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Sam Newbould

Sam Newbould
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About

Sam Newbould (b. 1990) is a British alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader from near Skipton in North Yorkshire who has lived and worked in Amsterdam for over a decade. He studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he now also teaches, and leads his international Sam Newbould Quintet. His album Homing (2024) was nominated for an Edison Award and named among NRC's top Dutch albums of the year, while his fourth album, One day we'll have a window, followed on Dox Records in 2026.

11
year resident and active in Amsterdam
4
studio albums released with his quintet
5
members his international quintet has
25
listing on the NRC annual list best Dutch albums (2024)

What's new

  • okt 2026

    The quintet releases its long-awaited fourth album One day we'll have a window on October 16 via Dox Records.

  • nov 2025

    In November 2025, the quintet toured Wales and England and recorded the material for the fourth album live there.

  • 2025

    Newbould was nominated for an Edison Award in 2025 and performed with his quintet at Jazzahead! in Bremen.

  • 2024

    The album Homing was named by NRC as one of the best Dutch albums of 2024.

  • 2024

    Newbould received the Rabobank So Who's Next Talent Award in 2024 as the first artist.

Tour

NijmegenTilburgGroningenLondonLerumAberdeen

Tracks

Homingthird album (2024), nominated for an Edison Award and named NRC album of the week
One day we'll have a windowfourth album (Dox Records, 2026), recorded in a windowless basement studio of the Volkshotel in Amsterdam
Bogus Notussecond album, described by All About Jazz as 'compulsive listening'
Blencathradebut album from 2019
Beelinesingle preceding the fourth album

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

Past · 3

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