Watch the video from Sam Jaffe's performance at the Coca Cola Vibezone Festivals in Rio and Sau Paulo, Brasil, where Jaffe was one of the Main-stage headliners, performing to over 65,000 people! Copy and paste this site to your browser to watch it n [+]Watch the video from Sam Jaffe's performance at the Coca Cola Vibezone Festivals in Rio and Sau Paulo, Brasil, where Jaffe was one of the Main-stage headliners, performing to over 65,000 people! Copy and paste this site to your browser to watch it now:
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Born in Boston, MA to folk-hippy parents, Sam Jaffe was captured by music and the arts at a very early age. Learning how to play guitar and piano from his mother at age 5, he gravitated towards the great artists of his parents’ generation; singer-songwriters such as Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Joni Mitchel, and Paul Simon, and classic rock acts such as The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and The Beatles. He says, ”it seems now that my earliest memories are musical. Whether it was riding in the car with my mom at age 3 or 4 and singing along with Get Back at the top of my lungs, or singing If I Had A Hammer with my pre-school teachers… there was just always music around, and I love thinking of that now”.
At 15, toting his acoustic guitar, notebook of songs, and cab fare, Jaffe started gaining notoriety around New England's coffee houses, clubs, and college campuses. After high school in Cape Cod, he went south to study music at the esteemed University of Miami School of Music, majoring in classical voice and jazz composition. It was in these years that he started to combine his roots in folk and rock with his education of jazz and world music, which is evident today in the textures and rhythms that flow through his song’s arrangements. While still in school, he was performing constantly around South Florida both solo and with full bands. These performances garnered critical, national attention including write-ups in Billboard and Musician Magazine, and lead to endorsement contracts with Taylor Guitars and Elixir Strings, both relationships that continue today
Sam Jaffe is currently living in Los Angeles, CA, and when not touring the US, Europe, and South America, he performs regularly around California's premier venues, both with a band and solo. His brand of big, hook-heavy, soulful, funky, pop-rock continues to draw large crowds of fans wanting to hear his penetrating voice and captivat
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