BIOGRAPHY

Sam Crowe graduated from Trinity College of Music, London in 2006 and has been working as a freelance musician based in London since then. As a performer he has appeared with some of the most highly regarded jazz musicians in the UK and US including Will Vinson, Jonathon Kreisberg, Julian Siegal, Phil Robson and Phil Donkin to name a few.

As a band leader, he has been widely recognized as an exciting new arrival on the UK jazz scene with his critically acclaimed debut album, Synaesthesia, garnering extremely high praise from the press and public alike. 2010’s London Jazz Festival saw The Sam Crowe Group perform sell out shows.

After graduating from Trinity, Crowe was offered the Archer’s Scholarship to work with Ivor Novello award winning band leader, Bobby Lamb. Crowe was also selected for the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency programme which recognizes outstanding young jazz composers/performers and was flown to Washington DC where he worked with a faculty of jazz greats including Curtis Fuller and Dr Billy Taylor.

In the past year, he has also composed music, both songs and score, for films featuring stars such as Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Forrest Whittaker, Rupert Friend and Harvey Keitel. Forecast Picture’s Lullaby For Pi features three of Crowe’s original songs composed for the film and Rupert Friend’s debut film as writer and director, Steve starring Colin Firth, and Kiera Knightly, which premiered at the London Film Festival in Oct 2010, features a full original score by Crowe.