Mind-bending original music made by human hands.
“The Golem and Other Tales” out June 21st, 2024
Featuring Sam Reider, Alex Hargreaves, Eddie Barbash, Dominick Leslie, Roy Williams, Andrew Ryan, Duncan Wickel
ALBUMS:
VIDEOS:
The Human Hands EP ft. Alex Hargreaves, Dominick Leslie, Roy Williams, Eddie Barbash, Duncan Wickel, Dave Speranza
Live in London ft. Alex Hargreaves, Eddie Barbash, Roy Williams, Dominick Leslie, Dave Speranza
Swamp Dog Hobble (Live in London)
Too Hot To Sleep CD Release ft. Alex Hargreaves, Dominick Leslie, Roy Williams, Eddie Barbash, Grant Gordy, Dave Speranza
OG Human Hands Videos ft. Jacob Jolliff, Grant Gordy, Alex Hargreaves, Dave Speranza
ABOUT:
Led by Latin Grammy-nominated accordionist, pianist, and composer Sam Reider, the Human Hands is a collective of innovative acoustic musicians exploring the crossroads of folk, jazz, and traditional music from around the world. Irresistible melodies, joyful improvisation and otherworldly sounds collide in what Songlines Magazine has dubbed a "mash-up of the Klezmatics, Quintette du Hot Club de France and the Punch Brothers.” The Human Hands got their start playing late night sessions at well-known bars and music venues in Brooklyn. After releasing their debut record, Too Hot to Sleep, in 2018, they toured throughout the US, UK, and Europe appearing at premier venues and festivals like Jazz at Lincoln Center, Celtic Connections, and SFJAZZ and performing on PBS and the BBC.
Their newest record The Golem and Other Tales (to be released June 2024) features some of the brightest names in acoustic music: violinist Alex Hargreaves (Billy Strings), mandolinist Dominick Leslie (Molly Tuttle), violinist/cellist Duncan Wickel (Rising Appalachia), saxophonist Eddie Barbash (Jon Batiste), guitarist Roy Williams (Stephane Wrembel), and bassist Andrew Ryan (Kaia Kater). The album presents an original narrative suite entitled “The Golem”—based on the medieval Jewish legend of a clay man brought to life—alongside five other compositions that elicit echoes of Django Reinhardt, Planxty, Duke Ellington, Astor Piazzolla, Bernard Hermann and Raymond Scott.
Originally trained as a jazz pianist, Reider has spent his career composing original music and collaborating with a range of roots, jazz, classical artists. He has performed or recorded artists such as Jon Batiste, Jorge Glem, Sierra Hull, Laurie Lewis, and Paquito d’Rivera. His 2022 solo piano record of original music Petrichor received four stars and made the Best of 2022 in Downbeat Magazine. Reider and Glem’s album Brooklyn-Cumaná was featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk and was nominated for Best Instrumental Album in the 2023 Latin GRAMMY Awards. In addition to his work as a performer, Reider is a prolific composer and has worked with a variety of chamber ensembles and artists ranging from the Bay Area’s Del Sol Quartet to the San Francisco Girl’s Chorus, and Grammy-nominated violinist Tessa Lark. Reider is on faculty at Saint Mary’s College of Moraga, where he teaches jazz, piano and composition.
Booking: sam@samreidermusic.com