Dear Friends,

I have just recorded a new album with the Gabriel Zufferey Quartet for French label, Bee Jazz. The album will be released on May 28th 2010. I am also pleased to announce that I am now working on a new album with the White Belly Rats and Lee Scratch Perry for a new release coming out soon.
Come back often for some more exciting news!!!

Samuel

Dear friends,

Happy New Year!!!

Just returning from a recording in Zürich for Intakt Records with the Pierre Favre Grand Ensemble.

Now, I am getting ready for my next tour starting on January 16th. If you are in Switzerland or Germany please take a look at my tour schedule.

During this tour, I will premiere my new trio feat. Sébastien Boisseau and Samuel Rohrer in Lausanne. We will perform some new material that will be recorded next June for Spanish label Fresh Sound New Talent. In Geneva, I will also have the chance to start a new project leaded by pianist Gabriel Zufferey and will feature Patrice Moret and Ramon Lopez. I will end my trip with three concerts in duo with Pierre Favre. I am also pleased to announce that the duo album with Pierre Favre will be released on Intakt Records in May.

Here's my tour schedule:

Pierre Favre Grand Ensemble
17.01 Winter Jazz Festival, Bejazz, Bern, Switzerland

Gabriel Zufferey heAre&know
23.01 AMR, Geneva, Switzerland
24.01 AMR, Geneva, Switzerland

Gabriel Zufferey/Samuel Blaser
27.01 Radio Suisse Romande, Jazzz, Lausanne (broadcast)

Altermath/Tissot/Nussbaum/Blaser
28.01. Café du Cerf, Neuchâtel Switzerland

Samuel Blaser Trio feat. Sébastien Boisseau & Samuel Rohrer
29.01 Chorus, Lausanne, Switzerland

Pierre Favre & Samuel Blaser Duo
30.01 Echandole, Yverdon, Switzerland
05.02 Jazz in Dachau, Dachau, Germany
06.02 Maison Blanche du Corbusier, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Hope to see you soon!!!

Samuel

Dear Friends,

Pieces of Old Sky selected by Stuart Broomer, David R. Adler and Dusted as a best of 2009 so far! Solo Bone selected by All About Jazz New York a best of 2009 with an honorable mention.

Samuel

Dear Friends,

I am very happy to tell you that the duo recording with Pierre Favre will be released on Intakt Records in May 2010.

Please, come back soon for more exciting news!

Best, Samuel

Dear friends,

I just got back from my November tour where I had some wonderful shows with my quartet in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium and France. We recorded the two last shows for a possible release next year. Thank you to everyone who made those events a success! The quartet will be back on the road in October 2010 for a two weeks tour.

Pieces of Old Sky has received many great reviews lately all over. Please check out the press kit section for more information... Alan Young in his Lucid Culture said: "This is what free jazz ought to sound like. While there's definitely plenty of composition here, there's also an extraordinary amount of listening and the smart, thoughtful playing that good musicians do when they're all tuned into each other... This quiet, deft display of talent is nothing short of a stealth contender for one of the best jazz albums of 2009."

Thanks for visiting! Please come back soon for more news. Next year will be special...!
Samuel

Dear friends,

Just returning from gigs in Switzerland, Germany and m y tour in South Korea where I had five wonderful shows in front of great audiences especially at the Jarasum Jazz Festival where I performed my solo program in front of 650 people!!!

Now I am getting ready for my next tour this November. If you are in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium or France please take a look at my tour schedule and join me and my different projects.

I am starting November with a beautiful project with Swiss drummer Pierre Favre and will then go on a two weeks tour with my quartet to promote Pieces Of Old Sky, my new album released on Portugese label Clean Feed Records. I will then go back to Zürich, Switzerland to perform two more shows with the Pierre Favre Grand Ensemble and finally end in Berlin, my new home, on November 24th with an excited project feat. Johannes Bauer (tb), Clayton Thomas (b) and Tony Buck (dm) at Cafe Wendel in Kreuzberg.

Here's my tour schedule:

Samuel Blaser & Pierre Favre
1.11 Onze+ Jazz Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland

with Rapahël Pedroli
3.11 Bar King, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Samuel Blaser Quartet feat. Marc Ducret, Bänz Oester, Gerald Cleaver
5.11 Unterfahrt, Münich, Germany
6.11 Bunker, Bielefeld, Germany
8.11 AMR, Geneva, Switzerland
10.11 Stockwerck, Graz, Austria
11.11 ABC, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
12.11 ABC, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
13.11 Kulak, Baden, Switzerland
14.11 Spirale, Fribourg, Switzerland
15.11 Hnita, Heist Op Den Berg, Belgium
17.11 Jazzdor Festival, Strasbourg, France

Pierre Favre Grand Ensemble
18.11 Theater Stok, Zürich, Switzerland
19.11 Theater Stok, Zürich, Switzerland

Samuel Blaser Solo
21.11 Theaterklause, Brandenburg, Germany

Bauer/Blaser/Thomas/Buck
24.11 Cafe Wendel, Berlin, Germany

Hope to see you soon!!!

