Biografija Samo Šalamon je »eden najbolj talentiranih mladih kitaristov in skladateljev na današnji jazz sceni« (Allmusic.com, ZDA). Do sedaj je posnel več kot 400 avtorskih kompozicij in 45 albumov kot vodja za svetovno priznane založbe, kot so Clean Feed Records, Fresh Sound New Talent, Not Two Records, Steeplechase Records in Splasch Records in igral ter snemal s svetovnimi zvezdami jazza, kot so John Scofield, Howard Levy, Tim Berne, Paul McCandless, Bob Moses, Arild Andersen, Mark Turner, Michel Godard, John Hollenbeck, Drew Gress, Nguyen Le, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey, Dave Binney, Josh Roseman, John Hebert, Donny McCaslin, Dominique Pifarely, Gerald Cleaver, Bruno Chevillon, Loren Stillman, John O'Gallagher, Julian Arguelles, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey, Matt Brewer, Alex Machacek, Manu Codjia, Mikkel Ploug, Luciano Biondini, Jim Mullen, Rudi Mahall, Sabir Mateen, Fareed Haque, Rudy Linka, Paolino Dalla Porta, Ares Tavolazzi, Roberto Dani, Joris Teepe, Bruno Cesselli, Zlatko Kaučič, Salvatore Maiore, Kyle Gregory, Emanuele Cisi, Gianluca Petrella, Dejan Terzic, Wilbert de Joode in drugi.
Prestižna angleška založba Penguin Books (Brian Morton & Richard Cook: The Penguin Jazz Guide - The History of the Music in the 1001 Best Albums (Penguin Books, 2011) je leta 2011 ploščo Sama Šalamona z naslovom Ornethology uvrstila med 1001 najboljših plošč v zgodovini jazz glasbe ob bok velikanom jazza, kot so Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Charlie Parker in drugi. Samo Šalamon je edini slovenski glasbenik, ki mu je to uspelo!
Hkrati ga je leta 2007 ameriška revija Guitar Player uvrstila med 10 najboljših mladih kitaristov na svetu!
Diskografija Leto izidaNaslovZaložbaZasedba2018Peaks of LightSamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Howard Levy2018Traveling Moving BreatingClean Feed RecordsSamo Salamon, Tony Malaby, Roberto Dani2017Free Sessions Vol. 1: Planets of KeiNot Two RecordsSamo Salamon, Achille Succi, Szilard Mezei2017The Colours SuiteClean Feed RecordsSamo Salamon, Julian Arguelles, Achille Succi, Pascal Niggenkemper, Christian Lillinger, Roberto Dani2016windSKlopotec RecordsSamo Salamon, Stefano Battaglia2016UnitySamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Julian Arguelles, John Hollenbeck2015Little RiverSamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Paul McCandless, Roberto Dani2014IvesSamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Manu Codjia, Mikkel Ploug20142 AltoSteeplechase RecordsSamo Salamon, Loren Stillman, John O'Gallagher, Roberto Dani2014OrchestrologyKGOSF RecordsSamo Salamon, Roberto Dani, Slovene Philharmonic String Chamber Orchestra2013Stretching OutSamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Donny McCaslin, Dominique Pifarely, Bruno Chevillon, John Hebert, Gerald Cleaver, Roberto Dani2012Eleven StoriesSamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Michel Godard, Roberto Dani2011DualitySamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Tim Berne, Achille Succi, Tom Rainey, Roberto Dani2011Almost AlmondSanje RecordsSamo Salamon, Drew Gress, Tom Rainey2009Live!Samo RecordsSamo Salamon, Michel Godard, Roberto Dani2008Mamasaal feat. Mark TurnerDometra RecordsSamo Salamon, Mark Turner, Matt Brewer, Aljoša Jerič2007Fall MemoriesSplasc(h) RecordsSamo Salamon, Luciano Biondini, Michel Godard, Roberto Dani2007NanoGoga RecordsSamo Salamon, Julian Arguelles, Michel Godard, Roberto Dani2006Government CheeseFresh Sound New TalentSamo Salamon, David Binney, Josh Roseman, Mark Helias, Gerald Cleaver2006Kei's SecretSplasc(h) RecordsSamo Salamon, Achille Succi, Carlo DeRosa, Tyshawn Sorey2005Two HoursFresh Sound New TalentSamo Salamon, Tony Malaby, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey2005Ela's DreamSplasc(h) RecordsSamo Salamon, Achille Succi, David Binney, Kyle Gregory, Paolino Dalla Porta, Zlatko Kaučič2003OrnethologySamo RecordsSamo Salamon, Achille Succi, Salvatore Maiore, Zlatko Kaučič
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