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Track Ives (take 1) by Samo Salamon from the CD Samo Salamon, Manu Codjia & Mikkel Ploug: Ives (Samo Records, 2014).

The CD is available on:
ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ives/id905005110
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Ives-Samo-Salamon/dp/B00MASSK7U
Emusic...

SOME CRITICS:

"An adventurous guitarist who continues to find new ways to challenge his instrument by providing new contexts that expand his sound and compositions." (Jakob Baekgaard, AllAboutJazz 2014)

"One of the most interesting guitarists in modern jazz who continues to stretch the
boundaries of music." (AllAboutJazz 2013)

"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." (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 guitarinnovators 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, John Hollenbeck, 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, Bruno Chevillon, Manu Codjia, Mikkel Ploug, Alex Machacek, Matt Brewer, Luciano Biondini, Dejan Terzic, Roberto Dani, Rudi Mahall, and others. So far he has recorded 17 albums as a leader for labels Steeplechase, Fresh Sound New Talent and Splasch Records.