“That is some damn good neat reggae. If you are a musician, that should have raised your eyebrow, and if you are just somebody who is cool, I bet it made you feel cooler.”
Jazz sur le Vif : Samuel Blaser – Russ Lossing – Billy Mintz
“ grand moment !”
SAMUEL BLASER & RUSS LOSSING + BILLY MINTZ «Roundabout» & «Triple Dip»
“une manière exemplaire de jouer la musique d’un instant qui déjà dessine le futur. Un pur régal pour des oreilles attentives.”
A Alegria foi para Espanha: Hot na Comuna
“Um jogo de formas e sombras muito bonito. Tocaram no limite da simplicidade, do vazio, numa pureza emocionante.”
Jazzdor #2 un samedi en or
“Samuel Blaser joue l’aujourd’hui,”
SAMUEL BLASER / RUSS LOSSING + BILLY MINTZ
“original and imaginative ideas, richness and complementarity of timbres and brilliant, resolute lyrical performance”
Samuel Blaser ROUTES ***
“Instrumentiste hors pair”
Samuel Blaser ROUTES
“A thoughtful and engaging tribute to Don Drummond bringing together the rhythms of ska and reggae with the textures of jazz.”
Trois albums pour la touche "play": Samuel Blaser ROUTES
“Rares sont les jazzmen qui parviennent à concilier leur art à celui du reggae. ”
Samuel Blaser ROUTES
“Le coup de soleil du mois”
Samuel Blaser ROUTES ****
“An unbashed joy”
Samuel Blaser ROUTES ****
“This is one of the records of the summer”
SAMUEL BLASER – ROUTES
“Un grand, très grand opus! Le “coup de coeur””
Samuel Blaser en Routes fusiona música jamaiquina y jazz
“El notable trombonista y compositor suizo Samuel Blaser presentará en los próximos meses su nueva entrega discográfica titulada Routes, trabajo inspirado en el legado del célebre trombonista jamaiquino Don Drummond (1932-1969) y donde amalgama el jazz con géneros tradicionales de Jamaica como el ska, el calipso, el mento y el reggae.”
SAMUEL BLASER, ROUTES, ENJA/YELLOWBIRD ****
“Rather wonderful this skazz musical homage to the Skatalites’ Don Drummond (1932-1969) - a labour of love that includes some remixes by dub pioneer Lee Perry (who passed away in 2021) played by a superb collection of jazz players fronted by Swiss …”
REGGAE GREETINGS FROM THE GREEN ISLAND OF SWITZERLAND
“The Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser is also a satellite in this cosmos, a constant traveler between genres, constantly on the road, always on the way to new shores, a free spirit who mixes again and again with the most diverse musical worlds. ”
Trombonist Samuel Blaser To Release New Jamaican Jazz Album
“Inspired by the legacy of Don Drummond, trombonist Samuel Blaser gathered a gang of greats to create the ultimate Jamaican repertoire.”
Pierre Favre & Samuel Blaser: Same Place, Another Time
“From Mangelsdorff, Thelin and Rutherford, to Connie and Johannes Bauer, the European free music scene has produced some of the most extraordinary trombonists in jazz and improvised music. Samuel Blaser (b. 1981) seems destined to join that line”
Samuel Blaser: Purity Of Purpose In All Things
“One of trombonist/composer talents is his uncanny ability to as fully distinguish himself accompanying other musicians as when he is leading theme”
Samuel Blaser Early in the Mornin'
“Many of the cuts here showcase Blaser’s robust tone and wide-swinging improvisations framed by the burnt sparkle of Lossing’s keyboard and the organic tumult of Kamaguchi and Hemingway’s interlocking rhythms”