Steve Smith (musician) Time. During the following year, he was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. In 2003, his DVD "Steve Smith Drumset Technique – History of the U.S. Beat" was voted the No. 1 Educational DVD of the year. He has worked as a session musician for Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli, Elisa, Vasco Rossi, Zucchero, Savage Garden, Bryan Adams, Zakir Hussain and Sandip Burman. Additionally, he has played with jazz musicians such as Steps Ahead, Wadada Leo Smith, Tom Coster, Ahmad Jamal, Dave Liebman, Larry Coryell, Victor Wooten, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, Stuart Hamm, Dweezil Zappa,
Rav Shmuel (musician) called "B'yameinu", which featured more traditional Hasidic songs. In 2010, he was featured in the music video for The Groggers' song "Eishes Chayil". Skaist performed at the 2014 New York Antifolk Festival alongside artists like Hamell on Trial and Anne Husick of Band of Susans. Skaist lives in New York with his wife and six children. Rav Shmuel (musician) Shmuel Skaist (born December 8, 1964), known professionally as Rav Shmuel, is an American Orthodox rabbi, speaker, and musician from Brooklyn, New York. Initially gaining recognition for his Jewish outreach programs aimed at Phish concertgoers, Skaist taught in yeshivot in New