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Sam Kirmayer

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Guitarist and composer Sam Kirmayer, plays straight-ahead jazz with “fearlessness and momentum”– Katie Malloch (CBC Jazz Beat & Tonic). One of CBC Music’s picks for the “35 best Canadian jazz musicians under 35”, Kirmayer’s playing has been described as “sharp and clean melodic lines peppered with exquisite chording and comping… never overstated and always expressed with good taste”– C. Michael Bailey (All About Jazz). Kirmayer’s debut recording, Opening Statement (Chromatic Audio 2017), was well received, earning 4-stars from All About Jazz and winning the Julian Award of Excellence for Emerging Canadian Jazz Artists from CJSF 90.1 FM

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Chapter One

Label: Bonneville Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Herridgein; Lee-Ann; Ocarina; Helga; I Should Have Said; Setting Out; Chippin; Blues for Paul; Wonderland.

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Helga

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Label: Bonneville Records
Released: 2019
Duration: 5:12

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Ten on Cellar Live

Read "Ten on Cellar Live" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


That crafty Canadian Cory Weeds was onto something with the creation of his Cellar Live and now Cellar Music label. He reveals himself as a man for all seasons in being a confident saxophonist, music historian, and archivist with his new label Reel to Real (in cooperation with that maestro of the catalog, Zev Feldman. With ...

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High And Low

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2018
Track listing: High and Low; Farnsworth, Nancy (With the Laughing Face); On A Clear Day; What Could Have Been; Cazelais Oublié; Ill Wind; Recurrence; Almost Dawn.

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Opening Statement

Label: Chromatic Audio
Released: 2017
Track listing: Synedoche; For All We Know; Jiro’s Dream; Resonance After Dark; My Shining Hour; The Night We Called It a Day; One for Pete; Opening Statement.

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Article: Album Review

Sam Kirmayer: Opening Statement

Read "Opening Statement" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Whenever a group of young musicians (in this case a guitar-led quartet from Montreal) makes its recording debut, a number of questions quickly arise. First and foremost, can they play? Check. Do they swing? Check. Is the music bright and refreshing? Check. Are they sharp and enthusiastic? Check. Do they blend well as a team? Check ...


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