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Sam Minaie

Iranian-American bassist, Sam Minaie, was born in Reno, Nevada and started piano lessons at age 8. At age 14, he switched to electric and upright bass and was granted numerous command performances in classical bass performance while beginning to also work professionally in all styles of music around the Reno/Tahoe area. Sam was granted a full scholarship and received a Bachelor of Arts in Classical and Jazz Performance at the University of Nevada, Reno. He then moved to Los Angeles where, under scholarship, he received a Masters of Fine Arts in Jazz Studies at California Institute of the Arts. At CalArts, Sam studied with Charlie Haden and African Ewe master, Alfred Ladzekpo as well as a broad range of other world music masters.While in Los Angeles, Sam quickly made a name for himself as one of the most sought-after bassists on the scene and moved to New York in May of 2009. He has toured extensively throughout several countries around the world and has been recorded on dozens of albums with artists including Peter Epstein, Ralph Alessi, Ravi Coltrane, Tigran Hamasyan, Peter Apfelbaum, John Ellis, David Ake, Mark Ferber, Gary Versace, Joe LaBarbera, Roy McCurdy, Bob Sheppard, Brian Lynch, John Beasley, Tootie Heath, Sara Gazarek, Larry Koonse, Patti Austin, Butch Morris, Vinny Golia, Adam Benjamin, Ben Wendel, Tim Ries, Tim Hagans, Kenny Werner, Vince Mendoza, Patrick Williams, New Century Players Ensemble, Alfred Ladzekpo’s Ewe Ensemble, Lian Ensemble (Persian Classical Music), Bill Holman Orchestra, and the Clayton/Hamilton Orchestra. As well as being a bassist, Sam has produced and mixed several albums, and is active as a session cellist. He has also played tuba in Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra.

Partisan Ship

By Phillip Golub

Label: Berthold
Released: 2026
Track listing: loyalty oath; interlude (aboard); partisan ship; interlude (adorn); mutiny meeting; interlude (adrift); blue-orange reflections; cries of the initiated; utopian micronation; afterword: partisan session.

Acoustic Electronica

By The Court at Versailles

Label: Handcrafted Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: A Walk; Rez / Cowgirl; Come On My Selector; Light Through the Veins; Strobe, Pt. 1; Strobe, Pt. 2; Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites; Cmon

Too Late To Quit

By Chris McCarthy

Label: La Reserve
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1. Curtain Call 2. As If 3. Overnight Excess 4. Insomnia Waltz 5. Tuck and Draw 6. MTA (Much Too Angry) 7. After All 8. Sonder

Phillip Golub: Partisan Ship

by Mike Jurkovic
May 31, 2026

In a lot off ways, it is a game of catch-up listening to Brooklyn pianist/improvisor/composer Phillip Golub once he kick-starts the oddly titled Partisan Ship into high gear with “Loyalty Oath," a piece of mad musical fiction that holds attention in place with its octopi rhythms and runaway melodies rushing in all at once. 

Add a Zero

By Chris McCarthy

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Crunchy; No Breakfast; Tone Paintings; Add a Zero; Very Soon; Depressed to Impress; Buddaboo; Come Sunday.

Hard Believer

By Brad Shepik

Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Hard Believer; Broken English; In the Weeds; Corduroy; Falling Grace; Ranglin; Pilgrimage; Rocinante.

Olhos de Gato: John Hadfield and Friends

by Katchie Cartwright
November 30, 2025

In November, All About Jazz interviewed the prolific world-jazz percussionist John Hadfield. This edition of Caminhos do Jazz radio features Hadfield's latest single, a gorgeous rendition of Carla Bley's “Olhos de Gato" with pianist Rachel Eckroth and bassist Petros Klampanis (read review). The show also contains selections from a few of the many (100+) recordings in ...

John Hadfield: An Open Concept

by Katchie Cartwright
November 26, 2025

John Hadfield's sound is instantly recognizable, due in part to his unique drum kit, which reflects the musics he has studied and with which he continues to engage. Hadfield's formal degrees are in jazz (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Western classical music (University of Missouri, Kansas City), but he also studied frame drumming and world ...

Chris McCarthy: Add a Zero

by Paul Rauch
July 30, 2025

Chris McCarthy is a wonderfully lyrical pianist, and an unexpected joy to hear. “Unexpected" you might ask? Allow an explanation. He is imaginative, highly skilled and has gained a reputation of excellence on the New York scene. His accompaniment and solo strides on his acclaimed duo release, Life's a Gig (Fresh Sounds, 2024), with vocalist Vanisha ...