Dave Samuels is an American

United States

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 vibraphone

Vibraphone

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 player who has worked with various jazz and fusion artists, such as Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra

Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the genre...

. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project

Caribbean Jazz Project

Caribbean Jazz Project is a Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban jazz group including Dave Samuels, Paquito D'Rivera and Andy Narell. They might be best known for their 2002 album The Gathering. They have recorded seven albums, five for the Concord Jazz label, one for Inak Records and one for Heads...

, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group. He is also an alumnus of New Trier High School

New Trier High School

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He also played with Eddie Palmieri with a tribute to Cal Tjader with the album called 'Tjaderized'.

Samuels received a psychology

Psychology

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 degree from Boston University

Boston University

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 and has taught at Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...

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