Sam Leak
Sam Leak is an English jazz pianist based in London, known for his albums Places, on Jellymould Jazz, and Aquarium, on the Babel Label.
Education
Leak studied Jazz piano with Gwilym Simcock at the Royal Academy of Music. Leak is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, where he is researching the learnability of Absolute Pitch by adults.Lecturer in music
Leak is a Senior lecturer in Popular Music at Middlesex University.Critical reception
His band 'Aquarium,' with saxophonist James Allsopp, double bassist Calum Gourlay, and drummer Joshua Blackmore, have been described by BBC Music Magazine as playing "assured and sophisticated acoustic jazz with deep roots in the tradition, that knows exactly what it's trying to do, and succeeds." Mojo describe them as: "Multi-faceted and smart as a pin, this is poetic chamber jazz of a very high order."Discography
As leader:Aquarium - Aquarium Places - AquariumAs sidemanIn Bad Company - Filipe Monteiro Road Ahead - Mark Perry and Duncan Eagles Quintet Seven Deadly Sings - Louise Gibbs Ghetto - The SPIKE Orchestra Cerberus: Book of Angels Volume 26 - John Zorn and The SPIKE Orchestra Simians of Swing - Simians of Swing Gathering - Chris Rand Ask, Seek, Knock - Samuel Eagles and Spirit