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Samo Salamon Trio: Eleven Stories

Read "Eleven Stories" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 1, 2012

Guitarist Samo Salamon never treads on the same ground twice, but that doesn't mean his bands continually rotate personnel. A quick look at his recorded output, which includes approximately a dozen dates over the past decade, indicates that he does have a fondness for mixing, matching and mingling with different musical associates, but he also has his go-to guys; on Eleven Stories, he opts for familiar faces over fresh ones. Bass-and-tuba man Michel Godard and drummer Roberto ...

Album Review

Samo Salamon: Eleven Stories

Read "Eleven Stories" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
October 31, 2012

Slovenian guitarist Samo Šalamon has earned many accolades throughout his decade-long recording career; listening to Eleven Stories it is quite clear why. A fearless explorer of sonic landscapes, Šalamon and his trio of the past six years presents an exhilarating program of eleven elegiac tracks, each one a gem in its own right. The somewhat whimsical “Cold Feet" is an intelligent, almost surreal, conversation among the three musicians, during which Šalamon's cool and edgy guitar lines contrast ...

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Samo Salamon Bassless Trios: Duality

by Nic Jones
December 26, 2011

Guitarist Samo Salamon is one of those players quietly but fully engaged with moving the music forward. His vocabulary is entirely his own by dint of the individuality of phrasing that pervades the music of both trios featured in this set. Despite the similarity of instrumentation, the two groups' different personalities is testament to what's going down. The US trio, with alto saxophonist Tim Berne and drummer Tom Rainey, flirts with the kind of music Ornette Coleman ...

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Samo Salamon Bassless Trios: Duality

by Dan Bilawsky
November 22, 2011

By splitting the program between two different bass-less trios connected to opposite sides of the Atlantic, Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon has managed to bridge the continental divide on Duality. This project could turn into a compare-and-contrast session on the music made by the two groups, alternately dubbed the “US Trio" and “European Trio," and that line of thinking, while merely providing one way of looking at the music, has merit. Salamon may helm both trios, but each group has a ...

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Samo Salamon Trio: Almost Almond

Read "Almost Almond" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza

by Jerry D'Souza
February 12, 2011

Guitarist Samo Šalamon has exhibited a high level of creativity on his recordings. He continues to manifest that trait on this release, his 11th as leader. As before, the material entices, as it moves between laidback tunes that are bathed in a soft glow, or hard permutations that crackle and snap. Add little twists like the times he lets the melody slip in almost perceptibly into the framework, and Almost Almond becomes a lair of delightful aural textures.The ...

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Samo Salamon Trio: Almost Almond

Read "Almost Almond" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones
February 10, 2011

It's starting to feel as if the further guitarist Salamon Salamon progresses in his career, the faster the company he keeps. On this trio date, he's working with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Tom Rainey, both with numerous appearances on record to their credit. But Salamon isn't out of his depth; this is a trio that speaks with one voice. It would be wrong, however, to infer that this is upright music. Salamon is arguably a little ...

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Samo Salamon: Almost Almond

Read "Almost Almond" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 18, 2011

Samo Salamon has been compared to everybody from Ben Monder, John Scofield and John Abercrombie, to Sonny Sharrock and Tal Farlow. This list, referencing a group of guitarists that have little in common, will leave plenty of people scratching their heads, but it points to the fact that this young Slovenian guitarist knows no bounds. Salamon seems intent on avoiding any one label, as proven by his string of albums in the new millennium, mixing European and American artists with ...