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Sam Reider and the Human Hands

Sam Reider is an accordionist, pianist, composer, educator and singer/songwriter who grew up in San Francisco, the son of a musical theater composer and klezmer musician. Hes been featured at Lincoln Center and on NPR, and has collaborated with pop, jazz and folk musicians around the world. Representing the U.S. Department of State as a musical ambassador, Reider has travelled to China, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Estonia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. He leads ongoing performances for public school students throughout the New York City area in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center, and has designed curricula and taught courses at the Stanford Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz and other private institutions around the country.

Since the 2018 release of their critically-acclaimed recorD Too Hot to Sleep, Sam and the Human Hands have appeared at major festivals and venues throughout the US and the UK, and performed live on the BBC. Irresistible melodies, fiery improvisation and otherworldly sounds collide in what Songlines Magazine has dubbed "mash-up of the Klezmatics, Quintette du Hot Club de France and the Punch Brothers. Too Hot To Sleep features Eddie Barbash (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jon Batiste and Stay Human) on saxaphone, Alex Hargreaves (Turtle Island Quartet, Live From Here, Sarah Jarosz) on violin, Dominick Leslie (Hawktail, Ricky Skaggs Band, Deadly Gentlemen) on mandolin, Roy Williams (Stephane Wrembel) on guitar, Grant Gordy (David Grisman Quintet) on guitar and Dave Speranza (Jim Campilongo) on bass.