Peter Madsen

• DIGIPACK EDITION

In Madsen’s liner notes, composed for this release, he writes, “I've always loved the guitar. The sound. The feel. The power. The beauty. The variety of colors. But I was always too busy with my bigger love, the piano, to find time to learn to play it. What was a poor piano player to do but to form an ensemble of six guitarists and surround himself with this magical instrument!

“It was about ten years ago here in Vorarlberg, Austria that I formed a new Collective of Improvising Artists (CIA) group called the CIA Six on Six Guitar Ensemble (a wordplay on the title of the famous Wes Montgomery composition Four on Six). I composed and arranged music for the group in six part harmony in many different styles of jazz oriented music with many challenging improvisational sections. We've played many concerts over the years and even made a DVD from a concert we performed a few years ago. Finally we decided to go into the studio and record this beautiful CD.

I feel like a proud father after all these years watching the Six on Six guitarists grow and develop into full guitar maturity. Of course I get to play too!

PERSONNEL:

• Guitars:
• Christian Bilgeri
• Guillermo Delis
• Markus Holtzmaier
• Roland Jenny
• Oliver Rath
• Roger Szedalik
• Double bass:
• Herig Hammerl
• Drums:
• Philipp Mayer
• Piano, composer, arranger:
• Peter Madsen

TRACKS:

• 01. Where There Was No Path
• 02. Brubeck
• 03. By The Way
• 04. Chagall
• 05. In teh Glass Zone
• 06. Down and Out
• 07. The Cat
• 08. Night Is Coming Dow
• 09. Talk to the Hand
• 10. On the Move