Bass Guitar with Samuel S.
Brighton, Massachusetts
About Samuel S.
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Bassist
Sep, 2019 - PresentJesus Molina Trio
o Currently recording a ten song album o Performs on Molina’s social media promotions
Bassist
May, 2019 - Jul, 2019VI Jazz Collective
o Toured for 5 weeks -- U.S. Virgin Islands, New York, and Maine o Performed at Prior Jollek Hall in St. Thomas, USVI (2019) o Performed at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola (2019) o Performed at Waterville Brewing Company (2019) o Performed at National Jazz Museum (2019)
Bassist/Bandleader
Sep, 2018 - PresentQuartet
Bassist
Jan, 2018 - Sep, 2019Max Holm Trio
o Performed on a Tedx Talk (2018) o Performed various private, public, and corporate gigs around Boston (2018 – 2019)
Bass Player/Bandleader
Feb, 2012 - Jan, 2017NOTEified
o Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival (2013, 2014, 2015) o “Extraordinary Live” (2013, 2014, 2015) o Syracuse M&T Jazz Festival (2014, 2015) o Clinton Art and Music Festival (2013, 2014) o Fayetteville Jazz Festival (2016, 2017) o Harriet Tubman Freedom Music Festival (2017) o Gigs at Central New York venues such as Red House Café, Borodino Hall, Tiny’s, Skaneateles Country Club, Funk ‘n Waffles, Fingerlakes on Tap, Mohegan Manor, and many more
Freelance Bassist
Jan, 2011 - PresentBass
Education
BM in Music Performance & Music Business/Management
Sep, 2016 - May, 2020Berklee College of Music
MM in Jazz and Contemporary Music
Aug, 2020Longy School of Music of Bard College
Awards
Jazz Ignition Scholarship
Apr, 2013Signature Music
Presidential Scholarship
Apr, 2020Longy School of Music of Bard College
North American Scholarship Tour
Sep, 2016Berklee College of Music
Skaneateles Music Guild Scholarship
Jun, 2016Skaneateles Music Guild
Hank Bryant Jazz Scholarship
Jun, 2016Family of Hank Bryant
George Reed Jazz Scholarship
Mar, 2016George Reed Jazz Scholarship Organization
Affiliations
Berklee College of Music Alumni
May, 2020The Berklee Alumni Affairs Office embraces the college’s alumni as valuable members and vital stakeholders in a lifelong, global community. We strive to foster and strengthen alumni engagement in meaningful and innovative ways that support the interests and goals of alumni in their professional and personal pursuits. Guided by the college’s mission, we seek to build a sense of shared community, pride, professional achievement, volunteerism, philanthropic support, and commitment to Berklee. We celebrate and applaud our alumni as they seek to improve the world around them through their creative pursuits.
International Society of Bassists
Jul, 2020The International Society of Bassists was founded by the world-renowned virtuoso Gary Karr in 1967. With nearly 3,000 members in over 40 countries, the ISB publishes a triannual magazine, Bass World, with an eclectic mix of articles about soloists, jazz and orchestral players, early music, pedagogy, international personalities and orchestras and reviews of new print music and recordings, plus monthly e-newsletters and communications.
Languages
Spanish
Limited Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
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