connection, le blog de Gildas Lefeuvre
- ^ Artiste Bart Defoort - Igloo Records
- ^ a b Stephane Mercier official site Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ntoumos "Transition" - CD Release à la Fnac : Jazzques". Archived from the original on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Midem 2007 Les temps forts Musique Classique et Jazz". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ Trio0FRjaune.pub Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Presence, Centre Culturel Dison, Issue 312, Nov 2009
- Artistes Belges, November 2010
- Maison du Jazz, February 2007
- Talentris 16 May 2007