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 - Aquarium
As sideman