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BIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH: SAMO ŠALAMON – guitarist and composer SAMO ŠALAMON is one of the most talented young guitarists and composers to emerge on today's jazz scene. He began his musical journey by studying classical guitar in Maribor and continued briefly with studying jazz guitar on the jazz conservatorium in Klagenfurt. In December 2000 he was living with and studying individually for one month in New York with the jazz master John Scofield, with whom he has been a friend for years. Through the years he was studying guitar and had lessons with known guitar players such as Rudy Linka, Tim Brady and Andrea Allione in Trieste. So far he has recorded and played with many great international and slovenian jazz musicians (John Scofield, Paul McCandless, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Gerald Cleaver, Julian Arguelles, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Kariem Riggins, Luciano Biondini, Jim Mullen, Rudi Mahall, Fareed Haque, Don Falzone, Rudy Linka, Tim Brady, Paolino Dalla Porta, Ares Tavolazzi, Roberto Dani, Joris Teepe, Bruno Cesselli, Zlatko Kaucic, Salvatore Maiore, Kyle Gregory, Emanuele Cisi, Gianluca Petrella, Achille Succi, Steve Altenberg, Yayoi Ikawa, Kruno Levacic, Igor Lumpert, Dusan Novakov, Andrea Allione, Axel Dörner, Uli Jennesen, Loris Bertot, Jan Rhoder, Danilo Gallo, Dejan Pecenko, Alex Deutsch, Luigi Mosso, Francesco Bigoni, Giorgio Pacorig, Igor Bezget, Andjelko Stupar, Milan Nikolic, Manfred Josel, Nino Mureškic, Gasper Bertoncelj, Jure Pukl, Aljosa Jeric, Vasko Atanasovski, Robert Jukic…). He is a part of many groups and projects, from year 2000 until 2004 he also as a leader of the jazz etno group Ansasa Trio (http://www.geocities.com/ansasatrio/), with whom he has published a CD in 2002 under the name Ansasa Trio: Arabian Picnic. In 2002 he has also recorded his first solo trio album Samo Salamon Trio: A Dream Come True, which featured slovenian jazz musicians. In 2003 he released the highly aclaimed album Ornethology, which was featured at the jazz festivals Ljubljana, Skopje and Rome and got fantastic reviews from Europe and from the USA, being also album of the week on All About Jazz and among Top Ten Selections in Jazz Times magazine. In April 2004 he had a tour with a fantastic new sextet featuring Dave Binney, Paolino Dalla Porta, Kyle Gregory, Achille Succi and Zlatko Kaucic, the band got again brilliant reviews. From the tour a CD was released in April 2005 on the Italian label Splasc(h) Records. The record again received great reviews and got the honor of being album of the week on All About Jazz. In the end of 2004 Samo went again to New York and recorded there two new projects as a leader with some of the best jazz musicians in the world: one with Tony Malaby, Mark Helias and Tom Rainey, one with Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Mark Helias and Gerald Cleaver. The first project was released on Fresh Sound Records in early 2006 as Samo Salamon Quartet: Two Hours, while the second one will be released in fall 2006 again on Fresh Sound Records. New projects that are also in preparation or to
be released:
Samo played so far all over the world in various clubs and festivals (USA – New York – 55 Bar, Detour…Italy, France, Germany, Austria, UK, Belgium, Slovenia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia…). DISCOGRAPHY:
yet unreleased:
FESTIVALS:
