# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-samuels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:40:45.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-samuels"
name: "Dave Samuels"
slug: "dave-samuels"
description: "David Alan Samuels was an American vibraphone and marimba player who spent many years with the contemporary jazz group Spyro Gyra. His recordings and live performances during that period also reflect his prowess on the steelpan, a tuned percussion instrument of Trinidadian origin."
tagline: "American musician (1948–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave-Samuels_DSC00270.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-10-09"
deathDate: "2019-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.288914666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.dsamuels.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/38200"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Samuels"
    title: "Dave Samuels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Samuels"
    title: "Dave Samuels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Samuels"
    title: "Dave Samuels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Samuels"
    title: "Dave Samuels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "デイヴ・サミュエルズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Samuels"
    title: "Dave Samuels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "ڈیو سیموئلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff4a8f4f-873f-4c00-92a2-bf24b1bfc975"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173331"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump