Swiss trombonist and composer Samuel Blaser joins forces with pianist and composer Russ Lossing. Two masters of jazz and improvised music, often brought together in large groups but rarely in a duo or trio. They invite Billy Mintz to form a high-flying trio.
https://www.jazzmagazine.com/les-news/jazz-live/jazz-sur-le-vif-samuel-blaser-russ-lossing-billy-mintz-umlaut-chamber-orchestra/
grand moment !
— Jazz Magazine
original and imaginative ideas, richness and complementarity of timbres and brilliant, resolute lyrical performance
— Salt Peanuts
Samuel Blaser joue l’aujourd’hui,
— Frank Bergerot, Jazz Magazine
une manière exemplaire de jouer la musique d’un instant qui déjà dessine le futur. Un pur régal pour des oreilles attentives.
— Dernières Nouvelles du Jazz, Xavier Prévost
Um jogo de formas e sombras muito bonito. Tocaram no limite da simplicidade, do vazio, numa pureza emocionante.
— Jazz.pt Gonçalo Falcão
A virtuoso trombonist with a sumptuous sound and confoundingly plastic phrasing, Samuel Blaser is also an inspired composer, striving in the various ensembles he leads to balance a sense of form with the spontaneity of improvisation. By joining forces today with two prestigious representatives of the American school of jazz and improvisation, pianist Russ Lossing and drummer Billy Mintz, Blaser sets out to explore the register of the voice, common to all three instruments, in an asserted "chamber" context and from an entirely original repertoire. This intimate, resolutely lyrical music brilliantly plays on the richness and complementarity of timbres, elevating the "trialogue" to the status of a major art form.
Triple Dip/Roundabout (Jazzdor Series, 2023)
Samuel Blaser | Russ Lossing | Billy Mintz ::: TRIPLE DIP
Line Up
Samuel Blaser, trombone
Russ Lossing, piano
Billy Mintz, drums
Russ Lossing, piano
Billy Mintz, drums
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Tourdates
06.02.2025 SAINT-MAURICE/Switzerland
07.02.2025 SAINT-MAURICE/Switzerland
08.02.2025 PRIEN/Germany
20.02.2025 BASEL/Switzerland
23.02.2025 return home