Michael Magalon

Michael Magalon
Magalon Performing at Festival Un Soir Autour Du Monde 2009
Background information
Birth name	Michael Magalon
Born	24 August 1975 (1975-08-24) (age 36), Ougrée, Belgium
Origin	Belgium
Genres	Modern Jazz
Occupations	Musician Composer Artist Club manager
Instruments	Bass, Guitar
Years active	1993-
Associated acts	MIDEM Un Soir Autour Du Monde 2009 Jazz à Liège Brussels Jazz Marathon Gouvy Jazz Festival Open Jazz Festival of Louvain la Neuvel Unifestival in Liege
Website	Michael Magalon

Michael Magalon (born August 24, 1975) is a Belgian Jazz bassist, guitarist and composer who currently resides in England.

Biography

Magalon started playing classical guitar at 12. At 18, he composed the music for a play called ‘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 on, he started to play the bass influenced by the modern jazz band Aka Moon and the bassist Michel Hatzigeorgiou.

Along his career, Michael Magalon has seen himself playing with some leading Belgian jazz musicians such as Jeroen Van Herzeele, Bart Defoort,^[4] Stephane Mercier,^[5] Dominic Ntoumos,^[6][7] and some musicians from the rock and funk scene like Rudy Lenners (Scorpions), Rudy Trouvé (dEUS, Kiss My Jazz, Dead Man Ray), Nick Van Gelder (Jamiroquai, Brand New Heavies).

In 2007, Magalon performed at the MIDEM^[8] of Cannes in France with his drumless trio (featuring Stephane Mercier^[5] on sax and Georges Hermans^[9] 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 one of the most dedicated rock and alternative clubs/venues of South East England (the Engine Room Club). He welcomed bands like The Germs, Hed PE, The Addicts, inMe, Discharge, Acid Mother Temple, Death Angel and other well-known bands.

Having explored new horizons, and re-organized the various elements in his career, Magalon is ready to strike back with a new album due on February 2011.

Magazine /Webzine Articles

1. http://www.juliafree.nl/?page_id=506, Reportage/photo series of the Trafalgar Arches recording sessions and Spain-tour by Julia Free (2011)
2. http://www.artistesbelges.be/biography.php?artiste=722, Artistes Belges, (November 2010).
3. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/component/eventlist/details/1002482-michael-magalon-quartet^[10] Jazzwise Webazine, (July 2009).
4. http://www.maisondujazz.be/fr/hot/hot.htm#midis^[11] Maison du Jazz, (February 2007)
5. http://www.talentris.com/Magalon,-Hermans,-Mercier-articlev1n-number-2719.html^[12] Talentris (16 May 2007).
6. http://www.ccdison.be/presence/Presence_312-11-2009_web.pdf^[13] 'PPRESENCE', Centre Culturel Dison, 'Issue 312', (Nov 2009).
7. http://www.aglouvain.be/site/images/savate/savates/savate338.pdf^[14] 'La Savate', Issue, (March 2008).

External links

1. ^ Historique
2. ^ Jazz Studio
3. ^ Claude Nobs, personnalité de l’année au Midem 2007 - GL Connection, le blog de Gildas Lefeuvre
4. ^ Artiste Bart Defoort - Igloo Records
5. ^ ^{a b} Stephane Mercier official site
6. ^ Ntoumos
7. ^ Ntoumos "Transition" - CD Release à la Fnac : Jazzques
8. ^ Midem 2007 Les temps forts Musique Classique et Jazz
9. ^ Trio0FRjaune.pub
10. ^ Michael Magalon Quartet
11. ^ hothouse 95- février 2007
12. ^ Magalon, Hermans, Mercier - Talentris
13. ^ 0_Presence-312-11-2009.indd
14. ^ untitled

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