New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Sam Weiser's debut album 'Sam I Am' is available at retailers today via Disappear Records, and it's been getting rave reviews. New York's NY1 TV recently profiled 15-year-old Sam as a "young violin sensation." JazzTimes enthuses, "Even a cursory listen to Weiser's album tells you that this is no ordinary 15 year old. He's truly a prodigy on his instrument, playing with a maturity and virtuosity well beyond his years and beyond the abilities of most musicians of any age."
And the Boston Globe says: "His gifted, often uncannily fast improvisations seize the day on wide-ranging tunes by Santana, Eddie Palmieri, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Bill Monroe, and George Shearing." The Globe also calls the album's opening track, "Gypsy Fantastic" (composed by Weiser's mentor Mark O'Connor), "startling... a dizzying array of swoops and trills."
Stream samples of 'Sam I Am' at: http://www.samweisermusic.com/listen.html
Profits from 'Sam I Am' will be donated to the Daniel Pearl Foundation and Friends of Daniel Pearl's FODFest to honor the memory of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, who Pearl played several instruments, including the violin. In 2008, Weiser was awarded the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin.
'Sam I Am' was produced by SONiA of disappear fear, who also sings on several tracks.
'Sam I Am' Track Listing:
1. Gypsy Fantastic (Mark O'Connor)
2. By My Silence (Written by Ellen Bukstel and Nick Annis, arrangement by SONiA)
3. Europa (Carlos Santana and Tom Coster)
4. Jerusalem Ridge (Bill Monroe)
5. Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons)
6. Rise (Eddie Vedder)
7. Jass's Song (Lulo Reinhardt)
8. Who's So Scared (Sonia Rutstein and Countee Cullen)
9. Dance All Night (Sonia Rutstein)
10. Azucar (Eddie Palmieri)
11. Desafinado (Antonio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonca)
12. Shorashim (Sonia Rutstein)
13. Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing and George David Weiss)
14. Aura L'Aura (Yale Strom)
