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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.
Add a Zero
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.
Chris McCarthy: Add a Zero
by Paul Rauch
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 ...
Marie Krüttli, Misha Mullov-Abbado, John Zorn, Cecilie Strange & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
From our studio in Bushwick, NY, here is--for the 321st time--Mondo Jazz bringing you delightful recent and upcoming releases!Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Butcher Brown “Dinorah Dinorah" Letters from the Atlantic (Concord) 0:16 Host talks 4:51 Rachel Eckroth, John Hadfield “The Gospel Of" ...
Brad Shepik: Hard Believer
by Dan McClenaghan
The first burst of noise from a recording can be telling, predictive of what will come. The Believers' Hard Believer title tune says as much. A guitar, bass and drums group, the music comes to life with some resonant metallic chords. The drums and bass push their weight around. It is assertive music laid down with ...
Believers: Hard Believer
by Dan Bilawsky
Belief--the cornerstone of conceptual development and the impetus for any pursuit, artistic or otherwise--is central to the shared mission binding guitarist Brad Shepik, bassist Sam Minaie and drummer/percussionist John Hadfield in this aptly titled trio. Through their eponymous 2020 debut--a strong album that flew under the radar due to its pandemic-era release timing--these three established an ...
Radio Afloat
Label: In the Circle
Released: 2024
Track listing: Intro - "...and from the dove I raised myself"; Anatomie of Titus - I. Fall of Rome; Anatomie of Titus - II. Quasi
Samai (Feat John Hadfield); Khab Nisan (Feat Phillip Golub); Interlude (Feat Jake Charkey); Ocean to Ocean;
Sketch - Unraveled ( Feat Sam Minaie); Southern Sky; Nocturnal: Backburn.
Abiding Memory
Label: Endectomorph
Released: 2024
Track listing: Catching a Thread; Threads Gather; The Group to Hear; A Regrouping; Unspooled (Waiting Quietly); In a Secret Corner; Where Lapses Elapse; At the 11th Hour; A Moment Becomes; Abiding Memory.
Human Activity: Dream of the Possible
By Brad Shepik
Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Code Red; The Search; Dream of the Possible; Symbioticity; Future Generations; Travel Back; Still Heat; All Hands; Naturitude; Orange Haze.
