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Pierre Favre - Samuel Blaser: Vol à Voile

Read "Vol à Voile" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Vol à voile è la prima di una coppia di uscite discografiche per la Intakt Records in cui Pierre Favre mette la sua esperienza a servizio di due suoi collaboratori più giovani, membri tra l'altro del suo Ensemble allargato: in Albatros, l'altra uscita, si tratta del duo con il chitarrista tedesco Philipp Schaufelberger; in Vol à voile Favre dialoga invece con il ventinovenne Samuel Blaser, pure lui svizzero, al trombone. Al primo incontro dei due sul palco è seguita quasi ...

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Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky & Vol à Voile

Read "Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky  & Vol à Voile" reviewed by David Adler


Samuel BlaserPieces of Old SkyClean Feed2009 Pierre Favre/Samuel BlaserVol à VoileIntakt2010 There's a wonderfully eerie quality to Pieces of Old Sky, trombonist Samuel Blaser's recording with guitarist Todd Neufeld, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. Opening with the 17-minute title track, Blaser conjures a mood of dark, open expanse and gradual development. Neufeld ...

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Samuel Blaser Quartet: Pieces of Old Sky

Read "Pieces of Old Sky" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Swiss-born, Berlin-based trombonist Samuel Blaser is a musician to watch. He has a unique and personal vision, imaginative scope of articulation, and an ability to communicate and surprise with his sonic discoveries and ideas. This excellent new recording, his best so far, impresses more with every listening.

The album was recorded in New York with three forward-thinking collaborators--guitarist Todd Neufeld, bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, the same trio that collaborated on Sorey's recent masterful Koan (482 Music, 2009). ...

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Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky

Read "Pieces of Old Sky" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il secondo album in quartetto di Samuel Blaser definisce in modo nitido il lavoro del giovane trombonista svizzero, che già aveva calamitato l'attenzione con il primo disco a proprio nome, 7th Heaven, con il formidabile Solo Bone, dove ha ribadito doti non comuni di solista, e lo stimolante Yay in duo con l'esuberante Malcolm Braff. Blaser è ben focalizzato sulle proprie idee e la scelta di insistere sull'organico di trombone, chitarra, contrabbasso e batteria si dimostra ottimale per lo sviluppo ...

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Album Review

Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky

Read "Pieces of Old Sky" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pieces of Old Sky could be called furtive jazz. The quartet--trombone, bass, guitar and drums--sneaks around the perimeter of the room, leaving big swaths of space. It sounds as if there are mysteries in this music, secrets in Samuel Blaser's sonic world. Swiss-born trombonist Blaser treads a free jazz territory that is similar in sound and scope to Henry Threadgill's, with drifting, amorphous melodies, telepathic group interplay and unwavering conviction. The ensemble prowls in stealthy, communal fashion on ...

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Samuel Blaser: Solo Bone

Read "Solo Bone" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Difficile tenere desta l'attenzione dell'ascoltatore/spettatore improvvisando in solitaria per quasi sessanta minuti con uno strumento scorbutico come il trombone. Ancora più difficile se si propone un set senza l'ausilio, sempre più diffuso se non addirittura inflazionato, dell'elettronica e delle sue infinite declinazioni. E senza stupire con effetti speciali come multifonici, schiocchi di lingua, fischi, growl esasperati e quant'altro. A parte l'ultimo brano, quando Blaser accenna a qualche forzatura nella produzione della colonna d'aria. Ma è solo per alleggerire la tensione, ...

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Samuel Blaser: YaY & Hufflignon

Read "Samuel Blaser: YaY & Hufflignon" reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie


Braff-Blaser DuoYaYFresh Sound-New Talent2008 Peter Van Huffel/Sophie TassignonHufflignonClean Feed Records2008 Trombonist Samuel Blaser has been making a name for himself for the last few years, building a reputation for inventive improvisations and inspired virtuosity. He has been in constant motion, splitting his time between New York and his adopted Germany, having found his way ...


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