Samo Salamon
Electric guitarist Samo Salamon is a native of Slovenia, one of few jazz musicians to hail from that country in southern Central Europe. Born September 10, 1978, he began studying classical guitar in his hometown of Maribor, and started with jazz studies at the jazz conservatory in Klagenfurt. During the winter of 2000 he took lessons in North America with clearly his biggest influence, John Scofield. He has also studied with Rudy Linka, Tim Brady, and Andrea Allione. In addition to Scofield, his biggest early influences were Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Ornette Coleman, and Steve Lacy, as well as poets Langston Hughes and Robert Creeley and composers Béla Bartók, Olivier Messiaen, and Witold Lutoslawski. The next four years saw Salamon honing his craft with the Ansasa Trio. Asserting himself as a leader from then on, he formed a quartet with Achille Succi, Salvatore Maiore, and Zlatko Kaucic, playing all over Europe. Traveling to the U.S. in 2004 on his second trip stateside, he connected with Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Josh Roseman, and Gerald Cleaver. American saxophonist Dave Binney and trumpeter Kyle Gregory joined Salamon's band, expanded to a sextet, as did Paolino Dalla Porta. Other prominent jazz players with whom he has shared the bandstand or recording studio include Paul McCandless, Mark Turner, Drew Gress, Julian Arguelles, Donny McCaslin, John Hebert, Tyshawn Sorey, Karriem Riggins, Fareed Haque, Roberto Dani, Michel Godard, Joris Teepe, and many fellow Slovenians. Salamon is also inspired by contemporary peers Ben Monder, Greg Osby and Steve Coleman. He leads different small- to mid-sized combos, is a member of the Mamasaal Quartet and the SGR Trio, and has recorded for the Fresh Sound/New Talent and Splasc(h) labels.
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Pure and Simple
Samo Salamon, Arild Andersen, Ra-Kalam Bob Moses
Jazz - Released by Samo Records on 1 jun. 2022
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Fall Memories
Samo Salamon, Michel Godard, Luciano Biondini
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon on 20 okt. 2007
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Eleven Stories
Samo Salamon, Michel Godard, Roberto Dani
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon on 12 sep. 2012
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Eating Poetry
Emanuele Parrini, Samo Salamon, Vasco Trilla
Jazz - Released by Clean Feed on 23 jun. 2023
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Pure Magic
Samo Salamon, Stefano Battaglia
Jazz - Released by Alessa Records on 20 apr. 2019
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Ives
Free jazz & Avant-garde jazz - Released by Samo Records on 23 sep. 2014
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Dances of Freedom
Samo Salamon, Vasil Hadzimanov, Ra-Kalam Bob Moses
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon on 15 jan. 2024
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Almost Alone Vol. 1
Jazz - Released by Samo Records on 2 nov. 2020
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Traveling Moving Breathing
Samo Salamon, Tony Malaby, Roberto Dani
Jazz - Released by Clean Feed on 16 mrt. 2018
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Free Sessions, Vol. 1: Planets of Kei
Samo Salamon, Szilárd Mezei, Achille Succi
Klassiek - Released by NotTwo on 12 jul. 2019
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Little River
Samo Salamon, Paul McCandless, Roberto Dani
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon on 4 mrt. 2015
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Duality
Samo Salamon, Tim Berne, Achille Succi
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon on 25 sep. 2011
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Ornethology
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon Quartet on 20 jun. 2003
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Almost Almond
Samo Salamon, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon on 15 dec. 2010
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Unity
Samo Salamon, Julian Argüelles, John Hollenbeck
Jazz - Released by Samo Records on 30 jan. 2016
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Common Flow
Samo Salamon, Igor Matkovic,, Kristijan Krajnčan
Jazz - Released by Samo Salamon on 17 feb. 2020
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