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Richard Sadler

Works as musician, composer and sound engineer.  Plays all genres of music - jazz, pop, blues (even country!) In studio and onstage as session musician (eg Ray Davies (Kinks), Paul Weller, Tom Jones).  Has played at major festivals in the UK (Glastonbury, The Big Chill, London Jazz Festival etc)  Has played in major venues in UK from Queen Elizabeth Hall to Ronnie Scott's, etc Played at jazz clubs and festivals in USA (Rochester), Canada (Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto), Australia (Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne) , New Zealand (Auckland, Queenstown) Thailand, most of Europe (not all tho!!)... TV - Later With Jools Holland, RTE Eire Radio - sessions for BBC Radio 3 and 6 (Jazz Line Up and Tom Robinson) Tiny bit of teaching (one week a year at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama summer school!)

Awards

BBC Jazz Award 2007


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Album Review

Meg Morley Trio: Journey Through Home

Read "Journey Through Home" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Meg Morley self-released her debut EP, Through the Hours, in 2017 and followed it up a few months later that year with her trio's first album, the self-published Can't Get Started. Five years later, the same trio--Morley on piano, Richard Sadler on bass and Emiliano Caroselli on drums-- has returned, with Journey Through Home. It is a very welcome return, a record that retains the verve and quality of the previous album while expanding the range of Morley's compositions and ...

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Meg Morley: Can't Get Started

Read "Can't Get Started" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Only a few months after releasing her debut solo EP--Through The Hours (Self Produced, 2017)--the London-based Australian pianist and composer Meg Morley releases her first trio album, Can't Get Started, in the company of bassist Richard Sadler and drummer Emiliano Caroselli. Through The Hours was an impressive debut, showcasing Morley's ability to conjure up varied moods and at times unsettling atmospheres. Can't Get Started takes things further, expanding her thematic ideas and taking full advantage of the contributions of Sadler ...

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"The playing from Richard Sadler (Double Bass)... demands every nerve in your body to move with their rhythm, at times echoing the Bristol-flavour of Roni Size Reprazent or the double bass assisted styling of live drum and bass group, Red Snapper." the bristol metro

"...a creative, abrasive blast of fatback drums, rubbery bass and thick, pounding ivory..." the scotsman, edinburgh.

"...this is not just a pianist with backing; it is an integrated band with Cowley melding seamlessly with the bass of Richard Sadler and the dynamic drumming of Evan Jenkins. Nowhere was this better illustrated than in the opening number, How Do We Catch Up, built around Sadler's strong riff line, which is the fulcrum of the piece..." eastern daily press, norwich.

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Primary Instrument

Bass, acoustic

Location

London

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Guildhall School of Music & Drama Summer School (2000 - present)

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Requiem For The...

Self Produced
2019

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Can't Get Started

Self Produced
2017

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-isq

Cheesepeas Records
2012

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Requiem For The Faithful

From: Requiem For The Faithful
By Richard Sadler

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