Samuel Sharp - Consequential [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: BH016CD
Barcode: 5050580802728
Release Date: 23 Jun 2023
Genre: Crossover Classical

01: Lanty's Tarn - Samuel Sharp
02: Canal Crash - Samuel Sharp
03: Puzzle Permission - Samuel Sharp
04: Krasner with the Kids - Samuel Sharp
05: Upon York Wall - Samuel Sharp
06: Twinkly Tide - Samuel Sharp
07: Suffolk Moon - Samuel Sharp
08: Tiny Houses - Samuel Sharp
09: Train Across the Meadow - Samuel Sharp

London saxophonist and composer Samuel Sharp presents 'Consequential', his second solo album and first release with Scottish label Blackford Hill.

Over nine tracks, Samuel dips into his childhood memories, merging pastoral snapshots from frogspawn-spotting holidays in the Lake District with more recent family trips, where the sight of darting rabbits in the moonlight leaves him standing transfixed on a quiet country lane. Based in Hackney, with a recording studio on the edge of Walthamstow Marshes, Samuel lets East London seep into the record too, as heard on the steady rhythms of 'Train Across The Meadow', where he counts carriages thundering past him on his run, or 'Canal Crash', where sharp, punchy bass notes build steadily to a loud splash as he recalls a bicycle accident which propelled him over his handlebars into the Regent's Canal.

"I love the way that he plays the saxophone. It's pristine. It's also full of energy, and it's still very soulful as well." – Elizabeth Alker / BBC Radio 3

"Really like that - something new from London based saxophonist and composer Samuel Sharp. An album on the way, and to kick things off they've released that single called 'Twinkly Tide'" – Jez Nelson / JazzFM

"He's just so good... he did an amazing session for us a few years ago" – John Kennedy / Radio X

"Beautiful use of the saxophone" – Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2

/// Praise for Samuel's 2021 album 'Patterns Various' ///

"One of the great sax innovators of our time" – Louder Than War

"Electronical gorgeousness" – Tom Ravenscroft / BBC 6 Music

"Wonderful – part of my best new music for 2021" – Stuart Maconie / BBC 6 Music

"Sparks and colours painted so skillfully" – Elizabeth Alker / BBC Radio 3

"An album which will be looked back on as a chronicle of our times" – Backseat Mafia

“One of the great sax innovators of our time.”
Gordon Rutherford — Louder Than War

“He's just so good... he did an amazing session for us a few years ago.”
John Kennedy — Radio X

“Really like that - something new from London based saxophonist and composer Samuel Sharp. An album on the way, and to kick things off they've released that single called Twinkly Tide.”
Jez Nelson — JazzFM

“I love the way he plays the saxophone… pristine, full of energy, and still very soulful as well.”
Elizabeth Alker — BBC Radio 3

“Beautiful use of the saxophone.”
Jamie Cullum — BBC Radio 2

“You can probably tell why I’m playing this one. It’s called Suffolk Moon, which everyone knows is the best county.”
Tom Ravenscroft — BBC 6 Music