Sam Reider and the Human Hands. SOLD OUT

Joining Sam Reider for this show will be saxophonist Eddie Barbash (Jon Batiste & Stay Human, Cory Wong), violinist Alex Hargreaves (Turtle Island Quartet, Live From Here), guitarist Roy Williams (Stephane Wrembel), and bassist Dave Speranza (Sarah Jarosz).

Sam Reider is a pianist, accordionist, composer, and educator from San Francisco, California. His work brings together various streams of American music, from jazz and folk tunes to popular song and contemporary composition. Reider first learned to play the piano from his father, a musical theater composer. In high school, Reider studied jazz, performed around the country with other young musicians, and was featured on Marian McPartland’s “Piano Jazz” on NPR. At Columbia University in New York City, he majored in American Studies and fell in love with folk music. While writing his thesis comparing the songwriting of Woody Guthrie and Ira Gershwin, Reider picked up an old accordion and began learning…