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Sam Gill

Born: May 29

Sam Gill is a saxophonist, improviser & composer based in Sydney, Australia. He leads the groups Coursed Waters & Scattered, is a member of the composer-performer collectives Mind on Fire & Microfiche, and has duo projects with electric bassist Joseph Franklin and drummer Simon Barker.

Sam has performed with a number of Australia's most acclaimed improvisers including Chris Abrahams, Chris Hale, Marc Hannaford, Matt McMahon and Scott Tinkler. He has also worked with the Australian Art Orchestra and world-music ensemble Mara!, and is a member of Yutaro Okuda Quintet and Nick Calligeros' Soft Spot.

Afterimage

Label: Radial Sounds
Released: 2020
Track listing: A Shimmering (Airborne); Sometimes They Rest On The Riverbed; Silent Centre; Afterimage

Still, Vol. 1: duo & trio music

Label: Radial Sounds
Released: 2020
Track listing: Drawn Towards the Light; Harmatia I. Lectio; Harmatia II. Meditatio; Harmatia III. Oratio; Harmatia IV. Contemplatio; Still II: Mei; Deloomed; Fields of Stone

Perspectival

By Sam Gill

Label: Radial Sounds
Released: 2020
Track listing: Now, the Dancing Coins; Linger; De Chirico & Lygra; A Thought that Permeates; Scattered & Room to Move.

James Brandon Lewis, Code Girl, Junk Magic, Tim Berne & Gianni Lenoci

by Maurice Hogue
November 22, 2020

When you're hot, you're hot, and that's the kind of year saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is having. He's been a part of several fine albums this year, and his recent quartet release, Molecular, for Intakt Records is a further step on his path to the top. He demonstrates his concept of “Molecular Systematic Music." Mary Halvorson ...

Dan Weiss & Starebaby, Angelica Sanchez & Marilyn Crispell and SPIME 2019

by Maurice Hogue
November 4, 2020

Everyone's favourite drummer Dan Weiss created quite a stir with the debut album of his band Starebaby. That ball keeps rolling with their sophomore release, Natural Selection. And what else could you expect from a band with Matt Mitchell, Craig Taborn, Ben Monder and Trevor Dunn? The album rocks! Friend and mentor become playing partners on ...

Kelso, Ricciardi & Lussu, and University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra

by Bob Osborne
January 23, 2020

Three new albums dominate the show.... Mark Kelso is an award-winning Jazz drummer who has worked with artists such as Donny McCaslin, Pat Metheny, Holly Cole, Gino Vannelli and numerous others. Playing in every genre from Jazz to Pop to Latin to Orchestral, Mark has been able to finesse his technique as a drummer ...

Many Altered Returns

By Sam Gill

Label: Earshift Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Nodap; The Turn; Fortean Nights; Staring Straight; Fortean Days; Meanwhile, Elsewhere, Anything.

Sam Gill's Coursed Waters: Many Altered Returns

by Jerome Wilson
November 25, 2019

Sam Gill is an alto saxophonist from Sydney, Australia who on this release with his quartet, Coursed Waters, plows a similar musical furrow as Tim Berne. His group plays an interesting blend of involved written-music and free improvisation with an elastic sense of volume and tempo. The CD's opening track, “Nodap," starts with a ...

We Jazz artists, Eric Hofbauer & The Pen Club

by Maurice Hogue
July 17, 2019

Finnish jazz artists are front-and-center this episode. You'll hear music from the ambitious and busy We Jazz record label which is based in Helsinki, and you'll also hear music from one of that country's top trios, Hot Heros. They've got a new recording out on Eclipse Music, another important label in Finland. There's other new music ...