Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon, along with his prolific music making, has been donning the persona of Dr. Jazz for a long-running interview series on
YouTube. With a focus on, as you guessed it, jazz musicians, he has an
impressive video archive including discussions with fellow guitarists like Pat
Metheny, Ben Monder and Steve Tibbetts, as well as musicians across the
instrument spectrum from drummer Steve Gadd to oboist Kyle Bruckmann. In this
video, Dr. Jazz speaks with Bill Frisell:
More from Samo Salamon from the Free Jazz Blog:
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Samo Salamon, Kevin Miller & Dan Blake – Burnt Pages (Samo Records,
2025) - Samo Salamon – Sunday Interview
- Guitar Week – Closing Statements (almost)
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Samo Salamon, Vasil Hadžimanov & Ra Kalam Bob Moses – Dances of Freedom
(Samo Records, 2024) - Samo Salamon – Dolphyology: Complete Eric Dolphy for Solo Guitar (Samo
Records, 2022) -
Samo Salamon & Sabir Mateen – Joy and Sorrow (Klopotec Records,
2022) -
Samo Salamon, Arild Andersen & Ra Kalam Bob Moses – Pure and Simple
(Samo Records 2022) - Samo Salamon and Hasse Poulsen’s String Dancers (Samo Records, 2021) ****
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Guitar – Duos (Part 1): Leading tones, sympathetic harmonies, and
unobservable mysteries - Guitar Roundup
- Guitars! (Part 2 of 2)
- Samo Salamon Sextet – The Colours Suite (Clean Feed, 2017) ****½
- Samo Salamon Bassless Quartet – 2 Altos (Steeplechase) ***½
- Balkan jazz – Top albums