REFERENCES: - performances on jazz festivals LJUBLJANA 2003, SKOPJE 2003, RIM 2003, UDINE 2004 and other festivals and clubs in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Macedonia, Italy, Slovenia... - brilliant critics for the projects ORNETHOLOGY and ELA's DREAM from Austria (JAZZLIVE), Germany (Jazzdimensions), Slovenia (Muska, Dnevnik, Delo, Vecer, Polet…) and of course USA (Allaboutjazz, Jazzreview, Jazz Times, EjazzNews, Goldmine Magazine…) - the album Samo Salamon Quartet: Ornethology was for two weeks the pcik of the week in USA on Allaboutjazz.com and also it was on the place #6 in album of the year in the renowned magazine JAZZ TIMES... - playing and recording with many famous international musicians like John Scofield, Paul McCandless, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Gerald Cleaver, Julian Arguelles, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Kariem Riggins, Luciano Biondini, Jim Mullen, Rudi Mahall, Fareed Haque, Don Falzone, Rudy Linka, Tim Brady, Paolino Dalla Porta, Ares Tavolazzi, Roberto Dani, Joris Teepe, Bruno Cesselli, Zlatko Kaucic, Salvatore Maiore, Kyle Gregory, Emanuele Cisi, Gianluca Petrella, Achille Succi, Steve Altenberg, Yayoi Ikawa, Kruno Levacic, Igor Lumpert, Dusan Novakov, Andrea Allione, Axel Dörner, Uli Jennesen, Loris Bertot, Jan Rhoder, Danilo Gallo, Dejan Pecenko, Alex Deutsch, Luigi Mosso, Francesco Bigoni, Giorgio Pacorig, Igor Bezget, Andjelko Stupar, Milan Nikolic, Manfred Josel, Nino Mureškic, Gasper Bertoncelj, Jure Pukl, Aljosa Jeric, Vasko Atanasovski, Robert Jukic… - learning in NEW YORK with the world's greatest jazz guitarist JOHN SCOFIELD, with whom Samo has been a good friend for years... - projects Ornethology and Ela's Dream got only phantastic reviews from everywhere around the world (especially USA and other european countries) and also in Slovenia, it also meant a collaboration with musicians from all over the world (Italy, USA, Germany)... BIOGRAPHY IN SLOVENE: SAMO ŠALAMON – kitarist in skladatelj SAMO ŠALAMON se je rodil leta 1978 v Mariboru, sedaj pa ze vec let uspešno deluje na mednarodnem podrocju kot jazz kitarist in skladatelj. Sicer je bil ves cas Zoisov štipendist, bil izbran med 100 najboljših dijakov v Sloveniji pred leti (sprejem pri predsedniku…), diplomiral je iz angleske in nemske knjizevnosti v Mariboru, pred kratkim pa tudi koncal s podiplomskim študijem ameriške knjizevnosti na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani. Svojo glasbeno pot je zacel s študijem klasicne kitare v Mariboru in jo nadaljeval s študijem jazza na konzervatoriju v Klagenfurtu. Decembra 2000 pa se je New Yorku individualno en mesec ucil pri enem najvecjih jazz kitaristov vseh casov, Johnu Scofieldu, s katerim je ze vec let dober prijatelj. Skozi leta se je ucil s priznanimi kitaristi kot so Rudy Linka, Tim Brady in Andrea Allione iz Trsta. Leta 2000 je ze sodeloval in se ucil z bobnarjem Zlatkom Kaucicem pri enem izmed njegovih projektov. Snemal in igral je ze s številnimi znanimi slovenskimi in mednarodnimi jazz glasbeniki (John Scofield, Paul McCandless, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Gerald Cleaver, Julian Arguelles, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Kariem Riggins, Luciano Biondini, Jim Mullen, Rudi Mahall, Fareed Haque, Don Falzone, Rudy Linka, Tim Brady, Paolino Dalla Porta, Ares Tavolazzi, Roberto Dani, Joris Teepe, Bruno Cesselli, Zlatko Kaucic, Salvatore Maiore, Kyle Gregory, Emanuele Cisi, Gianluca Petrella, Achille Succi, Steve Altenberg, Yayoi Ikawa, Kruno Levacic, Igor Lumpert, Dusan Novakov, Andrea Allione, Axel Dörner, Uli Jennesen, Loris Bertot, Jan Rhoder, Danilo Gallo, Dejan Pecenko, Alex Deutsch, Luigi Mosso, Francesco Bigoni, Giorgio Pacorig, Igor Bezget, Andjelko Stupar, Milan Nikolic, Manfred Josel, Nino Mureškic, Gasper Bertoncelj, Jure Pukl, Aljosa Jeric, Vasko Atanasovski, Robert Jukic…). Je clan številnih skupin in projektov, med leti 2000 in 2004 je deloval kot vodja etno-jazz projekta Ansasa Trio (http://www.geocities.com/ansasatrio/), s katerim je leta 2002 izdal plošco Arabian Picnic, leta 2002 pa je posnel tudi prvi solo album SAMO SALAMON