Primary Scene: Brooklyn/New York
Sam Weinberg is a saxophonist, composer, and improviser from Brooklyn, NY. He currently leads the band BLOAR (with Andrew Smiley, Jason Nazary and Henry Fraser), whose 2019 debut, Drolleries (Astral Spirits), was widely praised. He likewise participates in a number of improvised collaborations which have included the likes of Henry Fraser, Ben Bennett, Sandy Ewen, Weasel Walter, Brandon Seabrook, Mike Pride, Nate Wooley, Charmaine Lee, Chris Pitsiokos, John McCowen, C. Spencer Yeh, Jaimie Branch, Mark Morgan (sightings), and many others. He also has worked extensively with sound collage and musique concrete in which he is principally concerned with perception, texture, repetition, and disintegration. His music has been released by Astral Spirits, Buh Records (Peru), Anticausal Systems, Amalgam, and his own imprint Renfusa and been featured in Rolling Stone, WIRE, and The Quietus. Weinberg has performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Weinberg, Sam