Klemens Marktl

This Austrian musician, who is so intensively and strongly committed to the exploration of the classic jazz tradition, is the Carinthian Klemens Marktl. If you listen to his music, you feel like you are catapulted into the bloom of modern jazz. Straight-ahead jazz at its best in the tradition of the master craftsman – without getting boring at any time. Although Marktl seldom uses the common music canon for the umpteenth reinterpretation of old jazz standards but amazes with immense authentic imaginative original compositions. You could think he looks over the shoulder of a legendary Miles Davis, John Coltrane or Thelonious Monk.

Everything BIG starts small…
Klemens Marktl was born in Klagenfurt in 1976 and received classic piano lessons at the age of 6. But soon it was obvious that the piano was not the instrument of his choice. As a teenager he changed over to the drums that should...

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Klemens Marktl Albums

3 records

Albums featuring Klemens Marktl

1 record