TRIO: A Dream Come True z izkljucno slovenskimi glasbeniki. Leta 2003 je posnel s strani kritikov izredno pohvaljen projekt Ornethology, ki je bil predstavljen na jazz festivalih v Ljubljani, Skopju in Rimu, hkrati pa je dobil fantasticne kritike iz Evrope in ZDA, med drugim je bil tudi album tedna na jazz portalu All About Jazz in med Top 10 ploscami leta revije Jazz Times. V aprilu 2004 je imel turnejo s fantasticnim novim sekstetom, v katerem so bili Dave Binney, Paolino Dalla Porta, Kyle Gregory, Achille Succi in Zlatko Kaucic. Sekstet je dobil same odlicne kritike, iz turneje pa je aprila 2005 v Italiji tudi izsla plosca pri znani italijanski jazz zalozbi Splasc(h) Records. Plosca je ponovno dobila odlicne kritike, bila je ponovno plosca tedna na jazz portalu All About Jazz. Ob koncu leta 2004 je Samo ponovno sel v New York, kjer je posnel dve plosci kot leader z nekaterimi najboljsimi glasbeniki na svetu: prvega z zasedbo Tony Malaby, Mark Helias in Tom Rainey, drugega pa z odlicno zasedbo Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Mark Helias and Gerald Cleaver. Prvi projekt je izsel v zacetku leta 2006 pri zalozbi Fresh Sound Records z imenom Samo Salamon Quartet: Two Hours. Novi projekti v pripravi so:
Samo je do sedaj igral po vsem svetu na stevilnih festivalih in klubih (USA – New York – 55 Bar, Detour…Italija, Francija, Nemcija, Avstrija, Slovenija, Romunija, Madzarska, Hrvaska, Makedonija…). DISKOGRAFIJA:
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FESTIVALI:
REFERENCE: - NASTOPI na jazz festivalih LJUBLJANA 2003, SKOPJE 2003, RIM 2003, UDINE 2004 in drugih festivalih, v klubih v Avstriji, Hrvaški, Nemciji, Italiji, Sloveniji… - fantasticne kritike za projekta Ornethology in Ela's Dream iz Avstrije (JAZZLIVE), Nemcije (Jazzdimensions), Slovenije (Muska, Dnevnik, Delo, Vecer, Polet…) in seveda ZDA (Allaboutjazz, Jazzreview, Jazz Times, EjazzNews, Goldmine Magazine…) - Plošca Samo Salamon Quartet: Ornethology je bila 2 tedna na prvem mestu v ZDA na lestvici Allaboutjazz, hkrati pa je bila v eni najbolj prestiznih jazz revij na svetu JAZZ TIMES na 6. mestu plošc leta… - igranje s svetovno in evropsko priznanimi glasbeniki kot so John Scofield, Paul McCandless, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Gerald Cleaver, Julian Arguelles, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Kariem Riggins, Luciano Biondini, Jim Mullen, Rudi Mahall, Fareed Haque, Don Falzone, Rudy Linka, Tim Brady, Paolino Dalla Porta, Ares Tavolazzi, Roberto Dani, Joris Teepe, Bruno Cesselli, Zlatko Kaucic, Salvatore Maiore, Kyle Gregory, Emanuele Cisi, Gianluca Petrella, Achille Succi, Steve Altenberg, Yayoi Ikawa, Kruno Levacic, Igor Lumpert, Dusan Novakov, Andrea Allione, Axel Dörner, Uli Jennesen, Loris Bertot, Jan Rhoder, Danilo Gallo, Dejan Pecenko, Alex Deutsch, Luigi Mosso, Francesco Bigoni, Giorgio Pacorig, Igor Bezget, Andjelko Stupar, Milan Nikolic, Manfred Josel, Nino Mureškic, Gasper Bertoncelj, Jure Pukl, Aljosa Jeric, Vasko Atanasovski, Robert Jukic… - ucenje v NEW YORKU pri najvecjem jazz kitaristu na svetu in vecletnem prijatelju, JOHNU SCOFIELDU… - projekta Ornethology in Ela's Dream sta dobial same fantasticne kritike iz stroke jazz iz tujine (predvsem ZDA in iz drugih dezel) in doma, hkrati pa pomenil sodelovanje s tujimi glasbeniki iz Italije, ZDA, Nemcije »I have known Samo Salamon for four years
and have enjoyed watching him develop as a player. It is my opinion that
he is a talented, highly motivated and hard working musician and composer.«
»Šalamon is major league material.«
"With Ela's Dream, young Slovenian guitarist Samo
Salamon has made an album that is not only top shelf, it may be important
as well. With its variety, movement, and sheer joyous energy, this program
presents jazz as a music of almost infinite possibilies."
