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Sam Sadigursky
Sam Sadigursky (born April 17, 1979) is a clarinetist, saxophonist, flutist and composer.
Sam Sadigursky (born April 17, 1979) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His parents are both classically trained musicians from the former Soviet Union. His father Isaac Sadigursky is an accordionist and clarinetist who later became a piano technician, and his mother Raya Sadigursky is a classical pianist and piano teacher. He played piano briefly at an early age and then began playing saxophone at the age of 11 and then clarinet at age 15. In high school, Sadigursky was the recipient of the John Coltrane Young Artist Award, the NFAA YoungArts award, the Music Center Spotlight Awards, a member of the Grammy All-American High School Big Band, and toured Japan as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival All Stars. During this time, he also performed with Brad Mehldau, Milt Hinton, Charlie Byrd and Bob Florence, and performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the JVC Jazz Festival.
Sadigursky attended William Paterson University starting in 1997 and graduated in 2001. While still in college, he recorded an album as part of the collective group Spirals, which included Jacob Sacks, Don Peretz and Eivind Opsvik, and also played on veteran Japanese clarinetist Eiji Kitamura's album Jazz Party, an album which also featured bassist Ray Brown, cornetist Bill Berry, and drummer Jake Hanna. During this time, he also toured with pianist and GRP recording artist Sergio Salvatore.
Sadigursky has performed or recorded with the Mingus Orchestra, Brad Mehldau, Gabriel Kahane, Fred Hersch, Tom Jones, Darcy James Argue, Linda Oh, Anat Fort, Joe Phillips, Michael Leonhart, Red Baraat, Nico Muhly, Judd Greenstein, Jamie Baum, Ljova and Max ZT. Also prominent on the Latin music scene, he has performed with Edmar Castaneda, Lucia Pulido, Pablo Mayor's Folklore Urbano, Toto la Momposina, La Cumbiamba eNeYe, Sofia Rei, US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, Pedro Guirado, Emilio Teubal, Diego Obregon, Rebolu, Sebastian Cruz, and Roberto Rodriguez and the Cuban Jewish All Stars. Sadigursky is also widely known in the Reform Jewish music scene, and has played with many of the world's most noted cantors.
Since 2005, Sadigursky has been a member of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. Their 2009 album Infernal Machines, was nominated for a Grammy award in the big band category, and was followed in 2013 by Brooklyn Babylon, which was based on the multi-media collaboration with Daniel Zezelj which debuted at Brooklyn Academy of Music, and also received a Grammy nomination. Real Enemies, released in 2016, which was also based on a multimedia show debuted at BAM, was also nominated for a Grammy in the big band category.
In 2020, Sadigursky became a member of the Philip Glass Ensemble.
He is a recipient of grants and awards from Chamber Music America, the Jerome Foundation, ASCAP, and the Puffin Foundation, and his music has been reviewed by The New York Times, JazzTimes, the Fort Worth Weekly, All About Jazz, and the Detroit Free Press. He has been a guest on WNYC's Ear to Ear, The Jazz Session, Minnesota Public Radio's The Jazz Connection, and WNYC's Soundcheck, and has performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, Kennedy Center, London Jazz Festival, Moers Festival (Germany), Radio France, Montreal Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, BMW Jazz Festival (Brazil), Winter Jazz Fest (NYC), Jazz a Parque (Bogota, Colombia), and the Wangaratta Jazz Festival (Australia), among others.
From 2017-2019, he was the onstage clarinetist for the acclaimed Broadway musical The Band's Visit, which won 10 Tony Awards, the Grammy award for Cast Album of the Year, and a Daytime Emmy award for their appearance on the Today Show.
Sam Sadigursky
Sam Sadigursky (born April 17, 1979) is a clarinetist, saxophonist, flutist and composer.
Sam Sadigursky (born April 17, 1979) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His parents are both classically trained musicians from the former Soviet Union. His father Isaac Sadigursky is an accordionist and clarinetist who later became a piano technician, and his mother Raya Sadigursky is a classical pianist and piano teacher. He played piano briefly at an early age and then began playing saxophone at the age of 11 and then clarinet at age 15. In high school, Sadigursky was the recipient of the John Coltrane Young Artist Award, the NFAA YoungArts award, the Music Center Spotlight Awards, a member of the Grammy All-American High School Big Band, and toured Japan as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival All Stars. During this time, he also performed with Brad Mehldau, Milt Hinton, Charlie Byrd and Bob Florence, and performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the JVC Jazz Festival.
Sadigursky attended William Paterson University starting in 1997 and graduated in 2001. While still in college, he recorded an album as part of the collective group Spirals, which included Jacob Sacks, Don Peretz and Eivind Opsvik, and also played on veteran Japanese clarinetist Eiji Kitamura's album Jazz Party, an album which also featured bassist Ray Brown, cornetist Bill Berry, and drummer Jake Hanna. During this time, he also toured with pianist and GRP recording artist Sergio Salvatore.
Sadigursky has performed or recorded with the Mingus Orchestra, Brad Mehldau, Gabriel Kahane, Fred Hersch, Tom Jones, Darcy James Argue, Linda Oh, Anat Fort, Joe Phillips, Michael Leonhart, Red Baraat, Nico Muhly, Judd Greenstein, Jamie Baum, Ljova and Max ZT. Also prominent on the Latin music scene, he has performed with Edmar Castaneda, Lucia Pulido, Pablo Mayor's Folklore Urbano, Toto la Momposina, La Cumbiamba eNeYe, Sofia Rei, US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, Pedro Guirado, Emilio Teubal, Diego Obregon, Rebolu, Sebastian Cruz, and Roberto Rodriguez and the Cuban Jewish All Stars. Sadigursky is also widely known in the Reform Jewish music scene, and has played with many of the world's most noted cantors.
Since 2005, Sadigursky has been a member of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. Their 2009 album Infernal Machines, was nominated for a Grammy award in the big band category, and was followed in 2013 by Brooklyn Babylon, which was based on the multi-media collaboration with Daniel Zezelj which debuted at Brooklyn Academy of Music, and also received a Grammy nomination. Real Enemies, released in 2016, which was also based on a multimedia show debuted at BAM, was also nominated for a Grammy in the big band category.
In 2020, Sadigursky became a member of the Philip Glass Ensemble.
He is a recipient of grants and awards from Chamber Music America, the Jerome Foundation, ASCAP, and the Puffin Foundation, and his music has been reviewed by The New York Times, JazzTimes, the Fort Worth Weekly, All About Jazz, and the Detroit Free Press. He has been a guest on WNYC's Ear to Ear, The Jazz Session, Minnesota Public Radio's The Jazz Connection, and WNYC's Soundcheck, and has performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, Kennedy Center, London Jazz Festival, Moers Festival (Germany), Radio France, Montreal Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival, BMW Jazz Festival (Brazil), Winter Jazz Fest (NYC), Jazz a Parque (Bogota, Colombia), and the Wangaratta Jazz Festival (Australia), among others.
From 2017-2019, he was the onstage clarinetist for the acclaimed Broadway musical The Band's Visit, which won 10 Tony Awards, the Grammy award for Cast Album of the Year, and a Daytime Emmy award for their appearance on the Today Show.