Brazilian born, Swedish based, Gui Mallon makes his United States and Adventure Music debut, on this his 8th solo recording.
Recorded during the group's 1999 European tour at the famed Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Mallon and his ensemble, which features between nine to twelve musicians and includes guitar, sax, flute and percussion, and a full string quartet, explore both Mallons original compositions as well as unique and challenging chamber music arrangements on this remarkable and spritual live recording.
Right from the very beginning of his career, the guitarrist Gui Mallon was interested in developing a repertoire where the guitar would perform together with other chamber instruments. “I could not bear the solitude of my intrument. The great majority of pieces in the traditional classical repertoire are comprised of solo guitar pieces with a few duetts and even fewer compositions for more than two instruments“.
In september of 1991, Gui, then living in Madrid, recorded his first european album, “The Joy of Guitar“, with compositions by Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Rodrigo and Tarrega, arranged for guitar, cello, flute and oboe.
In ‘94 he released “The Joy of Guitar II“, that included Villa Lobos, Ravel, Albinoni, as well as his own compositions. These first two albums, were released under the “Viking Productions“ label,
In ‘96 Gui began to record under his own label, ironically called “MYSELF RECORDS“.
Discography:
Bons Ventos (1984) The Joy of Guitar (1991) The Joy of Guitar II (1994) Guitar (1996) Brazil, Brazil (1997)
To begin with, The Gui Mallon Ensamble (a line-up totalling all of eleven musicians), performed only classical and contemporary music, but over the last four years has developed into something that has become difficult to classify.? “It‘s instrumental music, that‘s all!“ says Gui.
