Sam Gendel Explained
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)
- Rio Nilo 66 (2021)
- Mouthfeel / Serene (2021)
- Music for Saxofone & Bass Guitar More Songs (2021)
- Notes With Attachments (2021, with Pino Palladino, Blake Mills) New Deal / Impulse!
- Sam Gendel & Shin Sasakubo (2021)
- Live a Little (2022)
- The Room (2024)
- Earth Flower (2024)
- The Doober (2024)
Notes and References
- Web site: Crone . David . Sam Gendel Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More . . 16 April 2024 . en.
- Web site: Sam Gendel Credits . 2023-04-05 . AllMusic . en.
- 2021-08-12 . The Spaced-Out Jazz of Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes . 2023-04-05 . The New Yorker . en-US.
- Martoccio . Angie . 2021-02-04 . Vampire Weekend Enlist Sam Gendel, Goose for '40:42′ EP . 2023-04-05 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
- Martoccio . Angie . 2021-02-04 . Vampire Weekend Enlist Sam Gendel, Goose for '40:42′ EP . 2023-04-05 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
- Web site: Jazz . All About . Sam Gendel Musician - All About Jazz . 2023-04-05 . All About Jazz Musicians . en.
- Web site: Sam Gendel treads his own path . 2023-04-05 . The FADER . en.
- Web site: Balfour . Jay . Sam Gendel: Fresh Bread . Pitchfork . 10 June 2023 . 4 March 2021.
- Web site: Sam Gendel: Cookup . 2023-04-05 . Pitchfork . en-US.
- Web site: Kuhn . Sarena . October 17, 2020 . Clown Core's 'Van' is artful absurdity . 2021-11-11 . The Daily Californian.
- Roberts . Randall . 2021-03-24 . 52 songs, four hours, one album: How jazz trickster Sam Gendel made a pandemic opus . . 2023-04-07.
- Web site: Gendel . Sam . 27 March 2024 . LANDSCAPE 1 . 27 March 2024 . sam gendel.