Press Quotes

“... one of the scene's most impressive additions... Scholten's influences are clear but he manages, where so many others fail, to sound like himself... a guitarist already delivering on significant promise, and with even greater portent on the road ahead... “

(John Kelman - All About Jazz)

“Powerful and mature... an example for his jazz generation.“

(Tim Sprangers/Volkskrant ****)

“The more you listen to this record, the better it gets.“

(Maartje den Breejen about ‘World Of Thought‘/Parool ****)

“Guitarist Marzio Scholten's playing is not only technically virtuoso, but artistically very refined as well. He knows how to tell a story... With an impressive palette of colors and nuances Scholten creates a world of thought... It is ingenious in its subtlety and refined in its texture, with structures that are both reflective as profound.“

(Frank Huser / Jazzflits)

“... World Of Thought (the follow-up to his debut album Motherland) lets us hear Scholten's growth as a modern jazz composer with a strong feeling for melody... as a guitarist he tells a wider and more detailed story, in which he combines light-fingered technique with color and sound.“

(Amanda Kuyper / NRC Handelsblad ***)

“Marzio Scholten gives the Netherlands claim to yet another masterful jazz guitarist“

(Anton Goudsmit/liner notes ‘World Of Thought’)

“On guitarist Marzio Scholten's second album your ears are being spoiled... A leading and mature album in modern jazz...“

(Armand Serpenti/WOT review, Trouw)

“... live on stage, as well as on his album, Scholten succeeds in creating a sound of his own... Sometimes the music can sound like the soundtrack of a movie, which the listener can create and play in his own mind. It is as if you are able to understand what the musicians on stage are saying to you... from the very first notes the Marzio Scholten Group brought the audience to a higher level and understanding.“

(Daan van Lier/3voor12)

“... Scholten's improvisations are clear and melodic, focusing on beauty and variety. His flawless and distinct technique is impressive.“

(Sabine Fleig/Draai Om Je Oren)

“... a modern jazz adventure... very promising!“

(Armand Serpenti/Trouw)

“... Scholten is an exquisite soloist who impresses with distinct storylines drenched in emotion... his ingenious original compositions, varying in mood and thoroughly elaborated, also have a clear signature; sophisticated, melodic and fresh, at some times risky, but always effective and accessible... vision, a staggering maturity, dosage of the material, and the ingenious compositions make of Motherland a phenomenal debut entirely on account of Scholten.“

(Erno Elsinga/Jazzenzo)

“It does not happen very often that a young jazz musician presents himself on his debut album with such musical maturity the way that guitarist Marzio Scholten does on his ‘Motherland'... As a soloist he is a strikingly strong ‘storyteller’ with a subtle feeling for melody... This is serious young jazz of today; sensitive, beautiful and intense...”

(Bert Jansma)

“... and now, here is his debut ‘Motherland. A portfolio or showcase on which Marzio Scholten presents to us his skills, which are very impressive... His playing is melodic, subtle and fresh, as well as angular and to the point... His work has an open character and invites the listener to relate to the music... Extremely well done. A debut one could only dream about.”

(Frank Huser/JazzFlits)

“... strong debut album... Marzio presents himself as a jazz guitarist with a broad approach to the jazz genre... definitely music from this time...nothing but big compliments...”

(Jesse van Ruller/liner notes ‘Motherland’)