Peaks of Light, by Samo Salamon & Howard Levy

Peaks of Light

by Samo Salamon & Howard Levy

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1.	Devil's Darling 03:02	buy track
2.	Chaplin Walks 05:50	buy track
3.	Barren 04:54	buy track
4.	Sleepy Burja 06:02	buy track
5.	Our Tune 04:16	buy track
6.	Riding the Urban Range 06:16	buy track
7.	Para Para 04:08	buy track
8.	The Harmonica Suite - Part I 02:46	buy track
9.	The Harmonica Suite - Part II 03:12	buy track
10.	The Harmonica Suite - Part III 03:38	buy track
11.	Freeze 03:42	buy track

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Recorded in Maribor in May 2017. Recorded by Darko Kukovič - Kuki. Mixed and mastered by Samo Salamon.

Howard Levy plays Hohner diatonic harmonicas customized by Joe Filisko - www.filisko.com as well as Ear Trumpet Edwina microphone - www.eartrumpetlabs.com. On tracks with distortion a Beyer TG88 through a Lone Wolf Boogieman was used - www.lonewolfblues.com.

All tunes published by Sazas, except tunes no. 5 by Balkan Samba Music, BMI and no.6 by Balkan Samba Music, BMI & Sazas.

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www.samosalamon.com
www.levyland.com
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The new duo project of Samo Salamon and Howard Levy presents two fantastic world-class musicians. The guitarist SAMO SALAMON (Slovenia) is one of the most talented jazz guitarists in the world, whose first CD Ornethology was selected among the 1001 best jazz albums in the history of jazz (The Penguin Jazz Guide - The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums). HOWARD LEVY (USA) is definitely the best and most innovative harmonica player in the history of jazz - founding member of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, multiple Grammy Award winner and musician who plays with jazz stars such as Bobby McFerrin, Donald Fagen, Dolly Parton, Paquito D'Rivera, Paul Simon, Rabih Abou-Khalil, etc.

SAMO SALAMON - guitar (SLOVENIA)
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Samo Šalamon is »one of the most talented young guitarists and composers on today's jazz scene« (Allmusic.com, USA). So far he has released 22 albums as a leader for recognized labels, such as Clean Feed Records, Fresh Sound New Talent, Steeplechase Records, Not Two Records and Splasch Records as well as played, recorded and toured with recognized jazz stars and musicians, including John Scofield, Howard Levy, Tim Berne, Paul McCandless, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, John Hollenbeck, Drew Gress, Nguyen Le, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, John Hebert, Donny McCaslin, Dominique Pifarely, Gerald Cleaver, Bruno Chevillon, Loren Stillman, John O'Gallagher, Julian Arguelles, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Alex Machacek, Christian Lillinger, Pascal Niggenkemper, Stefano Battaglia, Manu Codjia, Mikkel Ploug, Luciano Biondini, Jim Mullen, Rudi Mahall, Sabir Mateen, Fareed Haque, Rudy Linka, Paolino Dalla Porta, Ares Tavolazzi, Roberto Dani, Joris Teepe, Bruno Cesselli, Zlatko Kaucic, Salvatore Maiore, Kyle Gregory, Emanuele Cisi, Gianluca Petrella, Dejan Terzic, Wilbert de Joode and others.

HOWARD LEVY - harmonica (USA)
www.levyland.com

Multiple Grammy- Award Winner Howard Levy is an acknowledged master of the diatonic harmonica, a superb pianist, innovative composer, recording artist, bandleader, teacher, producer, and Chicago area resident. His musical travels have taken him all over the geographical world and the musical map. Equally at home in Jazz, Classical music, Rock, Folk, Latin, and World Music, he brings a fresh lyrical approach to whatever he plays. This has made him a favorite with audiences worldwide, and a recording artist sought after by the likes of Kenny Loggins, Dolly Parton, Paquito D’Rivera, Styx, Donald Fagen, and Paul Simon. As a sideman, Howard has appeared on hundreds of CDs and played on many movie soundtracks. He is perhaps best known for the four CD’s he recorded with Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, a unique band that set the musical world on its ear back in the early 1990’s. He got back together with the band in 2010 and recorded the CD Rocket Science. They toured extensively in 2011-2012, and Howard won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for “Life in Eleven”, which he wrote with Bela Fleck.

SOME REVIEWS:

»Adventurous Slovenian guitarist Samo Salamon is one of the most wide-ranging jazz guitarists working today, and one of the most prolific!« (Mark Sullivan, AllAboutJazz, USA, February 2016)

»Samo Salamon belongs to the most creative and complete figures of modern European Jazz.« (Mathias Bäumel, Dresdner Universitätsjournals, Germany, February 2016)

"An adventurous guitarist who continues to find new ways to challenge his instrument by providing new contexts that expand his sound and compositions." (Jakob Baekgaard, AllAboutJazz 2014)

»His restless and bold creative spirit and his impeccable musicianship both as a composer and performer is what makes him one of the most singularly exceptional jazz musicians to come out of the European scene.« (Hrayr Attarian, AllAboutJazz, USA, 2014)

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released January 23, 2018

Howard Levy - harmonica
Samo Salamon – electric and acoustic guitars

All tunes by Samo Salamon, except no. 5 by Samo Salamon & Howard Levy and no. 6 by Howard Levy.

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Samo Salamon Maribor, Slovenia

Slovenian jazz guitarist and composer, recording artist for Clean Feed Records, Not Two Records, Fresh Sound New Talent, who has recorded 30 CDs with players such as Howard Levy, Paul McCandless, John Hollenbeck, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, Drew Gress, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Tim Berne, Donny McCaslin, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, Gerald Cleaver, John Hebert, Julian Arguelles, etc. ... more

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