Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: SGL1623-1
- Format: LP
- UPC: 774355162316
- Street Date: 10/27/17
- PreBook Date: 09/22/17
- Label: Songlines »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 45:53 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2017
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 0
- Territory: WORLD
- Language: English
Product Assets
Mikkel Ploug - Alleviation
Ploug's works for solo guitar, played on a gorgeous-sounding Gibson Banner, access folk, jazz and classical styles.
- List Price: $23.99
- Your Price: $23.99
- In Stock: 23
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This is a record for guitar connoisseurs of all kinds. Last year Danish jazz guitarist Mikkel Ploug fell in love with a rare all-mahogany 1945 Gibson Banner acoustic guitar that he ran into while on tour in the US. Back home he ended up creating a whole program of new compositions on it, interweaving aspects of folk (fingerpicking), jazz, and contemporary classical styles such as minimalism. Solo acoustic guitar music has seldom sounded so tonally warm, intricately structured, and rhythmically alive as this. Much of the music also has an intimate, inward-looking quality about it that seems to hark back to the origins of folk/blues guitar as a very personal accompanist to the human voice. Some pieces are in the nature of tributes - to Ben Monder, Steve Reich, Olivier Messiaen. Some offer unusual departures from standard jazz or classical harmony, others feature sophisticated polyrhythmic explorations. All were inspired by improvising on the instrument itself, by the way it was sounding out the music. In the recording the guitar was mic'd very close to the sound hole to bring out the smallest details yet still balance its smooth, subtle highs, midrange warmth and rich bass. The 24/192 recording has been mastered to CD and limited edition 180g vinyl. Ploug has three previous releases on Songlines as co-leader and main composer of the avant chamber jazz guitar/reeds/voice trio Equilibrium.
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Sales Points
- For fans of Ralph Towner, Ben Monder, Jacob Bro, John Abercrombie
- 180g, limited pressing (300 units)
Press Quotes
Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug is on his way into the champions league of contemporary jazz. His guitar playing is among the most stylish in the genre.
—Alex Schmitz, Jazz Podium
Mikkel Ploug is the latest European jazz guitar sensation, [with] a personal voice and a sound that's lit from within.
—Karles Torre, La Vanguardia (Barcelona)
...you can get a feeling of elevation, maybe even levitation. It's that stunning...my favorite record of the year so far.
—Mark Saleski, Jazz.com