Scott Marischen Jazz Harp
Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States | SELF
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The long awaited CD by veteran Jazz Harpist Scott Marischen has been released this week. The triumphant music on Alligator Alley showcases Scott's incredible talent for transforming what is considered by many a classical and traditional instrument, to a Jazz instrument. Scott treats the harp as an improvisational instrument of Jazz allowing for a much richer experience and boundless style. The tone of his harp is unlike any other and stands alone as a unique and full sound that provides depth to the tracks in a way not heard in any other release or by any other harpist
Scott performs mostly originals on this CD. His compositions are deep and introspective with rich melodies and a depth only a seasoned veteran can achieve.
Scott has been performing professionally in the South Florida area for over 30 years and has written, produced and played his entire career. He manages a full time event music business, working with professional musicians all over the state of Florida. He writes, transcribes, and plays full time and is well known as an incredible talent and a consummate professional. This CD has been a long time in the making. Scott plays live almost daily, and has always been asked for recordings for as long as he can remember.
“Every gig I play someone, usually many people, ask me if I have a CD they can buy or where to get a recording. I just never really thought about it seriously since I am primarily a live musician. It was just about time..." Scott says. “It was difficult to narrow down what tracks to record, and how many. I have so many songs in my repertoire that I have written, played, and covered. I just picked out my favorites and what I thought would be the most consumable for this release. I have a long and extremely diverse list of songs that I would like to do on the next CD. Maybe get a littlemore introspective and do like a ten minute break down and build... I just didn't want to do that on this first CD."
Scott plans to start working on his next recording and is planning for Spring of 2012 release.
- Jazz Times
The long awaited CD by veteran Jazz Harpist Scott Marischen has been released this week. The triumphant music on Alligator Alley showcases Scott's incredible talent for transforming what is considered by many a classical and traditional instrument, to a Jazz instrument. Scott treats the harp as an improvisational instrument of Jazz allowing for a much richer experience and boundless style. The tone of his harp is unlike any other and stands alone as a unique and full sound that provides depth to the tracks in a way not heard in any other release or by any other harpist
Scott performs mostly originals on this CD. His compositions are deep and introspective with rich melodies and a depth only a seasoned veteran can achieve.
Scott has been performing professionally in the South Florida area for over 30 years and has written, produced and played his entire career. He manages a full time event music business, working with professional musicians all over the state of Florida. He writes, transcribes, and plays full time and is well known as an incredible talent and a consummate professional. This CD has been a long time in the making. Scott plays live almost daily, and has always been asked for recordings for as long as he can remember.
“Every gig I play someone, usually many people, ask me if I have a CD they can buy or where to get a recording. I just never really thought about it seriously since I am primarily a live musician. It was just about time..." Scott says. “It was difficult to narrow down what tracks to record, and how many. I have so many songs in my repertoire that I have written, played, and covered. I just picked out my favorites and what I thought would be the most consumable for this release. I have a long and extremely diverse list of songs that I would like to do on the next CD. Maybe get a littlemore introspective and do like a ten minute break down and build... I just didn't want to do that on this first CD."
Scott plans to start working on his next recording and is planning for Spring of 2012 release. - All About Jazz
Discography
Alligator Alley - Full length CD of 11 tracks:
QM-SQZ-11-00001 Nardis
QM-SQZ-11-00002 The Kite
QM-SQZ-11-00003 Always & Forever
QM-SQZ-11-00004 Alligator Alley
QM-SQZ-11-00005 All Blues
QM-SQZ-11-00006 Clouds of the Future
QM-SQZ-11-00007 Fragile
QM-SQZ-11-00008 Keiko’s Song
QM-SQZ-11-00009 Sea Journey
QM-SQZ-11-00010 Times Three
QM-SQZ-11-00011 In The Grove
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Bio
Scott was born in Marathon Florida, part of the Florida Keys and raised by immigrant parents who seldom wore clothes and worshiped the sun. There he learned the ways of the ocean, fishing and making bamboo instruments... selling them to unsuspecting tourists. In this way he learned the wondrous talent of mesmerizing an audience. He started plucking away on homemade harps made of palm fronds and coconut fiber, where people would come from all over the globe to hear this young wonder play! Word spread throughout the lands and his parents knew they had something special. They sold all of their conch shells and fishing nets to send him to the Saint Eustacia School of Music where he sacrificed his dread locks to the volcano god of the island, and solidified his conceptual idea of Jazz. Returning home to take care of his aging immigrant family, he has remained in the South Florida area accumulating over 35 years of experience playing as a professional musician. He plays full time in a variety of capacities, from solo performances to duos, trios and larger groups. Acoustic and electric, harp and guitar, coconuts and trash cans... he keeps himself busy and sustains his business playing, writing, recording and transcribing music full time, balancing reality and mysticism in an effort to appear normal.
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