Matkovič, Igor

In the middle of the last week of October, on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, we witnessed an intriguing musical collision at CUK Kino Šiška in Ljubljana. Composer, pianist and conductor Milko Lazar joined forces on stage with trumpeter and…

You can feel on the album that this quintet could reach for an even bigger dose of experimentation, one that might lead toward avant-garde and jazz-fusion territory. Let's hope they stick together for another record or two.

Five seasoned masters of their craft took their positions in the Gabrijel bar around half past nine in the evening, and this time the gig ran in one piece, with the focus squarely on presenting Igor's latest studio album "State of KU".

»Sonic Motion« is an excellent jazz album, marked by outstanding dynamics in the way things unfold and by the full-blooded emotional expression of the trumpet's voice. With its liveliness and a hefty dose of experimental edge, it gives Igor…