Jazz Articles about Samuel Blaser

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Samuel Blaser: Consort in Motion

by Dan McClenaghan
August 21, 2011

There is something positively celestial about Consort in Motion. It's like listening to a soundtrack of the workings of a Jovian planetary system: a substantial mass in the middle (Samuel Blaser's trombone), orbiting moons and scatterings of interplanetary debris (bass and drums); and flashes and sparkles twinkling off of space dust (piano), with things making sense in the milieu of a sonic version of planetary physics.Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser leads Consort in Motion, but there is an egalitarian ...

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Samuel Blaser: Consort in Motion

by Troy Collins
July 13, 2011

Initially defined by composer Gunther Schuller in the late 1950s as a synthesis of jazz improvisation and classical composition, the Third Stream movement has since drifted into relative obscurity. However, in the ensuing decades the milieu has provided fertile ground for a number of visionary artists to make bold statements. The increasingly commonplace role of conservatory educations for enterprising jazz musicians has also brought newfound potential to this aesthetic; the number of young artists versed in classical composition and jazz ...

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Pierre Favre - Samuel Blaser: Vol à Voile

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 10, 2010

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

by David Adler
May 15, 2010

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

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 8, 2010

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

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 18, 2009

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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Samuel Blaser: Pieces of Old Sky

by Dan McClenaghan
September 4, 2009

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 ...