Sam Gendel

Sam Gendel
Gendel performing at Public Records in Brooklyn, New York, 2024
Background information
Born	Visalia, California, U.S. [1]
Genres	Jazz jazz fusion
Occupations	Saxophonist producer
Instruments	Alto saxophone
Years active	2008–present
Labels	LEAVING RECORDS
Member of	Clown Core (speculated)
Website	www.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)
• 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.