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MARK WINGFIELD - PRESS"Celebrated British guitarist" Guitar Player Magazine "Virtuoso" Guitar Player Magazine "Wingfield’s forward-thinking exploration of smart, swinging, and highly melodic globally informed jazz." Barry Cleveland, Guitar Player Magazine "Brit guitar hero" JazzTimes "Mark Wingfield shifts from Eno-esque ambient soundscapes...to ripping rock-tinged abandon... to cinematic guitar-synth." "Dramatic... intriguing..." Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes “Sleeper Street exemplifies his determination to take his instrument into previously-unknown territory” Anil Prasad, InnerViews "Wingfield's guitar playing is mysterious, majestic, and blazing in turns" Guitar Player Magazine "The six string winged, improvising shaman" Music That Matters "Innovator" The Guardian "Wingfield's musical eclecticism is well attested... very distinctive-sounding" JazzWise "Unique and sophisticated...(one of) England's most accomplished players." Guitar Player Magazine “Almost moved me to tears.” BBC "Wingfield is proving to be a key proponent of adventurous, swinging and modern instrumental jazz-rock fusion in the 21st century." MWE3 "Consistently brilliant and forward-thinking” Guitar Player Magazine "Guitar virtuoso" "Uplifting" "Inspiration" Guitar Techniques Magazine "Cinematic eloquence... command of electronic textures... and swooping-bird evocations" The Guardian "Often soaring in the upper registers, Wingfield's guitar hovers above..." JazzWise "Contemporary jazz doesn't get any better than this."Fretwired “One of the UK’s best new composers” SPNM “One of today’s most creative transatlantic musical voices” BMIC Press for the album I walked into the silver darkness with Kevin Kasting: "Setting scenes and moods that also invite the listener to pick up their mental brushes and paint their own pictures." Jazzreview.com "Wingfield and Kastning deliver their best emotional performance… their abstract paintings in sound evolve into a ballad that actually tells a story from the heart." Jazzreview.com "I found myself amazed at the range of guitar voices produced." "Wingfield and Kastning are surely pushing the envelope with this disc." "Two extremely gifted guitarists" "I am in awe of how they can express themselves by travelling through every region of the instrument, often with what seems like effortless abandon. This collection of original instrumental pieces will impress all guitarists, no doubt." The WholeNote (USA) The Kastning/ Wingfield duo not only convince the listener of a very high level of guitar playing but also of deep philosophic thinking. The compositions build up of countless layers in such a magic way that in every relistening newer, other layers open up. The I walked into the silver darkness is the most remarkable guitar album of the first half of 2011." HiFi Portal Magazine (Hungary) "Irresistible beauty" "Extraordinary album" "Sublime" "Magnificent" "a sublime album where talent and virtuosity, creative interpretation are perceived with absolute clarity in each of these sublime compositions. Enjoy it!" LUX ATENEA (Spain) "Literally scaling new heights sonically" Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange (USA) Guitar Player Magazine website is featuring seven exclusive video interviews here
Magazine Features and interviews The new Guitar Player Magazine feature article talks about Mark's new album with Kevin Kastning. Mark and Kevin explain how they approached recording an album which was completely improvised.
Innerviews interview. "Seamlessly weaving organic and electronic influences together is the hallmark of guitarist and composer Mark Wingfield's diverse, jazz-based output...." Read the interview here
Guitar Player Magazine feature on Mark. The feature includes an interview where Mark talks about his approach to music, guitar playing and lots more. Read a pdf of the printed version here. Read the web version on the Guitar Player website here.
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