Marc Leon
Horizons
© 2006 Marc Leon (634479113796)
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Instrumental Jazz/Fusion, including elements of Latin, Blues, Electric Rock, Ambient and Finger-style Acoustic guitar.
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NEW HORIZONS FOR OZ GUITAR LEGEND MARC LEON.
Marc Leon has been associated with many bands and artists who now form a part of Australian Music History. He has earned the respect of his peers as a musician who is not afraid to take on new challenges and constantly works on refining his skills as a composer and performer.
Marc began his musical career in 1960 as lead singer in local Rock & Roll bands. He taught himself how to play the guitar, started to write songs and by 1964, his band, The D-Men, was signed up by CBS to record three 45RPM singles, featuring four of Marc's songs. These records were successful in the Sydney charts and the group's popularity was further boosted with regular appearences on National TV, as well as tours with the Aztecs and the Easybeats.
By 1966, Marc's musical interests shifted towards Jazz, Blues and R&B (Soul). He was influenced by musicians such as Ray Charles, BB King, Wes Montgomery and the Soul artists who recorded for the "Stax" label. One of Marc's demo tapes caught the attention of EMI producer David Mackay, who produced two singles for Marc on HMV. These records received excellent reviews.
Marc had the opportunity to turn professional, when he moved to Melbourne in 1968 to join the Vibrants, a Rock band with three number one hit records. The band broke up six months later and Marc formed "Graduate" with two other Vibrants members, to play a diverse range of music, including Jazz, Blues, Latin and Rock. Graduate survived in various line-ups for 10 years. Often featuring a female singer out front, the band's extensive tour schedule included all Australian states, as well as six months in S.E. Asia.
Over the years, Marc has shared the stage with many International acts like The Kinks, Mungo Jerry, Bee Gees, Jose Feliciano, Fairport Convention, Burl Ives and Roberta Flack. Marc was also in demand as a studio session musician, as well as guitarist and musical director for a number of Australia's Top Celebrities, including John Farnham, Colleen Hewett, Normie Rowe and John St. Peters. He also taught guitar for many years in music schools and his home studio.
Some of Marc's songs have made it into the finals of the American Song Festival and the MBAS Blues Performer Of The Year contests.
"Horizons" is a truly special album and Marc's most challenging musical effort to date. Marc successfully fuses a variety of musical styles and showcases his skills as a writer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist.
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Bonza music
author: Ed, Cascade Michigan.Marc's music is extraordinary,original and emotionally intoxicating. What a blast to listen to the most glorious blues music I've ever heard "S.O.B.", Shades of Blue is wonderful! Ed
Accomplished Playing, Uplifting Music!
author: Glenn RidgewayThis CD has a nice fresh interesting quality to it. The arrangements and chord choices are unusual - but in a good way! Marc can definitely play. His licks and harmonic phrasing are very good and exciting. The production is also excellent. I can tell some effort has gone into this!
Instrumental Bliss
author: Dave FalknerThis is some of the best instrumental music I have heard for some time. Great arrangements with nicely thought out and executed parts. The lead guitar is EXCELLENT. Great tone and the playing itself is really outstanding.
The Sound Clips Don't Tell The Whole Story.
author: Michael AndrewsI bought this CD at one of Marc's Live gigs a while back and it hasn't been out of my car's CD player for months. He really is an awesome guitar player - not flashy, but Right-On all the time, with lots of feel and expression that a lot of better known players don't seem to put across. Not only that, the arrangements and production are superb! One thing I noticed here - the sound clips all start at the beginning of the tracks and finish after two minutes. The songs on this CD are fairly long (Currents is over 11 mins, with about 3 mood changes, including a scorching electric guitar solo in the middle!) and some of Marc's soloing doesn't start until half-way through, so people listening to the samples wouldn't have any idea of how good this guy really is! So people, take a punt, get this CD, especially for this price. I paid 20 bucks for my copy and I certainly haven't regretted it.
I have Some of Marc's music, Great sound
author: Valtrude StroblI have seen the man play.it was in Sydney, George Benson was in the audience and gave him a standing ovation when Marc played that piece of music from the movie Deliverence. I was impressed.
Cool Grooves
author: Carl PhillipsA nice mix of tunes and grooves. Great guitar player! I really like "Lady A", also the acoustic number, "Drifter" is one of my favorites. This is great driving music!
Classy Guitarist, haven't heard better for a long time!
author: frank jonhstoneGreat listening music. Marc has such a smooth feel both on electric and acoustic guitars. The arrangements are beautiful and the production is first class, I also like the variety of styles featured on this CD.