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Samo Salamon: 2Alto

Read "2Alto" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Settantacinque minuti di musica e non sentirli. Merito del chitarrista di origine slovena Samo Salamon e del suo bassless quartet, formazione atipica, una sorta di espansione dei differenti trii che Salamon ha allestito con musicisti del calibro di Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Paul McCandless, Achille Succi. L'assenza del contrabbasso, se da un lato è uno spot ...

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Samo Salamon: 2Alto

Read "2Alto" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


2014 has already been a productive year for Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon. Earlier this year, Salamon released the ambitious Orchestrology where he recorded with strings and now comes an album with focus on the sound of alto saxophones. 2Alto finds the guitarist in the familiar company of drummer Roberto Dani, who also played ...

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Samo Salamon & The Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra: Free Strings: Orchestrology

Read "Free Strings: Orchestrology" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Slovenian guitarist Samo Šalamon has to be one of the most versatile and restlessly explorative musicians active today. His 2013 collaboration with The Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra, Free Strings: Orchestrology sheds light on his superb compositional skills as he leads the ensemble in interpreting thirteen of his originals. An overall cinematic atmosphere permeates the record ...

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Samo Salamon & The Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra: Free Strings: Orchestrology

Read "Free Strings: Orchestrology" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon is not content to rest on his laurels or enviable chops. His two-CD set, Stretching Out (Sazas, 2013), was a fierce progressive jazz and improvisational implosion featuring his work with US and European quartets. Free Strings: Orchestrology signifies a 360-degree turnaround with a core trio and collaboration with the Slovene Philharmonic String ...

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Samo Salamon & The Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra: Free Strings: Orchestrology

Read "Free Strings: Orchestrology" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


It's not a new thing that jazz musicians like to record with strings. Legendary alto saxophonist Charlie Parker lamented the loss of his string section after he had the thrill of touring and recording with strings and fellow saxophonists Stan Getz and Art Pepper both picked an album with strings, Focus (Verve, 1961) and Winter Moon ...

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Label: Samo Records
Released: 2013
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Stretching Out

Label: Samo Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: My Rain / Kei's Blues; Swamp Area; Ice Storm; The Puffins We Never Saw; Drizzle; Erdeven; The Land of Artichokes; Molene; No Photos!; Oyster Picnic; Pointe Du Raz.

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Samo Salamon: Stretching Out

Read "Stretching Out" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Slovenian master guitarist and composer Samo Šalamon is one of those rare musicians whose versatility is not aimless and his unique, instantly recognizable, style is far from predictable. Both of these characteristics are amply demonstrated on his fourteenth release, the double disc set Stretching Out comprising of two live sessions captured in 2008, and 2012.

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Enter the "Samo Salamon Quartets - Stretching Out" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Samo Salamon Quartets - Stretching Out" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Samo Salamon Quartets - Stretching Out“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 18th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Samo Salamon at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About Stretching ...

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Samo Salamon: Stretching Out

Read "Stretching Out" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


Cosmopolitan is a term that is often used to describe musicians, but in the case of Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon, it is certainly a description that fits. Salamon has turned the restless nature of the travelling musician into an aesthetic strategy and has worked with two different quartets that represent his different musical ...


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