Career
He played with Oscar Peterson on An Oscar Peterson Christmas in 1995. Currently, he plays in an ensemble called The Caribbean Jazz Project, a Grammy-winning jazz-Latin music group. He played with Eddie Palmieri in a tribute to Cal Tjader with the album Tjaderized.
Samuels is an alumnus of New Trier High School.
He received a psychology degree from Boston University and has taught at Berklee College of Music.