Sam Sadigursky (born April 17, 1979) is a

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, flutist and composer.

Biography

Early life

Sam Sadigursky (born April 17, 1979) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His parents are both classically trained musicians from the former Soviet Union. His father Isaac Sadigursky is an accordionist and clarinetist who later became a piano technician, and his mother Raya Sadigursky is a classical pianist and piano teacher. He played piano briefly at an early age and then began playing saxophone at the age of 11 and then clarinet at age 15. In high school, Sadigursky was the recipient of the John Coltrane Young Artist Award, the NFAA YoungArts award, the Music Center Spotlight Awards, a member of the Grammy All-American High School Big Band, and toured Japan as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival All Stars. During this time, he also performed with

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and

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, and performed at

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as part of the

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. Sadigursky attended

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starting in 1997 and graduated in 2001. While still in college, he recorded an album as part of the collective group Spirals, which included

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, Don Peretz and

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, and also played on veteran Japanese clarinetist

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's album ''Jazz Party'', an album which also featured bassist Ray Brown, cornetist

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, and drummer

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. During this time, he also toured with pianist and GRP recording artist Sergio Salvatore.

Career

Sadigursky has performed or recorded with the Mingus Orchestra,

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, Tom Jones,

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, Joe Phillips,

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, Red Baraat,

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, Ljova and Max ZT. Also prominent on the Latin music scene, he has performed with

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, Lucia Pulido, Pablo Mayor's Folklore Urbano,

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, La Cumbiamba eNeYe, Sofia Rei, US Poet Laureate

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, Pedro Guirado, Emilio Teubal, Diego Obregon, Rebolu, Sebastian Cruz, and Roberto Rodriguez and the Cuban Jewish All Stars. Sadigursky is also widely known in the Reform Jewish music scene, and has played with many of the world's most noted cantors. Since 2005, Sadigursky has been a member of

's Secret Society. Their 2009 album ''

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'', was nominated for a Grammy award in the big band category, and was followed in 2013 by ''Brooklyn Babylon'', which was based on the multi-media collaboration with Daniel Zezelj which debuted at

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, and also received a Grammy nomination. ''Real Enemies'', released in 2016, which was also based on a multimedia show debuted at BAM, was also nominated for a Grammy in the big band category. In 2020, Sadigursky became a member of the

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. He is a recipient of grants and awards from

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, the

Jerome Foundation James Jerome Hill II (March 2, 1905 – November 21, 1972) was an American filmmaker and artist known for his award-winning documentary and experimental films. Career Hill was the child of railroad executive Louis W. Hill. He was educated at Ya ...

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, and the

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, and his music has been reviewed by ''The New York Times'', ''JazzTimes'', the ''Fort Worth Weekly'', All About Jazz, and the ''Detroit Free Press''. He has been a guest on WNYC's ''Ear to Ear,'' ''The Jazz Session'', Minnesota Public Radio's ''The Jazz Connection'', and WNYC's ''Soundcheck'', and has performed at the

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, Kennedy Center, London Jazz Festival, Moers Festival (Germany), Radio France, Montreal Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, BMW Jazz Festival (Brazil), Winter Jazz Fest (NYC), Jazz a Parque (Bogota, Colombia), and the Wangaratta Jazz Festival (Australia), among others. From 2017-2019, he was the onstage clarinetist for the acclaimed Broadway musical ''

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'', which won 10 Tony Awards, the Grammy award for Cast Album of the Year, and a Daytime Emmy award for their appearance on the Today Show. He is featured on the soundtrack to the 2004 film '' Seeing Other People'', Clint Eastwood's ''Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years'', Juan Fisher's '' Buscando a Miguel'', the 2013 HBO documentary '' Six by Sondheim'', the incidental music for the 2013 Broadway production of ''

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'',

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's 2021 film Passing and

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's Once Within a Time (2022).

Albums as a leader

Sam released his first album as a leader in 2008, ''The Words Project'', which consists of his original musical settings of poetry, and features vocalists Monika Heidemann,

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Heather Masse Heather Masse is an American alto singer and member of the Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys. She was born and grew up in Maine, and studied at the New England Conservatory of Music as a jazz singer. She is currently based in Taos, New Mexico. ...

, and

Noam Weinstein Noam Weinstein (no-ahm wyne-styne) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his studio recordings and his collaborations with other artists such as Mike Viola, Heather Masse, Sam Sadigursky, and Norah Jones. Biograph ...

, along with Sadigursky (saxophone, clarinets, and alto flute), Pete Rende (piano/Rhodes/pump organ), Nate Radley (guitar), Eivind Opsvik (bass), Tommy Crane (drums), and Robert Burkhart (cello). The album was selected as one of the top ten releases of the year by critic Steve Smith of Time Out New York, who also named it the vocal album of the year. The album features settings of poems by

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam ( rus, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, p=ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acm ...

Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ''The New York Trilogy'' (1987), ''Moon Palace'' (1989), ''The Music of Chance'' (1990), ''The Book of Illusions'' (2002), ''The Broo ...

Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (russian: Марина Ивановна Цветаева, p=mɐˈrʲinə ɪˈvanəvnə tsvʲɪˈtaɪvə; 31 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is considered among some of the greatest in twentieth century Russia ...

, Czeslaw Milosz,

Penelope Shuttle Penelope Shuttle (born 12 May 1947) is a British poet. Life Born in Staines, Middlesex, Shuttle left school at 17. She wrote her first novel at the age of 20. She has lived in Falmouth, Cornwall since 1970. She married the poet Peter Redgrove (1 ...

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, ''The ...

