New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time Seamus Blake - amazing saxophonist and composer, with a fantastic last album Guardians of the Heart Machine…
We talk about Seamus' beginnings and influences, living in Europe, being a bandleader, playing with Victor Lewis, John Scofield, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and others, the NYC jazz scene, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc…
A selection of the incredible albums that Seamus did as a leader:
1993 - The Call (with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kevin Hays, Larry Grenadier, Bill Stewart)
1999 - Stranger Things Have Happened (with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Larry Grenadier, Jorge Rossy)
2007 - Way Out Willy (with Lage Lund, Dave Kikoski, Orlando LeFleming, Bill Stewart)
2009 - Bellwether (with Lage Lund, Dave Kikoski, Matt Clohesy, Bill Stewart)
2015 - Superconductor (with John Scofield, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Scott Kinsey, Matt Garrison, Nate Smith)
2019 - Guardians of the Heart Machine (with Tony Tixier, Florent Nisse, Gautier Garrigue)
Facebook: / samosalamonmusic
Instagram: / samosalamon
Bandcamp: samosalamon.bandcamp.com/
Website: www.samosalamon.com/