Other Projects & Collaborations

AS BAND LEADER

HELVETICUS: Humair Blaser Känzig

with Samuel Blaser (trombone), Heiri Känzig (bass), Daniel Humair (drums)
 
Samuel Blaser joins forces with two other Swiss legends of the international jazz scene: drummer Daniel Humair and bassist Heiri Känzig. "1291" is a tribute album to their homeland, Switzerland, founded in 1291 on the meadow of the Grütli by the three original cantons.

+ Humair Blaser Känzig:

  • Our Way (Blaser Music, 2024)
  • 1291 (OutNote Records, May 22 2020)

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Pierre Favre and Samuel Blaser

with Pierre Favre (drums)
 
Pierre Favre, the great pioneer of modern drumming, the sound color painter among jazz drummers, is working in duo with trombonist Samuel Blaser. Both of them have a fine feeling for the right tone, for what fits together, for the clear form. An interesting duo: trombone and drums! Together Blaser and Favre stand for two generations of top Swiss jazz musicians!

+ Pierre Favre and Samuel Blaser Releases:

  • Same Place, Another Time (Blaser Music, 2022)
  • Vol à Voile (Intakt Records, 2010)

SONGS

with Sarah Maria Sun (soprano), Oscar Strasnoy (piano), Mathieu Ogier (DJ) and Nathalie Amstutz (harp)

SONGS revolves around one of the most iconic pieces of 20th century repertoire, a series of popular folk songs by Italian composer Luciano Berio for mezzo-soprano and small ensemble. Inspired by Berio's approach in the mid-1960's, Oscar Strasnoy and Samuel Blaser's musical work here is anchored in that same folk tradition. Strasnoy works with traditional music of the Canton of Grisons (interesting for its very special language spoken here, and because of its "minority" status). The jazzman from Chaux-de-Fonds moves in the footsteps of a Bartók or a Kurtág with Mississippi Delta blues inspiration creating a remarkably personal works.

+ SONGS Releases:

  • Folk Songs (SONGS, 2022)