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SAMUEL BATISTA
SAXOPHONIST / COMPOSER / EDUCATOR
Welcome to my website
My name is Samuel Batista. I am a saxophonist, composer, and educator born and raised in San Miguelito, Panama.
The goal of this website is to build and nurture a community of creative thinkers who understand and appreciate the importance of musicianship in our society. I am currently based in Boston, where I serve as a professor at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and the North End Music & Performing Arts Center.
You can find me performing throughout the year with artists such as Ron Reid, Dr. Bill Banfield, the Imagine Orchestra, Zahili Zamora, Aníbal Cruz, Lee Fish, and Scanzonati, as well as with my own quartet or quintet.
I am constantly writing new music, and you can also find my handwritten charts on this site. In addition, I work with the Danilo Pérez Foundation in Panama, developing lectures on a wide range of musical topics for younger generations of artists.
I hope you will subscribe to my mailing list so that we may stay in touch and continue developing a richer artistic community toward a brighter creative future.
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MY MUSIC
Panama United (2019) is the debut album of Panamanian saxophonist, Samuel Batista. Each composition was created during his first years as an immigrant in the United States. The album, influenced by topics on freedom and gratitude, features Eunjeong Hwang on piano, Anthony Fung on drums and James Dale bass.
Produced and mixed by pianist Alain Mallet, Batista integrates the voice of the alto saxophone to rhythms and sounds from his childhood in Panama. The drumming of “Voices of Freedom”, picturing sounds of Panamanian marching bands, or the percussion influences from the Panamanian folklore in compositions such as “Panama United”, creates a musical space to reflect on the multilayered challenges of cultural integration.
Edited by producer William “Billy” Herron and mastered by Lior Tzemach, this record was builded on the topic of unity. As said by the Columbium painter, Camilo Arias “The concept of unity was the elemental factor in developing the art of the record.” Emphasizing clothing, architecture, dance, colors and representative traditions of the Panamanian culture.
