Marzio Scholten  Artist link: www.marzioscholten.com   Marzio
Scholten was born on June 17th 1982 in Granollers, Spain. In
2006 he graduated cum laude at the prestigious Conservatory of
Amsterdam, where Marzio has studied with Jesse van Ruller,
Martijn van Iterson and Maarten van der Grinten and followed
workshops by Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Scofield, Pat Martino, John
Clayton, Chris Potter and many others. Marzio is the leader of
his Marzio Scholten Quartet and Marzio Scholten Group, with
which he’s touring regularly around the Netherlands and abroad,
presenting his compositions in modern jazz. Besides leading
these bands Marzio plays in various other groups, and has worked
with various artists as a session guitarist (live and studio
work). Some of the more famous venues and festivals where he has
played are Bimhuis, Vredenburg, Utrecht Jazz Fest, The Hague
Jazz, Jazz in Duketown, East of Eastern Festival, Amersfoort
Jazz Festival and SJU Jazzpodium. His album ‘Motherland’ will be
released in 2008.   CD albums