''Featuring Ourselves'' is a
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...
/
fusion album by
Alex Machacek
Alex Machacek (born 1 July 1972, Tulln an der Donau, Austria) is an Austrian jazz fusion guitarist.
Early years
Machacek was born to a Czech family in Tulln, Austria. His family had moved to Austria in the 1960s as refugees. Since then, the ...
using the name "Mc Hacek." It was released by Next Generation Enterprises in 1999.
Track listing
# "Gnade" (Alex Machacek) – 6:56
# "Liebe, Jaz Und Übermut" (Tibor Kövesdi) – 8:15
# "Zapzarapp" (Alex Machacek) – 5:59
# "Jazzquiz - Hard Version" (Alex Machacek) – 0:51
# "
Donna Lee
"Donna Lee" is a bebop jazz standard attributed to Charlie Parker, although Miles Davis has also claimed authorship. Written in A-flat, it is based on the chord changes of the jazz standard " (Back Home Again in) Indiana". Beginning with an unusu ...
- Easy Viennese Teenage Version" (
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...
) – 2:17
# "Intro 2 7" (Alex Machacek) – 0:36
# "Allandig" (Alex Machacek) – 8:52
# "Bänderriss" (Tibor Kövesdi) – 8:37
# "Art-Subvention 97" (Alex Machacek) – 1:01
# "... In the Sky" (Tibor Kövesdi) – 7:13
Personnel
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Alex Machacek
Alex Machacek (born 1 July 1972, Tulln an der Donau, Austria) is an Austrian jazz fusion guitarist.
Early years
Machacek was born to a Czech family in Tulln, Austria. His family had moved to Austria in the 1960s as refugees. Since then, the ...
– guitars
* Tibor Kövesdi – bass, keyboards
* Flip Philipp – mallets, percussion
* Harri Ganglberger – drums
* Fritz Kircher – violin (track 2)
* Gerswind Olthoff – viola (track 2)
* Arne Kircher – cello (track 2)
* Toni Mühlhofer – percussion (track 3)
* Stefan Maass – percussion (track 10)
References
1999 albums
Alex Machacek albums
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