Sam Weinberg is a saxophonist, composer, and improviser from New York City. Throughout his work, he has explored the development of a distinct intervallic lexicon which is both mutable and structurally coherent.
He has released three records for trio since 2023: Implicatures (Astral Spirits, with Chris Lightcap and Tom Rainey), and two with his long-standing group with Henry Fraser and Jason Nazary (Plays Quarter Notes and Other Notes, and Of Peeling Passage: Live at Sisters). Weinberg has also focused heavily on solo work in the last several years, which has resulted in the albums Academy, My Druthers, Live at the Oche, with another forthcoming in 2025.
In various constellations has performed with Thomas Buckner, Kieran Daly, Kevin Sun, Nate Wooley, Eivind Opsvik, Kayvon Gordon, Erica Dicker, Sara Schoenbeck, Weasel Walter, Brandon Seabrook, Michael Vatcher, and many others.
He performs on the first tuesday of every month at Sisters in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
He can be reached by email at samuel.weinberg1 [at] gmail [dot] com
photo by Nicole Galpern