Dr. Jazz Talks #303: Samo Šalamon & John Butcher interview

New interview from the Dr. Jazz Talks interview series, this time John Butcher – incredible saxophonist and composer, with a great last duo album Tarab Cuts with Mark Sanders… We talk about John's beginnings and influences, being a bandleader, playing with Mark Sanders, Derek Bailey, Gerry Hemingway and others, the US and European jazz scene, his improvisational and compositional approaches, etc… A selection of the incredible albums John did as a leader: 2021 – Tarab Cuts (with Mark Sanders) 2017 – The Catastrophe of Minimalism (with Damon Smith, Weasel Walter) 2013 – Exta (with Thomas Lehn, John Tilbury) 2008 – Buffalo Pearl (with Gerry Hemingway) 2004 – Clearings (with Agusti Fernandez, Christoph Irmer) 2000 – Requests and Antisongs (with Phil Durrant) 1992 – 13 Friendly Numbers (solo) 1989 – News from the Shed (with Phil Durrant, Radu Malfatti, John Russell, Paul Lovens) 1985 – Fonetics (with Chris Burn) Facebook:   / samosalamonmusic   Instagram:   / samosalamon   Bandcamp: https://samosalamon.bandcamp.com/ Website: http://www.samosalamon.com/