Sam Edwards G.c.l.c.m.
BIOGRAPHY
Sam was born in London in 1970 to a musical family; his
mother and sister both are professional musicians. Sam studied classical music
at the Colchester institute for 2 years from 1986
where he attained grade 8 Piano, grade 8 theory of music and two ‘A’ levels
(Theory and Practical) in music. Sam then graduated with a 1st in Jazz and
Contemporary music from the City of Leeds College of music in 1991. (1st
study: Piano / Keyboards. 2nd study: Arranging).
As a professional
musician Sam has worked in many areas of the music industry, below are listed
just some of his work credits as either a Keyboard player, Pianist, or Musical
Director:
PERFORMER:
STAR ACTS: Boney M, Brotherhood of Man, George McRae, The
Real Thing, The Commitments, The Drifters, The Contours, Odyssey, Rose Royce,
JTQ, Jackie Graham, Paul Da Vinci.
SHOW BANDS: Katy Setterfield tribute to Dusty Springfield,
Sisters of Soul, Reach Out, The History of Motown, Sweet Home Chicago, Tribute
to the Carpenters, Stars in their eyes ‘Magic of Motown’ & ‘Legends of
Rock’, Walk Right Back, Terry Nash ‘Meatloaf’, Karen Noble tribute to Dusty
Springfield, Heart & Soul, Elvis ‘That’s the way it was’ & ‘King
Rocker’ shows featuring Steve Ballard.
THEATRE: Newpalm Productions: Musical Director for
Pantomime at Chelmsford civic theatre for 16 years and musical director /
keyboard player for several of their productions including; ‘Rocky Horror
Show’, ‘Me & My Girl’, ‘Joseph’ and ‘Peter Pan’. Born to Perform (M.D. 4
years), Barry Stacie Productions (M.D. for numerous children’s shows),
Keyboard player for many shows
including; ‘West Side Story’, ‘Grease’, ‘Chess’, ‘Anything Goes’.
FUNCTION BANDS: The Usual
Suspects, Platinum Gold, Sweet Freedom, Masquerade, What is Hip, Prophecy, Tony
Evans Orchestra, Alvin Jones Band and The John Chapman Orchestra.
JAZZ: The Claire Harper Quartet / Duo, New Shoes, the
Fellowship of Funk, Export, Glenn Miller Orchestra (Europe), Graham Hunter
Quartet, Zak Barrett Quartet, Rob Hughes Quartet, Steve Creese Quintet, Mervyn
Wright Big Band, Sam Edwards Trio (plus guests such as; Alan Barnes, Phil Snack
and Bruce Adams amongst many others).
ARRANGER /
COMPOSER:
Barrie Stacey Productions
BBC
Boney M
Born To Perform
Capital Radio
Claire Harper Quartet
Essex FM
Fulham Palace
Heart & Soul
Hylands House (Chelmsford Council)
Katy Setterfield
Make Believe Dance and Theatre School
New Shoes
Newpalm Productions
North Star Music
Prophecy
Reach Out
Sisters of Soul
Tiffany Theatre College
Zak Barrett Quartet
Sam is a registered member of the P.R.S.
RECORDING:
Extensive studio and live
recording work with many of the above-mentioned artists.
Several Albums and
CDs’ available including Sam’s own Album, ‘LOOKING BOTH WAYS’ (1998), two
albums with The Claire Harper Quartet, ‘THE CLAIRE HARPER QUARTET’ (2000) and
‘CRY ME A RIVER’ (2001), New Shoes ‘SEE YOU ON THE ICE’ (2002) and The Zak
Barrett Quartet’s ‘XI by IV’ (2002) and ‘JAZZLIGHTING’ (2006).
EQUIPMENT:
Behringer MX 802 Mixing
Desk
Cubase SE Sequencer
Cubase VST Sequencer
Db Opera 112 Powered
speakers x2
Encore Music
Scoring Software
JBL Eon 10 Powered
speakers x2
Korg MS-2000 Analogue
Synth
Korg T-2 Workstation
Synth
Roland D-50 Synthesizer
Roland JV 1080 Sound
Module
Roland JV 2080 Sound
Module
Roland RD-700sx Digital
Piano
Roland SC-88 Sound
Canvas Module
Roland VK-7 Combo
Organ
Roland XP-50 JV
1080 w/Keyboard
Roland XP-60 Workstation
Synth
Sibelius 6 Music Scoring Software
Sony CDR-W C.d.
writer
Sony JE-510 Mini-disc
recorder
Sound Forge 4.5 Audio
Editor
Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer
Yamaha P-90 Digital
Piano
Yamaha Pf-10 E.Piano
Zoom RFX-300 Digital
Multi effect unit
© 2006
S.Edwards SAM-E Music