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Samuel Blaser: Taktlos Zurich 2017

Read "Taktlos Zurich 2017" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
August 26, 2018

Although in existence since 2013, Taktlos Zurich 2017 constitutes the first record by Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser's Trio with French guitarist Marc Ducret and Danish drummer Peter Bruun. It's worth the wait as Blaser helms a very responsive trio, so attuned to one another's movement that the spaces are as eloquent as the notes. One of the most talented trombonists on the scene, Blaser makes his instrument mutter, growl, speak and sing, sometimes in multiple registers through his control of ...

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Samuel Blaser / Gerry Hemingway: Oostum

by John Sharpe
April 11, 2018

Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser has developed a productive partnership with drummer Gerry Hemingway since the American's relocation to Switzerland. Hemingway also forms part of the latest incarnation of Blaser's Quartet as well as his Consort In Motion outfit, heard on A Mirror to Machaut (Songlines, 2013). Such alliances stand the pair in good stead as they embark on the spontaneous duet heard on Oostum, recorded in church in the eponymous village during the 2015 version of the quintessentially Dutch Zomer ...

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Samuel Blaser with Marc Ducret & Peter Bruun: Taktlos Zurich 2017

Read "Taktlos Zurich 2017" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 30, 2018

Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser continues his upward mobility within cutting-edge jazz and improvisational realms on this live trio date as he realigns with unconventional French guitar hero Marc Ducret and utilizes the skills of resourceful Danish drummer Peter Bruun. Here, the trio merges inward-looking dialogues with an all-inclusive rite of passage, sparked by dips, spikes, free-form call / response processes, intense unison breakouts, and speedy, odd-metered time signatures. Blaser and Ducret also execute buzzing angular motifs amid some ...

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I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Samuel Blaser

by Vincenzo Roggero
July 22, 2015

01. Clifford Jordan plays Leadbelly -These Are My Roots (Atlantic Records -1965). Ho condiviso l'ascolto di questo fantastico disco durante una session a Brooklyn circa due anni fa con il sassofonista Michael Blake e il bassista Michael Bates. 02. Michael Blake -Tiddy Boom (Sunnyside Records -2014). Con Michael, che è uno dei miei sassofonisti preferiti, suoniamo insieme da anni. Uno dei nostri primi tour è stato in Cina con il batterista Michael Sarin. Tiddy Boom ...

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Samuel Blaser Quartet: Spring Rain

Read "Spring Rain" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
May 18, 2015

Spring Rain is Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser's first release for the British imprint, Whirlwind Recordings. A sublime homage to the visionary work of under-sung innovator Jimmy Giuffre, the album features Blaser's current working quartet with Russ Lossing on piano and analog keyboards, Drew Gress on upright bass, Gerald Cleaver on drums, and Grammy winning producer Robert Sadin serving as artistic director. The session comprises a dozen tunes split between originals and covers; Blaser composed six and co-wrote one ...

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Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion: A Mirror to Machaut

Read "A Mirror to Machaut" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 16, 2013

Il giovane trombonista Samuel Blaser (svizzero, a lungo a New York, oggi di stanza a Berlino) ripresenta in forma rinnovata il suo Consort in Motion, con il quale assieme a Paul Motian nel 2011 aveva rielaborato musiche di Monteverdi, Frescobaldi e Biagio Marini. Adesso, con un organico diverso (ovviamente manca purtroppo Motian) e ampliato grazie all'ingresso del belga Joachim Badenhorst alle ance, affronta in modo analogo la musica di Guillame de Machaut (1300-1377) e Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474). Il recupero e ...

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Samuel Blaser Consort in Motion: A Mirror to Machaut

Read "A Mirror to Machaut" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
September 27, 2013

Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser's largely mellower and investigative Consort in Motion differs from his acclaimed quartet's often hard- hitting and somewhat deviously entertaining persona for the hatOLOGY record label, partly due to French guitarist Marc Ducret's electrifying assaults. Thus, A Mirror to Machaut sheds additional light on Blaser's approach to composition, that coincides with a band personnel shift after drumming legend Paul Motian's passing in November, 2012. Blaser tackles the work and ideologies of pioneering medieval composer ...