Sam Gendel

Sam Gendel
Gendel performing at Public Records in Brooklyn, New York, 2024
Gendel performing at Public Records in Brooklyn, New York, 2024
Background information
BornVisalia, California, U.S.[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Saxophonist
  • producer
InstrumentsAlto saxophone
Years active2008–present
Member ofClown Core (speculated)
Websitewww.samgendel.com

Sam Gendel is an American saxophonist and music producer.[2]

Career

With bassist Sam Wilkes, Gendel released the live jazz album Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar in 2018.[3] Gendel co-wrote the tracks "Flower Moon" and "Spring Snow" on Vampire Weekend's 2019 album, Father of the Bride.[4] He also recorded a 20 minute, 21 second-long version of Vampire Weekend's "2021" for the EP 40:42.[5]

In March 2020, Gendel released his first album with Nonesuch Records, Satin Doll, which was described as "a futuristic homage to historical jazz."[6] In an interview with The Fader's David Renshaw, Gendel claimed that "putting out a 'normal' album just doesn't work for [him]."[7] In 2021, he released the three-hour-long album Fresh Bread, consisting of 52 tracks that were recorded between 2012 and 2020.[8] His 2023 album Cookup reinterprets R&B classics and received a 7.0 from Pitchfork.[9]

It has been heavily speculated that Gendel is a member of avant-garde musical duo Clown Core.[10][11]

Discography

Solo albums

  • 4444 (2017)
  • Pass If Music (2018)
  • Satin Doll (2020)
  • DRM (2020)
  • Fresh Bread (2021)
  • AE-30 (2021)
  • Live a Little (2022)
  • Superstore (2022)
  • blueblue (2022)
  • Cookup (2023)
  • Audiobook (2023)
  • Landscape 1 (2024)[12]

Collaborative albums

  • Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar (2018) (with Sam Wilkes)
  • Rio Nilo 66 (2021) (with Ethan Braun)
  • Mouthfeel / Serene (2021) (with Josiah Steinbrick)
  • Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar More Songs (2021) (with Sam Wilkes)
  • Notes With Attachments (2021, with Pino Palladino, Blake Mills) New Deal / Impulse!
  • Sam Gendel & Shin Sasakubo (2021) (with Shin Sasakubo)
  • Live a Little (2022) (with Antonia Cytrynowicz)
  • The Room (2024) (with Fabiano do Nascimento)
  • Earth Flower (2024) (with Ruth Garbus & Philippe Melanson)
  • The Doober (2024) (with Sam Wilkes)

References

  1. ^ Crone, David. "Sam Gendel Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "Sam Gendel | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Spaced-Out Jazz of Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes". The New Yorker. August 12, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Martoccio, Angie (February 4, 2021). "Vampire Weekend Enlist Sam Gendel, Goose for '40:42′ EP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  5. ^ Martoccio, Angie (February 4, 2021). "Vampire Weekend Enlist Sam Gendel, Goose for '40:42′ EP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  6. ^ Jazz, All About. "Sam Gendel Musician - All About Jazz". All About Jazz Musicians. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Sam Gendel treads his own path". The FADER. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  8. ^ Balfour, Jay (March 4, 2021). "Sam Gendel: Fresh Bread". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  9. ^ "Sam Gendel: Cookup". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  10. ^ Kuhn, Sarena (October 17, 2020). "Clown Core's 'Van' is artful absurdity". The Daily Californian. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  11. ^ Roberts, Randall (March 24, 2021). "52 songs, four hours, one album: How jazz trickster Sam Gendel made a pandemic opus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  12. ^ Gendel, Sam (March 27, 2024). "LANDSCAPE 1". sam gendel. Retrieved March 27, 2024.


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