Samson studied bass in
Versailles. He was the bassist in
Georges Arvanitas's trio for nearly thirty years starting in 1965, playing with
Dexter Gordon,
Hank Mobley, and
Albert Nicholas, among others. Outside of this association, he also performed or recorded in the 1960s and 1970s with
François Biensan,
Milt Buckner,
Jimmy Dawkins,
Maynard Ferguson,
François Guin,
Slide Hampton,
Michel Hausser,
Guy Lafitte, and
Jean-Claude Naude. Later in his career, he became a professor in
Orly. == Death ==