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, and

Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin (June 6, 1925 – February 6, 2014) was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982. Biography Early years Maxine Kumin was born Maxine Winokur on June ...

. Sadigursky followed this album with ''Words Project II'' in 2010, which features settings of poems and texts by

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, Audre Lord, Sadi Ranson, Andrew Boyd,

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, Czeslaw Milosz, and

Dunya Mikhail Dunya Mikhail (born 1965 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi-American poet based in the United States. Life She was born and raised in Iraq to a Chaldean-Catholic family. She graduated with a BA from the University of Baghdad. Mikhail worked as a jo ...

. The album features vocalists Monika Heidemann,

, and Wendy Gilles, along with Sadigursky (saxophone), Nate Radley (guitar/banjo), Pete Rende (piano/Rhodes/pump organ),

(bass), Bill Campbell (drums) and

Richie Barshay Richie Barshay is a jazz, Afro-Latin, and klezmer Klezmer ( yi, קלעזמער or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual m ...

(percussion). The cover of the album features the painting Leaping Kiss, by Chilean-born artist Pablo Campos. In 2011, Sadigursky released ''Words Project III: Miniatures'', which was recorded and co-produced by

. Unlike Sadigursky's previous albums, which were recorded live over the course of two days each, the album was tracked individually over the course of a year, and features thick layers of voices, loops, brass, strings, percussion and various electronics. Featured vocalists include Karlie Bruce, Christine Correa, Monika Heidemann, Sunny Kim, Jamie Leonhart, Michael Leonhart,

, Sam Sadigursky, and Roland Satterwhite. The instrumentalists include Sadigursky (woodwinds/percussion/keyboard),

(trumpets/percussion/keyboards), Gary Wang (guitar/bass), Jessie Reagan (cello), Chern-Hwei Fung (violin/viola),

(percussion), Michael Beers (English horn),

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(tabla), Frank Basile (baritone saxophone), Sebastian Cruz (guitar/percussion), Roland Satterwhite (violin), Andrew McKenna Lee (guitar), and Dan Loomis (bass). Amongst the featured poets are

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, Sadi Ranson,

William Carlos Williams William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pedia ...

, Maureen McLane, Michael Lally,

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massach ...

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, and others. In 2013, Sadigursky followed up with ''Words Project IV'', which solely features vocalist Christine Correa. It was recorded in France and features Sadigursky (saxophones), Laurent Coq (piano), Yoni Zelnik (bass), and Karl Jannuska (drums/percussion). It features settings of poems and words by

Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and ...

Bertold Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...

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, Sadi Ranson, and

Spencer Reece Spencer Reece is a poet and presbyter who lives in Madrid, Spain. He graduated from Wesleyan University (1985). Reece received his M.A. from the University of York (UK), his M.T.S. from the Harvard Divinity School, and a M.Div. from the Berk ...

. The cover of the album is based on a drawing by artist John Roach. Also in 2013, Sadigursky released ''Crosswords:Mots Croises'', which is a collaboration with Laurent Coq based on their 2009 French American Cultural Exchange grant from Chamber Music America and features dual settings of poems in both French and English. It includes the same personnel as Words Project IV, with the addition of French vocalist Laurence Allison, and is based on settings of work by

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and

Eugène Guillevic Eugène Guillevic ( Carnac, Morbihan, France, August 5, 1907 Carnac – March 19, 1997 Paris) () was a French poet. Professionally, he went by the single name ''Guillevic''. Life He was born in the rocky landscape and marine environment of ...

, along with respective translations of each work. With the exception of ''Crosswords: Mots Croises'', which was self-released, all four Words Project albums were released by

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. In 2015, he released ''Follow the Stick'' on BJU Records. The group on the album was a throwback to the instrumentation of many of the early clarinet-lead jazz groups, and featured Bobby Avey (piano), Chris Dingman (vibes/marimba), Jordan Perlson (drums), along with special guests Jason Palmer (trumpet) and Ljova (viola). The album was chosen as a Downbeat Critic's Pick and also lead to Sadigursky being named a Rising Star clarinetist in the ''

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'' magazine Critics' Poll since 2016. In 2022, he released The Solomon Diaries, a three album set of original music inspired by the dramatic rise and fall of the

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region, which features Nathan Koci on accordion. The same year, he also released Figures/Broken Pieces, a set of 16 original piano works inspired by notable and interesting lives lost in 2020, featuring pianists

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, Nick Sanders, and Dahveed Behroozi.

Published works

Sadigursky has published three books of original clarinet etudes. ''25 Clarinet Etudes Book 1'' was published in 2009, and then followed by ''25 Clarinet Etudes Book 2'' in 2011, which was followed by
10 Extended Etudes for Clarinet
' in 2017. Most of the etudes in Book 1 were recorded by clarinetist Marianne Gythfeldt and bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern has recorded several of the etudes in Book 2. In 2012, he wrote ''12 Intervallic Etudes for Saxophone'', which is published by Delatour, France.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

* ''Spirals'' with Jacob Sacks (Unleaded 1999) * ''The Words Project'' (

2007) * ''Words Project II'' (New Amsterdam Records 2008) * ''Words Project III - Miniatures'' (New Amsterdam Records 2010) * ''Words Project IV'' (New Amsterdam Records 2013) * ''Crosswords/Mots Croices'' - Sam Sadigursky/ Laurent Coq (2013) * ''Follow the Stick'' (BJU 2015) * ''5 Movements for Solo Clarinet'' (2016) * ''The Solomon Diaries Vol. I-III'' (

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2022)
Figures/Broken Pieces
(

2022)

References

External links

Official site

New Amsterdam Records page

All About Jazz profile
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