Samuel

Hi there,

Just played a couple of concerts in South Korea with piano player Soo Jung Kae. Yesterday I gave a solo concert at the great Jarasum Jazz Festival near Seoul in front of a crowded room! Tonight I am playing with some friends including Michael Bates, Bruno Tocanne & Kenji Omae in Seoul City. Tomorrow, I am going back to Switzerland to perform with Tobias Preisig at the Moods and then back to Germany where I will be performing with Marc Ducret at the Loft in Cologne.

Hope to see you soon and thanks for reading!!!

Dear friends,
 
I am thrilled to announce the release of my new work "Pieces Of Old Sky" released on Clean Feed Records. You can now purchase the album from my website. Enjoy and come back soon for more news!
 
Samuel

Dear friends,
 
I am very happy to announce that the Samuel Blaser Quartet will promote "Pieces Of Old Sky" released on Clean Feed Records on October 6th from November 5th to November 17th. Please have a look to the calendar for more information.
 
The tour would not have been made possible without the help of:

Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds
Canton de Neuchâtel

Dear all,

Pieces Of Old Sky will be released by Clean Feed Records in Portugal on October 6th.
You can now purchase the album through my store


The album has already received some reviews by jazz magazines "All About Jazz New York" and "Jazz Times". You can read the reviews by clicking on this link:
read press

Nex week, I will perform my solo program (solo bone) in France and then in South Korea in October. I will also have the opportunity to give some performances with Korean piano player, Soo Jung Kae in Seoul.

Last week, Pierre Favre and myself recorded the album at the Swiss Radio in Zürich. It will probably be released sometimes next year.

I am also very excited to announce that I am now a member of the Pierre Favre Ensemble with whom we will record an new album in January for Intakt Records.

Please come back soon to visit my website and I look forward to seeing at one of my performances.

Samuel

Dear all!

Just got back from South Africa where I played for a week at the Grahamstown Jazz Festival. A great experience and I had the chance to play with some great musicians from all over the world.

I am very happy to announce the launch of my new trio project featuring the french double bass player Sébastien Boisseau and swiss drummer Samuel Rohrer. We will record an album in 2010. More news to come.

Please, check out my tour schedule. I added some more concerts in solo, duo with Pierre Favre and other projects!

Also, I updated the shop and you can now order hard copies or MP3's through paypal.

Enjoy your visit and hope to see you again very soon, Samuel

Dear Friends,

I am very excited to announce that I will be playing and teaching for a week at the Grahamstown Jazz Festival in South Africa at the end of June. For more information, please visit
national arts festival

At the end of this month I will be performing at the Moers Jazz Festival at the morning session, for further information
moers jazz festival

and here's a picture by Jacques Ditisheim of Pierre Favre and myself.



Many thanks for visiting and see you soon,

Samuel

I am very happy to announce that I will perform my solo trombone program at the Jarasum International Jazz Festival, South Korea in October!!! See calendar.

Thanks for visiting,
Samuel

Dear Friends,

I am very happy to announce the new line up for the Samuel Blaser Quartet. The band features now:

Marc Ducret on guitar
Drew Gress on bass, and
Gerald Cleaver on drums

This band will be on tour from November 5th to November 17th 2009 to promote Pieces Of Old Sky, which will be released on Clean Feed Records, in September 2009.

Check out the press, I added a lot of new cd's reviews, concerts' reviews, etc. More to come next month.

I am also very happy to announce that the duo with Pierre Favre will be playing more this year, including the Jazz Onze+ Festival in Lausanne, Switzerland! Please, visit the calendar to see if we will be playing in your area.

All the best, Samuel

Dear all, 
 
I am right now in Mannheim, Germany, where I am performing with Peter Van Huffel, Sophie Tassignon and Michael Bates. We are actually promoting their album, Hufflignon, just released on Clean Feed Records. 
 
Two weeks before that, I had a great show with drummer Ziv Ravitz at the middle Church in New York. Here's a picture by Laurence Donohue Greene
 
 
 
On March 29th, we gave an amazing concert at the Cully Jazz Festival with Malcolm Braff in front of a big crowd with ovation at the end of our performance! Wow, what a great feeling! THANK YOU! 
 
Thanks everybody for supporting our music, hope to see you soon and come back for more news! 
 

We just got back home after a successful two weeks tour in Europe where we played seven concerts. A lot of critics have been written about our concerts and you can read some of them in the press kit. In September 2009, Pieces Of Old Sky, will be released on Clean Feed Records and there will be a release tour to promote this new album at the end of year 2009. Here's a picture of the band, ready to go to Germany.
 
 
from left to right: Samuel Blaser, Tyshawn Sorey, Todd Neufeld, Thomas Morgan
 

/We're sitting at the bar and he speaks to me in Polish./

Przepraszam, nie rozumiem po polsko.  [I'm not sure about the
spelling, but this means, "Pardon me, I don't understand."]

