Sam Barsh was born on 1981 and is an American songwriter, keyboardist and record producer.
17 Facts About Sam Barsh
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Sam Barsh attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL and William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey.
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Sam Barsh moved to New York City in 2001 and currently resides in Los Angeles.
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From 2003 to 2006 Sam Barsh was a member of the band of bassist Avishai Cohen, with whom he toured the world extensively.
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In 2013, Sam Barsh co-wrote The Man for Aloe Blacc's album Lift Your Spirit.
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Sam Barsh played keyboards on the 2014 Kendrick Lamar song I, which received the award for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards.
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Sam Barsh composed and played keyboards on the song Institutionalized on Lamar's GRAMMY-winning 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly.
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In 2016, Sam Barsh co-wrote and played on the songs Heart Don't Stand a Chance and Your Prime for Anderson.
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In 2017, Sam Barsh co-wrote Logic's Black Spiderman, which won an MTV Video Music Award for "Best Fight Against the System" and was certified Gold by the RIAA.
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In 2019, Sam Barsh released an album titled The Nine, which was commissioned as part of the Skirball Cultural Center's "Notorious RBG" exhibit on the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Sam Barsh co-wrote 2 songs on Kanye West's 2021 album Donda.
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In 2023 and 2024 Sam Barsh produced and co-wrote songs with Doja Cat, Schoolboy Q, Kali Uchis, and Andy Grammer.
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Sam Barsh has performed with Babyface, Bobby McFerrin, Boyz II Men, Branford Marsalis, Bruno Mars, Cassandra Wilson, Common, David Foster, Debbie Friedman, Emily King, Estelle, Fred Wesley, Gene Simmons, Gregory Porter, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kiran Ahluwalia, Large Professor, Lonnie Plaxico, Mark Ballas, Mino Cinelu, Natasha Bedingfield, Quadron, Ravi Coltrane, Rez Abbasi, Robin Eubanks, Roy Hargrove, Stevie Wonder, The Brand New Heavies, and Tom Jones.
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Sam Barsh was nominated for the 2022 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his work on Kanye West's Donda.
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In 2024, Sam Barsh was inducted into New Trier High School's Alumni Hall of Honor.
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Sam Barsh was a nominee for the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter Award at the 2014 Soul Train Awards.
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Sam Barsh was awarded a 2000 Downbeat Magazine Student Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Soloist.