PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)

The Sam Every Big Band makes its eagerly anticipated return to the PizzaExpress Jazz Club in Soho for an epic Christmas Spectacular show. Featuring the supreme vocal talents of the award winning Luca Manning and Meg Bird, the band are presenting a night of classic Christmas tunes arranged especially for the band by band leader and conductor Sam Every. Celebrating the Christmas classics we all know and love, as well as new original Christmas songs from the bands 2020 EP release 'Christmas is Here' (as heard on BBC Radio) - you can expect a night of not only incredible live music, but significant yuletide cheer.

“[Every] Offers a quality of writing, performance and production far beyond his years. Genuinely original writing with clever lyrics and fine rhythm section playing. Forget the next generation – this is the music of now!”

The Sam Every Big Band broke onto the scene in 2019 with two sell out performances at the world renowned Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho. Since then, they have worked with numerous artists including British jazz vocal legend Sara Colman and the award winning young vocalist Luca Manning.

They have so far sold out top London venues including the PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Milton Court Concert Hall, and are currently booking into iconic jazz venues like the Spice of Life club and Toulouse Lautrec. in 2020 the big band remotely recorded, produced and released a 5 track Christmas EP to critical acclaim, gaining numerous plays across BBC radio. Sam Every founded EveryAudio in 2020. Sam Every is an arranger, conductor and band leader from Cornwall, who has recently graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

EveryAudio is a multimedia service providing education, event production, online distribution, bespoke arrangements and compositions plus many more musical services. Please visit the website www.everyaudio.co.uk for more information, or follow @every_audio on instagram to stay totally up to date.

Band Line Up

Sam Every (conductor/bandleader)
George Hogg, James Davison, Finn Bradley, tbc (trumpets)
Jacob Cooper, Rory Ingham, Daniel Higham, Simon Chorley (bs.) (trombone)
Tom Smith, Jessica Bullen, Damon Oliver, Jonny Ford, Claire Shaw (saxophone)
Matt Carter (piano)
Oli Mason (guitar)
Seth Tackaberry (bass)
Luke Tomlinson (drums)