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Mark Wingfield Guitarist and Composer Latest news Guitar Player Magazine recently published a feature on Mark. The feature includes an interview where Mark talks about his approach to music, guitar playing and lots more. Read the web version here. NEW - The new album Three Windows is available. "This is a unique and sophisticated musical statement by three of England's most accomplished players, as well as one of the year's most engaging recordings." Guitar Player Magazine Three of the UK's most innovative players together on an adventurous, inspiring new album. Internationally acclaimed saxophonist Iain Ballamy and renowned harpsichordist Jane Chapman have combined their talents with Mark to produce a startlingly beautiful and adventurous album. The music embodies the sensitivity and considered harmonies of ECM style jazz with the excitement and drive of rock and Nu-Jazz, fused with strands of classical and world music. Vist the Three Windows website here. One of today's most distinctive sounding electric guitarists, Guitar Player Magazine recently said of Mark: "Wingfield's guitar playing is mysterious, majestic, and blazing in turns". Mark has been called "the six string winged, improvising shaman" (Music That Matters). Words such as "guitar virtuoso" "uplifting" "inspiration" "organic" and "cleansing" (Guitar Techniques Magazine) have been used to describe Mark's playing and music. He has toured extensively across Europe and as far afield as Istanbul with his own group as well as with other jazz groups such as Scapetrace and SMQ. Alongside his background in jazz, Mark's interest in world music has led him to collaborate with non-western musicians such as Lebanese singer Samia Afra, Turkish musician Gökhan Özyavuz, Zambian singer KT Lumpa and others. As well as jazz, his composing extends into classical forms, his pieces being performed by top classical musicians in NY, London and elsewhere.
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