NEWS

February 2012

 

I was very sad to hear the news that Phil Snack passed away last month. Phil was a true gentleman; a kind, generous man and a truly wonderful saxophonist. It was always a real pleasure and honour for me to play with Phil and he, along with his music, will be sadly missed.

 

Sam is currently regularly working with;

‘How Sweet It Is’ Motown show www.pbpromotions.co.uk

‘Katy Setterfield’ Dusty Springfield tribute www.katysetterfield.com

‘One Foot in the Groove’ www.onefootinthegroove.co.uk

‘Platinum Gold’ www.functionband.com

‘Rob Hughes Quartet’ www.robhughesmusic.com

‘Sam Edwards Trio’

‘The Fellowship’

‘The Mervyn Wright Orchestra’ http://www.belvederejazz.co.uk/index.html

‘The Real Thing’ www.theofficialrealthing.com

‘Trevor Newnham trio’ www.easycompanyjazztrio.co.uk

‘Zak Barrett Quartet’ www.myspace.com/zakbarrettquartet

 

The ZAK BARRETT QUARTET released their first album, ‘XI by IV’ in January 2003; it consists of all original music composed by Zak and features: Pete Riley (drums), Andy Staples (bass), Sam (piano / keyboards) and Zak (sax).

The Quartet (now with Martin Johnson on drums www.martinmagicjohnson.com) released their second album, ‘JAZZLIGHTIN’ in 2007. Visit: www.myspace.com/zakbarrettquartet

 

 

‘Featuring a line up of some of the hottest jazz talent in the area they perform lively, funk-induced jazz of the highest quality. The quartet play completely original material by Barrett and Edwards.’

Keep an eye on Sam’s date sheet to see when to catch this great modern Jazz Fusion band.

If you wish to purchase ‘XI BY IV’ or ‘JAZZLIGHTIN’ please e-mail (see below).

 

 

 

THE REAL THING deserve the title Britain’s No 1 Soul Band. With three number one hits in the 70`s; ‘You to me are Everything’, ‘Can’t get by without you’ & ‘Feel the Force’ (all No 1 again in the 80`s!)

The UK`s best selling black group of the late 70`s - only The Beatles & Frankie goes to Hollywood, have had more singles in the all time top 100.”

 

During 2012 Sam will be playing with The Real Thing all over the U.K. so to catch this superb show – with an excellent band featuring, Sam, Jon Bower (Bass) John Chapman (Sax) Stuart Ansell (Guitar) and Danny Rose (Drums) see www.theofficialrealthing.com.

 

 

 

 

 

For four years now Sam has been playing for Katy Setterfield and is now musical director for this show.

“Fans of the late, great Dusty Springfield will love Katy Setterfield’s top tribute show.  After winning the BBC talent contest The One and Only, Katy went on to perform in ‘Legends in Concert’ in Las Vegas and then toured all round the UK with her fabulous concert show paying tribute to Dusty and other great female vocalists as well as introducing the fantastic singing talents of Katy in her own right.”

 

This show is really worth seeing and there are many dates in the diary already for 2012; for further information and dates check: www.katysetterfield.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Other work for Sam during 2012 includes gigs with;

ZAK’S FELLOWSHIP OF FUNK at ‘The Bassment’ Wells Street, Chelmsford (Thursday nights from 9.30pm)

THE TREVOR NEWNHAM TRIO www.easycompanyjazztrio.co.uk

THE ROB HUGHES QUARTET Rob has a superb album ‘BUTTERFLY’ which features Sam on a couple of tracks, visit: www.robhughesmusic.com

 

And the excellent function bands;

PLATINUM GOLD www.functionband.com

ONE FOOT IN THE GROOVE www.onefootinthegroove.co.uk

 

Sam performs regularly at the BELVEDERE JAZZ CLUB http://www.belvederejazz.co.uk/index.html (Hardings Elm Road, Crays Hill, Billericay) with the Mervyn Wright Orchestra and also with his own trio, featuring guest artistes such as ALAN BARNES (Sax), BRUCE ADAMS (Trumpet), JO FOOKES (Sax) and PHIL SNACK (Sax).

 

 

Back in 2008 Sam recorded an album for singer / writer, Paul Da Vinci. Recorded at ffg studios in Bredon, the album, containing all original songs by Paul, features; Alan Clark (drums), Trevor Newnham (bass) and Ian Pearce (guitar). Visit: www.myspace.com/pauldavinci

 

 

 

 

Sam offers a professional music copying service providing excellent, common sense, accurate and superbly presented charts at very reasonable rates. Clients have included THE REAL THING, ODYSSEY, STEVE BALLARD ‘Elvis’ and ‘King Rocker’ Shows, THE MOTOWN SHOW, HOW SWEET IT IS, NEWPALM PRODUCTIONS, KATY SETTERFIELD, HEART & SOUL, REACH OUT and many others. Please e-mail Sam by clicking here for more details.

Sam continues to record and arrange backing tapes for various dance / theatre school projects including ‘Make believe’ productions, Tiffany’s theatre college in Southend and Claire Cooper’s Billericay Dance Centre. Sam also composed and performed the score for a documentary on ‘Hylands House’ in Chelmsford (released in the autumn of 2003) and ‘Fulham Palace’ (2006/’07) both short films by Phil Rhodes.

 

 

CLAIRE HARPER www.claireharperquartet.com is busy working with her quartet and on her own solo / duo projects accompanying herself on the piano. You can contact Claire by clicking here

She has a new show ‘De-lovely; a tribute to Cole Porter’ there are complete promotional materials available for the quartet, trio & duo, so for any enquiries please e-mail.

 

 

 

THE LOTUS STRING QUARTET is made up of four freelance professional musicians (two violins, viola and cello) playing in and around London, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Essex and Kent. The Quartet is set up to cater for all tastes in music and is experienced in entertaining for all occasions. Visit their web site: www.lotus-string-quartet.co.uk

 

 

 

 

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