SAM NEWBOULD QUINTET
"Mind-blowing, sometimes introverted and intimate and then exuberant again"
- SWN Talent Award, Netherlands
"An inspired and immersive narrative, sincerely relayed and exquisitely performed"
- Imran Mirza, UK Vibe
"Newbould's lyrical qualities in particular make the compositions of his quintet so strong"
- Gijsbert Kamer, Volkskrant, Netherlands
“The group dynamic is masterful and its inherent charm is thickly underlined on every arrangement. Chapeau!”
- Arjan Klaver, Jazzism, Netherlands
"There's a spacious confidence in the arrangements, a trust in the magic touch of his band, that turns them into gentle giants of melody and rich harmony."
- Andy Robson, Jazzwise, UK
"With clarity, sophistication, smarts, humor and a slanted tunefulness all his own, Newbould folds everything neatly into his own findings and takes listeners along for a compelling ride."
- Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz, USA
Sam Newbould - alto saxophone and compositions
Bernard van Rossum - tenor saxophone
Xavi Torres - piano
Jort Terwijn - bass
Guy Salamon - drums
ABOUT THE GROUP
“A jazz pearl...album of the week” (Amanda Kuyper NRC, NL) the Sam Newbould Quintet is an award winning international group based in Amsterdam.
Winner of the Keep an Eye Records 2019 and showcase artists at Injazz 2021, the band have been invited to perform at North Sea Jazz Festival, Love Supreme Festival (UK), BIMHUIS (NL), and Vortex (UK) amongst others.
The band present their third album Homing in June 2024. Homing is inspired by - and named after - Newbould's temporary adoption of a Polish homing pigeon, as well as his own reflections on building a life abroad. Combining humour with sadness, drama with banality, and virtuosity with simplicity, Homing is Newbould’s most personal and unapologetically bold musical statement yet. ‘Unlike the homing pigeon, my feeling of home isn’t tied to a particular place anymore, and the album is inspired by that process of building a new feeling of home.’
Celebrated for his uninhibited approach to writing both in his native UK and in The Netherlands where he lives, Newbould brings along a celebrated group of musicians, each bandleaders in their own right, to present eleven original compositions packed with musical storytelling, now further embellished with vocals and clarinet.
Homing 2024
Bogus Notus 2021
