on the album was a throwback to the instrumentation of many of the early clarinet-lead jazz groups, and featured Bobby Avey (piano), Chris Dingman (vibes/marimba), Jordan Perlson (drums), along with special guests Jason Palmer (trumpet) and Ljova (viola). The album was chosen as a Downbeat Critic's Pick and also lead to Sadigursky being named a Rising Star clarinetist in the Downbeat magazine Critics' Poll since 2016. In 2022, he released The Solomon Diaries, a three album set of original music inspired by the dramatic rise and fall of the Borscht Belt region, which features Nathan Koci on accordion. The same year, he also released Figures/Broken Pieces, a set of 16 original piano works inspired by notable and interesting lives lost in 2020, featuring pianists Glenn Zaleski, Nick Sanders, and Dahveed Behroozi. Published works Sadigursky has published three books of original clarinet etudes. 25 Clarinet Etudes Book 1 was published in 2009, and then followed by 25 Clarinet Etudes Book 2 in 2011, which was followed by 10 Extended Etudes for Clarinet in 2017. Most of the etudes in Book 1 were recorded by clarinetist Marianne Gythfeldt and bass clarinetist Michael Lowenstern has recorded several of the etudes in Book 2. In 2012, he wrote 12 Intervallic Etudes for Saxophone, which is published by Delatour, France. Discography As leader/co-leader Spirals with Jacob Sacks (Unleaded 1999) The Words Project (New Amsterdam Records 2007) Words Project II (New Amsterdam Records 2008) Words Project III - Miniatures (New Amsterdam Records 2010) Words Project IV (New Amsterdam Records 2013) Crosswords/Mots Croices - Sam Sadigursky/Laurent Coq (2013) Follow the Stick (BJU 2015) 5 Movements for Solo Clarinet (2016) The Solomon Diaries Vol. I-III (Adhyâropa Records 2022) Figures/Broken Pieces (Adhyâropa Records 2022) References External links Official site New Amsterdam Records page All About Jazz profile 1979 births Living people