"He adds an almost dizzying energy, and he swings
hard. The net effect is what Ornette Coleman might sound like if his primary
instrument were guitar instead of alto saxophone."
"Further, his compositions, with their changing
tempos, time signatures, and multiple themes, give the album a nearly epic
sweep."
"...a Salamon and Kaucic duet that, with its power
and intensity, recalls Trane and Elvin Jones reaching for the stars. Only
it's not; it's something new that could only have come from these musicians,
in this time."
»Album of the week!«
»Very open music conceptually – great use
of textures and sounds.«
"Great playing and writing!"
»These are superb musicians who play superbly
together.«
»A musical gift of great beauty.«
»Think early 90s Blue Note Scofield, with
less grease and blues and a more European aesthetic. As a writer, while
the influences are also evident, he has managed to assimilate them with
his own life experiences into something that is more distinctive and abstruse.«
"Ornethology is strong evidence that Samo Salamon
is a young musician to watch; with a maturity and vision greater than his
years, there is little doubt that he is developing into an artist of consequence."
JAZZ TIMES TOP 10 RECORDINGS OF 2003 (critic Javier
Antonio Quiñones Ortiz):
»He is a composer and guitarist beyond his
years, and a force to be reckoned with!«
»Ornethology is an album with active, forcing,
creative and also aggresive music – however not letting beside the slower
and relaxed moments. Ornethology takes the listener in the deeps of full
of tension compositions and a strong group sound. It stands for all of
the musicians that they have strong presence, concentration and self-confidence
in playing and experiment.«
»There are no weak moments here!!«
"Ornette’s Slovenian Hands!"
»Ornette Coleman and John Scofield ought
to be proud!«
»Considering his age and experience, both
his writing and playing show a surprising degree of maturity; one wonders
where he’ll be five years from now.«
»Šalamon is coming through on his own, using
singular single note, chords, and ideas rendering various jazz undercurrents
with resolve, depth and inventiveness. Never indulgent, disciplined and
eager, Šalamon is major league material.«
»Leader of the new jazz generation.«
»Jazz critics, however, ought to add this
one to their “To Do” lists!«
»He writes tunes that are recognizable already
at first listening. Equally important is that he has a totally recoginzable
sound on his guitar, which is unlike anything we are used at the jazz guitar.
We get a record that simply convinces!«
»Additional quality was brought to the group
by the excellent guitar virtuoso Samo Salamon, who richened the music with
his typical sound!«
»The Ornethology Quartet is not only a proof
that Salamon is one of the most creative slovenian musicians, but that
the Ornethology Quartet is one of the rarest groups in Slovenia, which
is opening doors to international jazz.«
»Rich musicianship, witty music, a bit of
John Scofield, who is Samo's role model and mentor, and music worthy of
the name Ornette Coleman, is one of the nicest jazz production pearls around.«
»He has many creative ideas in imagination,
so that we can expect a lot more from him.«
»Group improvisation in excellence.«
»If we are at jazz and jazz guitar, we can
already after the first project of Samo Salamon almost definitely say that
he is going to grow big.«
»His guitar playing can be really fast and
accurate, but he can also play really dreamy and softly.«
»He thinks eclectic and plays music without
any burdains, he gives the music his individual character and works more
and more internationally and in an integrative and connective way.«
»Very, very likeable!!!!«
»A welcome addition to all fans of jazz
music!«
»Jazz for the third Millenium.«
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