Sam Dillon is a contemporary New York-based jazz composer whose catalog centers on albums as a leader or co-leader, including Out In The Open, Force Field, and Two Part Solution. Dillon discovered jazz at age 9 and began performing professionally at 14. His work emphasizes melodic sophistication within post-bop and hard bop traditions, with original compositions appearing on releases through labels such as Cellar Live and Posi-Tone.