Sam Sadigursky - 5 Movements for Solo Clarinet (2022) Hi-Res

Since moving to New York in 2002, clarinetist and multi-reedist Sam Sadigursky continues to make a mark as both a leader and sideman across a broad spectrum of musical landscapes. His series of four albums of original music based on poetry and text for New Amsterdam Records, entitled The Words Project, have been acclaimed internationally. Following the 2015 release of his album Follow the Stick, he was named a rising star on clarinet in the Downbeat Magazine Critic’s Poll, on which he has continued to appear annually. His latest work, a three album set with accordionist Nathan Koci called The Solomon Diaries, was released in early 2022 on Adhyaropa Records, along with a set of original piano music released later that year entitled Figures/Broken Pieces.

A member of the Philip Glass Ensemble since 2020, Sam has also toured and recorded with artists as diverse as Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Lucia Pulido, Gabriel Kahane, Tom Jones, Edmar Castaneda, Katrina Lenk, Linda Oh, The Mingus Orchestra, Rufus Reid, Jamie Baum Septet+, David Yazbek, Ljova, Pablo Mayor’s Folklore Urbano, La Cumbiamba eNeYe, and U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. He is featured on three Grammy-nominated albums with acclaimed composer Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, and also appears on Taylor Eigsti’s 2022 Grammy winning album A Tree Falls.

As a composer, he has also written for film and modern dance and has published four books of original etudes for clarinet and saxophone. He is the recipient of numerous grants from organizations such as Chamber Music America, ASCAP, The Jerome Foundation, and the New York Mills Cultural Center.

He appears on over fifty albums as a sideman, and from 2017-2019 was the onstage clarinetist for the Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award winning show The Band’s Visit on Broadway.