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Samo Salamon, Szilard Mezei, Achille Succi: Planets of Kei

Read "Planets of Kei" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Tre musicisti, un serbo, uno sloveno e un emiliano, ognuno per suo conto avvezzo a una musica ben altrimenti meditata e strutturata (specie il violista serbo), decidono di riunirsi in una di quelle che una volta si chiamavano “sedute d'improvvisazione" che il sottotitolo dell'album, Free Sessions Vol. 1, c'informa essere la prima di una serie, e danno di piglio ai rispettivi strumenti in un contesto, appunto, per loro neppure così abituale. Cosa ne viene fuori? Una musica ...

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Samo Salamon, Szilárd Mezei & Achille Succi: Free Sessions Vol. 1: Planets Of Kei

Read "Free Sessions Vol. 1: Planets Of Kei" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Slovenian guitar ace Samo Salamon has been recording for a long time, but he's still trying new things. This is an album of several firsts, starting with it being his first recording made entirely on acoustic guitar, as well as the first that was completely improvised. It's also his first time recording with violist Szilárd Mezei, a player Salamon had been following for a long time, waiting for the right project. In contrast, Achille Succi (bass clarinet, alto saxophone) is ...

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Samo Salamon Sextet: The Colours Suite

Read "The Colours Suite" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Slovenian guitarist/composer Samo Salamon has built a diverse discography, with a wide range of instrumentation. He had always wanted to do a project with two drummers, and a 2016 show at the Jazz Festival Ljubljana finally presented the opportunity--this album documents that performance. Recruiting a sextet made up of a mix of longtime associates and players new to his music, he wrote new music specifically for the group--a departure from most of his previous recordings, which typically have a combination ...

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Samo Salamon Sextet: The Colours Suite

Read "The Colours Suite" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Slovenian guitar ace Samo Salamon fronts a European ensemble akin to one of those legendary all-star jazz summits, but of course these colorific works veer off into an experimental wonderland of improvisation with split-second paradigm shifts amid the ensemble's synergistic discourses. Nonetheless, the respective musicians are at the top of their game here, as Salamon arranged for drummers Roberto Dani and Christian Lillinger to generate the seismic currents by staying in synch but not necessarily executing the same patterns.

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Samo Salamon Bassless Trio: Unity

Read "Unity" reviewed by Luigi Sforza


Non capita spesso di ascoltare dischi di notevole spessore. Pertanto, quando se ne presenta l'occasione è necessario, anzi doveroso, celebrarli con adeguata deferenza e, come oggetti preziosi, riservare loro un posto di assoluto rispetto nello scaffale che li accoglierà, posizionandoli di fianco ad altre opere del medesimo livello e, possibilmente, a portata di mano, così da poterne agevolmente godere ogniqualvolta si senta il bisogno di elevare il livello di percezione della musica. Unityè un disco che lascia trasparire grande ...

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Samo Salamon, Stefano Battaglia: Winds

Read "Winds" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Capita fortunatamente di tanto in tanto di imbattersi in dischi sorprendenti, che sembrano venire da un altro pianeta; e -a dispetto di quanto in troppi sostengono -capita spesso che si tratti di dischi italiani; infine, quando si tratta di dischi italiani, capita di frequente che ci sia di mezzo Stefano Battaglia. Il lavoro di cui stiamo parlando qui, in realtà, proprio “italiano" non è, visto che è una delle ultime eccellenti uscite dell'etichetta slovena Klopotec di Iztok Zupan, ...

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Samo Salamon & Stefano Battaglia: windS

Read "windS" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon and Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia are not an obvious pairing for a duet recording. Salamon's discography features his own compositions, frequently with an electric, fusion edge; classical/jazz pianist Battaglia's most well known recordings for ECM are in an impressionistic style. There are two Salamon compositions here, but the bulk of the program is made up of impromptu performances by the duo, emphasizing the more abstract playing that is sometimes part of their styles. “Rain Forest" opens ...


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