Samo Salamon git
Paul McCandless oboe, ssax
Roberto Dani dr

Der neue Projekt des Gitarristen Samo Salamon ist eine All-Star Gruppe, bestehend aus dem Founder der legendären Gruppe Oregon und Grammy Winner PAUL McCANDLESS und einem der besten europäischen Schlagzeuger - ROBERTO DANI. Das Projekt präsentiert neue Kompositionen von Samo Salamon, ein Mix von komponierter und improvisierter Musik. Samo Salamon ist ein äusserst talentierter Gitarrist und Komponist, der verschiedene Jazz Genres zusammenbringen will. Auf diversen Tourneen spielte mit Musikern wie John Scofield, Luciano Biondini, Rudi Mahall und vielen anderen und nahm 12 Albums als Leader auf.

Ein Trio der internationalen Spitzenklasse, dessen auffälligste Stimme zeitweilig wohl jene der Oboe von Paul McCandless sein dürfte - eine schöne Exotin im Jazz. Der aus Slowenien stammende Bandleader gehört zu den aufstrebenden Sternen am Jazz-Himmel. Mit dem fabulösen amerikanischen Oboisten Paul McCandless und dem aus Italien stammenden Schlagzeug-Magier Roberto Dani präsentiert er einen voll klingenden, weich-melodiösen, kristallklar definierten und rundum bestechend schönen Sound, der eigenwillig seinen eigenen Weg geht und thematische Muster aus den unterschiedlichsten Blickwinkeln neu beleuchtet. Die Musik dieses Trios hat alles, was Jazz unwiderstehlich macht: Dramatik, schnelle Tempiwechsel, Inspiration und Innovation, Sensibilität, ein dichtes und zuverlässiges Zusammenspiel der drei Protagonisten. Und nicht zuletzt eine grundsolide handwerkliche Basis und ein heraushörbares, respektvolles Bewusstsein für die Tradition, in der sie wurzeln. Oboe, Gitarre und Schlagzeug - zugegeben, eine nicht ganz klassische Besetzung, aber eine charakteristische Mischung, wie man sie nur von Samo Salamon kennt.




SOME CRITICS:

"Much like his contemporaries Kurt Rosenwinkel and Ben Monder, Salamon is forging ahead with a new standard of jazz guitar that is accessible and beyond established categorizations." (John Barron, Jazz Word 2011)

"Salamon's music is expanding the framework of the modern guitar trio, whereby Salamon is one of the most interesting guitarists in Europe." (Jakob Baekgaard, Geiger 2011)

»One of the most influential guitarists of our time, which is an amazing success for a musician of his age.« (Jure Potokar, Pogledi, January 2011)

"Samo Salamon is neither flashy nor common but actually brilliant." (Edward Blanco, EJazzNews 2011)

"One of the finest young guitarists in all of Europe." (Dan Bilawsky, AllAboutJazz 2011)

»One of the young lions of Europe's modern creative music scene.«
(Michael G. Nastos, Allmusic 2008)

"One of the hottest 10 new guitarists in the world." (Guitar Player, June 2008)

»Samo Salamon deserves to be considered in the same breath as contemporary guitar innovators like Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Monder and Adam Rogers.«
(John Kelman, All About Jazz 2007)

»The guitarist appears again to be one of the most intriguing musicians around and who knows what he has in store for us.«
(Alain Drouot, Allmusic 2007)

»Possessing a monstrous technique and an intense desire to navigate multiple jazz related genres...« (Glenn Astarita, EjazzNews 2006)

SAMO SALAMON - guitar (SLOVENIA)
www.samosalamon.com

Samo Salamon is one of the most talented young guitarists and composers to emerge on today's jazz scene. So far he has recorded and played with many great jazz musicians like John Scofield, Paul McCandless, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, Tim Berne, Dominique Pifarely, Donny McCaslin, Nguyen Le, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Gerald Cleaver, Julian Arguelles, John Hebert, Loren Stillman, John O'Gallagher, Bruno Chevillon, Nguyen Le, Alex Machacek, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Luciano Biondini, Dejan Terzic, Roberto Dani, Rudi Mahall, and others. So far he has recorded 14 albums as a leader for labels Fresh Sound New Talent and Splasch Records.

PAUL McCANDLESS - oboe & winds (USA)
www.paulmccandless.com

A gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer, he specializes on the oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, soprano and sopranino saxophones and a collection of folk flutes reflecting his grounding in both classical and jazz disciplines. A student of Robert Bloom at the Manhattan School of Music, he was a finalist in the 1971 English horn auditions for the New York Philharmonic. As a collaborator and solo artist he is credited with more than 200 albums and performances with such musicians as Jaco Pastorius, Carla Bley, Wynton Marsalis, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Mark Isham, Steve Reich, Al Jarreau, Bruce Hornsby, Art Lande, Tony Furtado, the String Cheese Incident, Nguyen Le, Proteus 7 and Fred Simon.

In 1996 he won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones with whom he was a guest artist. McCandless’ fine tuned compositional skills have been called upon for a number of film scores. Most notably he wrote music for the video Squanto and the First Thanksgiving, a Rabbit Ears Production with Graham Greene as narrator. Paul recorded three of his orchestral scores for a CD called “Oregon In Moscow” featuring OREGON and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Orchestra. “ Round Robin,” the opening track received two 2001 Grammy nominations for Best Instrumental Composition and Best Instrumental Arrangement. As an orchestral soloist he has performed with the Camerata chamber orchestra of Mexico City, St Paul chamber orchestra, and the Philadelphia, Buffalo, Los Angeles and Stuttgart symphony orchestras.

ROBERTO DANI – drums (ITALY)

Roberto Dani is one of the most creative and in-demand European drummers, having recorded 6 albums as a leader and collaborated on more than 60 albums. He has toured and recorded with musicians like Dave Liebman, Louis Sclavis, Al di Meola, Michel Godard, Kenny Wheeler, Vincent Courtois, Ralph Alessi, Lee Konitz, Tim Berne, Ben Monder, Ravi Coltrane, Stefano Battaglia, Hal Crook, Mika Pohjola, George Garzone, Luciano Biondini, Norma Winstone, Drew Gress, Mick Goodrick, Erik Friedlander, and others.