Ivory Coast - Music

Dave Samuels October 9 1948 – April 22 2019 Was An American Vibraphonist And Marimba Player Who Spent Many Years With The Contemporary Jazz Group Spyro Gyra. His Recordings And Live Performances During That Period Also Reflect His Prowess On The Steelpan A Tuned Percussion Instrument Of Trinidadian Origin. Samuels Was Born In Waukegan Illinois. At The Age Of Six He Started Playing Drums And Piano. He Learned Vibes And Marimba While A Student At Boston University. He Continued His Studies At The Berklee College Of Music Also In Boston And Studied With Vibraphonist Gary Burton. He Taught Percussion At Berklee Before Moving To New York City In 1974. Soon He Was Recording And Performing With Gerry Mulligan Carla Bley And Gerry Niewood. He Played In A Vibe/marimba Duo With David Friedman Who Had Been His Teacher At Boston Releasing Albums Under The Name Double Image. In 1979 He Began Recording With Spyro Gyra Eventually Becoming A Member Of The Band In 1986 And Remaining With It Through The 1990s. During The 1980s He Also Recorded With Paul McCandless Art Lande Anthony Davis And Bobby McFerrin. In 1993 He Created The Caribbean Jazz Project. Samuels Wrote Columns For The Magazines Modern Percussionist And Modern Drummer A Method Book And Made An Instructional Video. He Has Taught At Berklee And At The New England Conservatory Of Music. On April 22 2019 The Official Spyro Gyra Facebook Page Reported That Samuels Had Died At Age 70 Due To An Undisclosed Long-Term Illness. Discography 1980 One Step Ahead Dire Silverline 1988 Living Colors MCA 1989 Ten Degrees North MCA 1989 Fountainhead With Andy LaVerne SteepleChase 1991 Natural Selection GRP 1992 Del Sol GRP 1994 Synergy With Samuels Tall Poppies 1998 Tjader-Ized A Cal Tjader Tribute Verve/Polygram 2006 Mosaic Concord 2007 Dualism With Spyro Gyra 1978 Spyro Gyra
1979 Morning Dance
1980 Catching The Sun
1980 Carnaval
1981 Freetime
1982 Incognito
1983 City Kids
1984 Access All Areas
1985 Alternating Currents
1986 Breakout
1987 Stories Without Words
1988 Rites Of Summer
1989 Point Of View
1990 Fast Forward
1992 Three Wishes
1993 Dreams Beyond Control
1995 Love And Other Obsessions
1996 Heart Of The Night
1997 20/20
1999 Got The Magic
2003 Original Cinema
2004 The Deep End
2006 Wrapped In A Dream
2008 A Night Before Christmas With Caribbean Jazz Project 1995 The Caribbean Jazz Project
1997 Island Stories
2000 New Horizons
2001 Paraiso
2002 The Gathering
2003 Birds Of A Feather
2005 Diane Schuur Featuring Caribbean Jazz Project – Schuur Fire
2005 Here And Now Live In Concert
2006 Mosaic
2008 Afro Bop Alliance With Double Image 1977 Double Image
1994 Open Hand As Sideman With Gerry Mulligan 1974 Carnegie Hall Concert CTI Chet Baker Gerry Mulligan
1976 Idol Gossip
1995 Dragonfly With Others 1977 Gerry Niewood And Timepiece Gerry Niewood & Timepiece
1978 Dawn David Friedman
1978 Zappa In New York Frank Zappa
1979 All The Mornings Bring Paul McCandless
1981 Gallery Gallery
1981 The Navigator Paul McCandless
1981 Skylight Art Lande
1983 Hemispheres Anthony Davis
1986 Storytime T Lavitz
1991 Cool Running Jeremy Wall
1991 You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 Frank Zappa
1992 Red Sun Dave Valentin
1992 Stepping To The New World Jeremy Wall
1993 A Night In Englewood Paquito D'Rivera & The United Nation Orchestra
1993 Arc Jimmy Haslip
1994 Picture Perfect Morning Edie Brickell
1994 Two Hearts Peter Kater
1994 We Live Here Pat Metheny
1994 World Tour Jason Miles
1997 Playin' Hooky Bob James read less