Ah, you don't speak Polish, of course.  English?

Yes.

Very good.  It is a long path to learn Polish.  It will take you
twenty years.  Tonight are you playing the same kind of program as
last night?

Yes.

Why don't you play normal jazz with a melody?  What you play is
nothing for the listener.

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it.

We take a risk, we come to the concert, and we expect good American
musicians, not a young fellow like you.  In three years you will
understand.  When American musicians come, they usually play good
music, standards, and there are one hundred, two hundred people here.
But you come, and there are forty or fifty.

Dear all,
 
I am very happy to announce the release of Solo Bone on UK label Slam Productions. Solo Bone has already been reviewed by All About Jazz New York, to read full review click here. To purchase this new album, please visit my store for MP3's or go to my music page. 
 

 
On Wednesday February 25th, I will start touring with the Samuel Blaser Quartet to promote 7th Heaven, my first quartet album released on Between The Lines in May 2008. We will perform in Switzerland and Germany, for more details, go to calendar. 
 
I am also very happy to announce my new collaboration with Swiss drummer, Pierre Favre, with whom we will play for the first time in April. We will have many more concerts during year 2009 and 2010 plus a recording in September 2009. Please stay tuned! 
 

 
Hope to see you all very soon and thanks again for visiting!!! Come back soon. 
 
 

7th Heaven has been selected by Troy Collins (All About Jazz) as one of the best releases in year 2008!!! Check out the press page for more details.

Dear friends,

With Malcolm Braff, we are finally back from our huge tour after 23 concerts in Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland! It was a very intense and exhausting tour but what a beautiful experience! To close this tour, we will perform tomorrow at "Echandole" in Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland, a very nice theater, so if you appear to be around, just come by, we will be happy to play for you!
Also, Solo Bone, my solo trombone album will be released in February 2009 on Slam Productions, an english label. You can already order it on my music page or download the whole album on my store page.
Finally, I will have my last tour in France, Belgium and Netherlands for this year 2008 with saxophonist Peter Van Huffel and vocalist Sophie Tasignon to promote their new album, Hufflignon, released on Clean Feed Records. So please, check the calendar for more details. Next year will be full of surprises so please come back often to check out the news!
Hope to see you soon!

We just played four concerts with the Braff Blaser Duo in Germany and we had a great success. We started in Cologne, Bergneustadt, Jena and finally Karlsruhe today. Tomorrow we are going back home in Switzerland to perform three more shows and then we will fly to Poland and Belarus for eight more shows! So please, come back often to check out the news and calendar!

Hope you are well and see you soon!!!

The Braff Blaser Duo added a stop to their schedule in Minsk, Belarus on November 9th and 10th between concerts in Poland. We will be playing in a concert hall and a jazz club. So if you appear to be in the area, we are looking forward to play "YaY" for you!!!

I am very happy to announce that "YaY" is out now on Spanish label Freshsound New Talent and you can purchase it by clicking here
Malcolm and me are starting the tour next week in Bern, Switzerland for the CD release party and we will be on the road until November 29th so please check the schedule and we hope to see you soon. Please, have a look to the Freshsound New Talent's website more information

Best, Samuel

I am back from a Belgium and German tour with Peter Van Huffel and Sophie Tassignon. Michael Bates was the bass player. We promoted a new album who just got released on Clean Feed Records.

I am now getting ready to hit the road with pianist Malcolm Braff to promote a new release, YaY on spanish label, Freshsound New Talent. We will be playing in four countries including Switzerland, Germany, Poland and Belgium. This tour would not have been possible without the generous help from Pro Helvetia Switzerland and Pro Helvetia Poland.

In January 2009, I am moving to Berlin where I will set my home. I will start a collaboration with Miles Perkin, bass player originally from Canada who's also moving to Berlin in January.

Come back soon for more fresh news,

Samuel

Dear Friends,

I am back in Switzerland for a few days after a two weeks tour in USA and Canada with Golem, a great kletzmer/punk/rock band! I am leaving soon for my next tour and I will be performing with Peter Van Huffel & Sophie Tassignon in Belgium and Germany promoting the new album "Hufflignon" released on Clean Feed. Please check the calendar for more information.

I am also excited to announce that I finally found a home for my solo trombone album and it will be released in UK by Slam Productions in December 2008, please check their website for more information

Also, check my store soon, there will be some free downloads, so please come back visit my website.

Best, Samuel

Dear Friends,

My new website is now up and running! Enjoy and I hope you will find all the informations you need!

I am also happy to announce that "YaY" by the Braff Blaser Duo will be released the last week of September by spanish label Fresh Sound New Talent. We will promote the album in Europe from October 22nd until November 29th including more than twenty concerts in Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Poland, so please check out the calendar for more information.

Good news, the new Samuel Blaser Quartet's album, recorded last July, will be released by portugese label Clean Feed, please check out their website for more information

Also, please don't forget to check out my last recording "7th Heaven" released by German label "Between The Lines"
more information

Hope you are enjoying your summer and I hope to see you around!

Samuel