DESCRIPTION:
Recording of the tune Mr. Cynical by Samo Salamon 2Alto feat. John O'Gallagher, Loren Stillman & Roberto Dani featuring a great band - two amazing alto saxophone player from New York, Loren Stillman and John O'Gallagher, one of the best European drummers Roberto Dani on drums and, according to Guitar Player, one of the 10 hottest guitarists in the world, Samo Salamon from Slovenia. Recording from a European tour in February 2012 in Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana.

Samo Salamon - guitar
John O'Gallagher - alto saxophone
Loren Stillman - alto saxophone
Roberto Dani - drums

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)
http://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, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Luciano Biondini, Dejan Terzic, Roberto Dani, Rudi Mahall, and others. So far he has recorded 12 albums as a leader for labels Fresh Sound New Talent and Splasch Records.

Samo Salamon's music/guitar school in Maribor, Slovenia:
http://www.taktars.si