Samuel Batista
Eliot School Teaching Artist in Trumpet and Clarinet
Panamanian saxophonist, composer, and educator Samuel Batista explores diverse cultures and soundscapes through improvisation and structured musical arrangements.
Graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2018, Batista has worked at The New England Conservatory, The Berklee Global Jazz Institute, and performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Montreal Jazz Festival, Áak’w Rock Indigenous Music Festival, and the Kriol Jazz Festival.
His debut album, Panama United, was produced by pianist Alain Mallet and premiered during the 19th edition of the Panama Jazz Festival along with his “Panamanian Sextet”.
In 2018, Batista returned to Panama and toured with Panamanian singer Ruben Blades while working as a professor at the Danilo Perez Foundation.
As a recent graduate student from the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Batista lives in Boston while working on his upcoming album Casa Lucia.
