GUY SALAMON GROUP

GUY SALAMON - DRUMS & COMPOSITION

ALISTAIR PAYNE - TRUMPET 

IAN CLEAVER - TRUMPET   

JOSÈ SOARES - ALTO SAX     

LUCAS MARTINEZ - TENOR SAX   

TEIS SEMEY - GUITAR   

YOUNGWOO LEE - PIANO 

BRODIE JARVIE - BASS   

ABOUT THE GROUP

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“...rising stars in the new generation of jazz in Europe...'' the Guy Salamon Group is an international, award winning band led by Israeli drummer and composer Guy Salamon and features 8 musicians from all around the world including Israel, The Netherlands, Denmark, Scotland, South Korea, Catalonia and Portugal.

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Their music is full of surprises, creative stories, high energy, humor and sincerity. The debut album, ‘Unfollow The Leader’ has just been released and consists of all original new music: “...crossing genres, wildly mixing styles, merging joy with pain and chaos with silence”.

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The band, currently based in Amsterdam, has won the 1st prize at the prestigious Keep an Eye The Records competition in 2018 and has been invited to perform at the North Sea Jazz Festival 2021 (Rotterdam), Jazzahead! 2021 (Bremen), Athens Jazz Festiva, Sudtirol Alto Adige (Bolzano, Italy), Fira B! (Mallorca) and Bimhuis (Amsterdam) among many others.

They have been collaborating with top Dutch jazz artists such as Reinier Baas and have been featured in a full length documentary about the new jazz scene in Amsterdam entitled ‘Red Light Solo’.

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The Guy Salamon Group are currently on tour, celebrating the release of their album 'Unfollow The Leader' and are planned to go on tour again in 2021-22.