Samuel Laviso

Born in 1996 in Pointe-a -pitre, Guadeloupe, I grew up in a family of musician listening to Billy Cobham, Lenny White, I started playing drums by having a pair of Ronald Bruner Jr watching him play with Kenny Garrett at 6 years old. Then I learned drums and played with my father Christian Laviso (a great guitarist master of the traditional musique from Guadeloupe named GWO KA). At the age of 19 I started make arrangement with the Grammy award winner Kenny Garrett on his last album, named œDo Your Dance. Then I became his drummer and I started learning more about jazz while I was touring with his quintet all over the globe. Im still now performing in band that has building so many different generation of drummers as Brian Blade, Chris Dave Ronald Bruner Jr., Elvin Jones, Marcus Baylor... Im also performing with some French artist like the Saxophonists Jowee Omicile; David Murray the pianist Mario Canonge, Michel Zeninon, and the guitarist Christian Laviso.