Samo Salamon

Samo Šalamon (born September 10, 1978 ) is a Slovenian jazz guitarist .

Live and act

Samo Šalamon studied classical guitar in Maribor ; At the end of 2000 he stayed in New York for the first time and had lessons with John Scofield , and in the following years with Rudy Linka , Tim Brady and Andrea Allione . He has been active in both the European and New York jazz scenes since the mid-2000s; He recorded his debut album Ornethology in 2003 in Ljubljana with Achille Succi , Salvatore Maiore and Zlatko Kaučič . In 2005 the live recording of Kei's Secret followed (with Achille Succi, Carlo DeRosa and Tyshawn Sorey ); 2008 a trio album with Tim Berne and Tom Rainey ( Duality ). In the following years he worked mainly with his own formations, for which he also composed, for example with his NYC Quintet (with Josh Roseman , Dave Binney, Mark Helias , Gerald Cleaver ), with his European Quartet (with Michel Godard , Luciano Biondini and Roberto Dani ) as well as with his Bassless Quartet (with 2014 John O'Gallagher , Loren Stillman , Roberto Dani). He also played in a duo with Howard Levy and Stefano Battaglia ( Winds , 2016).

Discographic notes

• Samo Šalamon Sextet: Ela's Dream ( Splasc (h) Records , 2005), with Kyle Gregory , Dave Binney , Achille Succi, Paolino Dalla Porta and Zlatko Kaučič
• Bas Trio: BRGS Time (2005), with Achille Succi, Jaka Berger
• Samo Salamon Quartet: Two Hours (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006), with Tony Malaby , Mark Helias , Tom Rainey
• Samo Salamon NYC Quintet: Government Cheese ( Fresh Sound New Talent , 2007)
• Samo Salamon & Aljoša Jerič Quartet Featuring Mark Turner (2008), with Mark Turner , Matt Brewer , Aljoša Jerič
• Samo Salamon Trio Live! (Sami 2009), with Michel Godard, Roberto Dani
• Samo Salamon Bassless Quartet: 2Alto ( SteepleChase Records , 2014)
• Samo Salamon Quartets: Stretching Out (2013), Bruno Chevillon , John Hébert , Roberto Dani, Gerald Cleaver, Donny McCaslin , Dominique Pifarély
• Samo Šalamon Sextet: The Colors Suite ( Clean Feed Records , 2017), with Julian Argüelles , Achille Succi, Pascal Niggenkemper , Christian Lillinger , Roberto Dani
• Samo Šalamon, Szilárd Mezei , Achille Succi Free Sessions Vol. 1: Planets of Kei ( Not Two Records , 2017)
• Traveling Moving Breating (Clean Feed, 2018), with Tony Malaby, Roberto Dani
• Samo Salamon & Freequestra: Free Sessions, Vol. 2: Freequestra (Klopotec, 2019)

Web links

• Web presence
• Samo Salamon at Allmusic (English)
• Samo Salamon at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 20, 2017)
2. ^ Review of the duo album Samo Salamon & Stefano Battaglia: WindS at All About Jazz
3. ↑ Meeting (jazzdimensions.de) ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.