Dave Samuels

Dave Samuels

vib, mar, *1948 US, Waukegan, Illinois
Musician of Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. David Alan Samuels

Dave Samuels (born October 9, 1948) is an American vibraphone player, who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra. He played with Oscar Peterson on An Oscar Peterson Christmas in 1995. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group. He played with Eddie Palmieri in a tribute to Cal Tjader with the album Tjaderized.Samuels is an alumnus of New Trier High School. He received a psychology degree from Boston University and has taught at Berklee College of Music.

Instruments

Vibraphone
Marimba
Percussion
Synthesizer
Steel drums

Genres

Jazz
Pop
R&B/Soul
Rock

Plays With

Caribbean Jazz Project

Double Image

Gallery

Gerry Mulligan's New Sextet

Pat Metheny Group

Spyro Gyra

Tatsuro Yamashita

Eddie Ganz

The Mann Brothers

Fantasy Band

New York Latin All-Stars

Pál Vasvári String Trio

Twin Lines Project

Kaoru Nakasone

Popular Tracks

Because I Loved You on Spirits by Richard Stoltzman, Eddie Gómez, Jeremy Wall, Bill Douglas, David Torn, Dave Samuels, Café & The King's Singers

Dance Class on Del Sol by Dave Samuels

Lean On Me on Cover Story by Various Artists

Infant Dreams on Open Sky by Bill Douglas & Richard Stoltzman

Guachi Guaro (Soul Sauce) - Live on Concord Picante 25th Anniversary Collection by Various Artists

Open Sky on Open Sky by Bill Douglas & Richard Stoltzman

Conquistador on Del Sol by Dave Samuels

Cinema Paradiso on When I Fall In Love by Various Artists

Dona Nobis Pacem on Collaborations by Richard Stoltzman

Sea Breeze on Del Sol by Dave Samuels

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Triple Play Plus Three	Bill O'Connell With Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Samuels, Dave Valentin, Richie Flores	2011	Album
I'm The Girl	Veronica Mortensen With Klüvers Big Band Featuring Dave Samuels & Dennis Mackrel	2010	Album
Afro Bop Alliance	Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels	2008	Album
Mosaic	Caribbean Jazz Project Featuring Dave Samuels	2006	Album
Dualism	Michael Sagmeister With Dave Samuels	2002	Album
Azur	Pál Vasvári String Trio Featuring Dave Samuels, Tony Lakatos	2001	Album
Paraiso	Caribbean Jazz Project, Dave Samuels, Dave Valentin, Steve Khan	2001	Album
Between Earth & Mars	Andy LaVerne	2000	Album
Tjaderized: A Cal Tjader Tribute	Dave Samuels	1998	Album
Jazz / Minimal / Avantgarde	Markus Hauke, Michael Kiedaisch, Maki Ishii, David Friedman / Dave Samuels, Yoshihisa Taïra, Steve Reich	1996	Album
In Line with Dave Samuels	2 In Line, Dave Samuels	1995	Album
Dragonfly	Gerry Mulligan Quartet With Special Guests Dave Grusin . Dave Samuels . John Scofield . Warren Vaché . Grover Washington, Jr.	1995	Album
Synergy With Samuels	Synergy Percussion With Dave Samuels	1994	Album
Del Sol	Dave Samuels	1993	Album
Natural Selection	Dave Samuels	1991	Album
Fountainhead	Andy LaVerne	1990	Album
Ten Degrees North	Dave Samuels	1989	Album
Walking On The Moon	Dave Samuels	1989	Single
Living Colors	Dave Samuels	1988	Album
Skylight	Art Lande, Paul McCandless, Dave Samuels	1981	Album
Solo Vibraphone	Dave Samuels		Album

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.