Derek Nash's Sax Appeal Quartet at 606 Club

An award-winning saxophonist, Derek is perhaps best known as one of the featured saxophonists with the Jools Holland Band, leader of the enormously successful “Sax Appeal” and co-leader of the funk/groove outfit “Protect the Beat”. An experienced musician of many years standing his muscular, fluent, modern jazz playing has been recognised with a number of awards, including “Best Jazz Ensemble” and “Best Jazz CD” as well as being voted one of the top 5 saxophonists in the country. And if all that wasn’t enough he is also highly regarded as a recording engineer, producer and arranger, with a client list that includes Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Lulu, Kylie Minogue, David Sanborn, Martha Reeves and many more. The rest of the quartet is made up of Derek’s long time sparring partners, Pete Adams on piano, Phil Scragg on bass and Mike Bradley on drums. Terrific musicians, terrific gig this....

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An award-winning saxophonist, Derek is perhaps best known as one of the featured saxophonists with the Jools Holland Band, leader of the enormously successful “Sax Appeal” and co-leader of the funk/groove outfit “Protect the Beat”. An experienced musician of many years standing his muscular, fluent, modern jazz playing has been recognised with a number of awards, including “Best Jazz Ensemble” and “Best Jazz CD” as well as being voted one of the top 5 saxophonists in the country. And if all that wasn’t enough he is also highly regarded as a recording engineer, producer and arranger, with a client list that includes Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Lulu, Kylie Minogue, David Sanborn, Martha Reeves and many more. The rest of the quartet is made up of Derek’s long time sparring partners, Pete Adams on piano, Phil Scragg on bass and Mike Bradley on drums. Terrific musicians, terrific gig this.

“…bravura display of contemporary saxophone” The Observer;
“…breathtaking” Sunday Times

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