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Samuel Thomas. Photo: courtesy of the artistSamuel R. Thomas (Asefa)
Samuel Thomas. Photo: courtesy of the artist
Samuel Thomas, performer and ethnomusicologist, holds two Bachelor of Music degrees from Berklee College of Music in Jazz Composition and Performance, a Masters of Music from CUNY-Brooklyn College, and is currently finishing a Ph.D in Ethnomusicology at the City University of New York. Thomas is a woodwind specialist (saxophone, nay, clarinet, flute), percussionist, composer and vocalist. His work centers on North African musical traditions, Arab music, Jewish music, as well as jazz, rock and American popular music. Thomas is founder and bandleader of Asefa, an ensemble devoted to contemporary approaches to composition, improvisation, and fusion drawn from Sephardic, North African and jazz traditions. Thomas also is executive director of JATM (Jewish Awareness Though Music), an applied ethnomusicology organization focused on cultural exchange through music.
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