Sam Newsome
Soprano Saxophonist
Improviser
Solo Performer
Sound Enthusiast
BEST OF 2021 - Sam Newsome Quartet
"Concerts of the Year"

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Afro Horn @ Clemente Cultural Center/Flamboyan Theater @7:00 PM
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Alex Harding, baritone sax
Auran Ortiz, piano
Rashaan Carter, bass
Roman Diaz, percussion
Francisco Mora Catlett, drums

Sam Newsome Quartet @ Supercrawl Festival - Oct. 8,2021
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Angelica Sanchez, piano
William Parker, bass
Reggie Nicholson, drums
Elliott Sharp /Sam Newsome Duo
Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 5:00 PM - La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez (Ave C & 9th St) as part of the 10th Annual LUNGS Festival

Sam Newsome Trio @ The Children's Magical Garden

Featured Review

Please check out my new review in the February 2021 issue of the New York City Jazz Record. John Sharpe did a wonderful job reviewing my triple release: Sonic Journey (Live at the Redroom); Subspace Interception (Live at the Women from Space Festival); Free Wyoming (Live at the Metro Coffee Co.) Also, check out the review of We've Had Enough featuring Fay Victor's Sound Noise Funk.
2021 Concert Dates
Sunday, January 17, 2021, @ 4:00 PM
3rd Sunday Jazz With The Beyond Flute Group At Zoom, Online!
Judy Silvano, voice
Cheryl Pyle, flute
Haruna Fukazawa, flute
Gene Coleman, flute
Claire de Brunner, bassoon
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Michael Eaton, tenor sax
Thursday, February 11, 2021 @ 8:00 pm
Fay Victor: Album Release for SoundNoiseFUNK’s WE’VE HAD ENOUGH!
Fay Victor, voice
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Joe Morris, guitar
Reggie Nicholson
Roulette via Zoom
(Will post link closer to the date)
Thursday, February 18, 2021 @ 8:00 PM
Online_Salon series
Sam Newsome Trio
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Hilliard Greene, bass
Reggie Nicholson, drums
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 @ 8:00 PM
Writers Guild Spoken Word Series
Sam Newsome, solo saxophone
Zoom (Will post link close to the date of the show)
Thursday, March 4, 2021 @ 5:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Smalls Jazz Club
Sam Newsome Quartet
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Angelica Sanchez, piano
Hilliard Greene, bass
Reggie Nicholson, drums
Zoom (Will post link closer to the date
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 @ 5:00 PM
FSU - College of Music
Saxophone Masterclass w/ Geoffrey Diebel, Assistant Professor of Saxophone
ZOOM (will post link closer to the date)
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 @ 7:30 PM
Bar Bayeux Wednesday Night LIVE Stream sponsored by KeyedUp
Sam Newsome Quartet
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Angelica Sanchez, piano
Hilliard Greene, bass
Reggie Nicholson, drums
Zoom (Will post link closer to the date
Saturday, June 12, 2021@ 3:00 PM
First Street Green Cultural Park - Arts for Art (in-person)
Sam Newsome Trio
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Hilliard Greene, bass
Reggie Nicholson, drums
33 E. 1st Street
New York, NY
10003
July 17, 2021
Newton Jazz Festival
Bushwich, Brooklyn
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
July 18, 2021 @ all day
Saxophone Madness Summer Intensive (Guest clinician)
Tony Malaby, July 16
Chris Cheek, July 17
Sam Newsome, July 18
These sessions are sponsored by the New York Jazz Workshop and they will also be hybrid.
August 7, 2021
Downtown Music Series @ Oliver Street Cafe
Three sets: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
2:00 PM - John Sinton, bari sax Sam Newsome, soprano sax, Daniel Carter, woodwinds
3:00 PM - Matana Roberts
4:00 PM - Laura Cocks
5 Oliver Street
New York, NY
10038
September 19, 2021
Children's Magical Garden - Arts for Art
Francisco Mora Catlett
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Salem Washington, tenor sax
129 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002
2:00 PM
September 14, 2021
Scholes Street Studio
Max Johnson Ensemble
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Ingrid Laubrock, tenor sax
Mark Dresser, bass
Max Johnson, drums
180 Scholes Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
7:00 PM
September 19, 2021
Children's Magical Garden - Arts for Art
SN Trio
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Hilliard Greene, bass
Reggie Nicholson, drums
129 Stanton Street
New York, NY 10002
2:00 PM
September 22, 2021
Musichory at Green-Wood Cemetery (Improvised Music Concert)
500 25th Street
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
October 8, 2021
Zula Presents Something Else! Festival
with Supercrawl at On the Bay
Bayfront Park
200 Harbour Front
Dr.Hamilton
SAM NEWSOME QUARTET
SAM NEWSOME soprano saxophone
ANGELICAL SANCHEZ piano
WILLIAM PARKER double bass
REGGIE NICHOLSON drums
October 9, 2021 (Two sets)
Andrew Drury's Sound & Sound Series
2:00 PM - Sam Newsome, solo (made possible by a generous grant from City Arts Corps_
2:30 PM - Chaos Theory Sax Quartet (made possible by a generous grant from Brooklyn Arts Council)
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Caroline Davis, soprano sax
Don Chapman, soprano sax
Catherine Sikora, soprano sax
Urban Meadow
Red Hook, Brooklyn
(corner of President St. & Van Brunt)
October 10, 2021
Darius Jones
Darius Jones, alto sax
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Chad Taylor, drums
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY
7:00 PM
October 2021 Tour
Fay Victor's SoundNoise Funk
Fay Victor, voice
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Joe Morris, guitar
Reggie Nicholson
Friday, October 22, 2021, Baltimore, MD (An Die Musik)
Saturday, October 23, 2021 - Philadelphia, PA (The Fire Museum)
Sunday, October 24, 2021 - Washington, DC (Rhizome)
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - Chicago, IL (Constellation)
Thursday, October 28, 2021 - Ann Arbor, MI (EdgeFest Jazz Festival)
November 6, 2021
Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Washington Heights Jazz Festival
181st and Cabrini LaCeila
4:00 PM
November 11, 2021
Francisco Mora Catlett & Afro Horn
Clemente Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY
7:00 PM
November 16, 2021
Carmen Staaf Quartet
Bar Lunatico
486 Halsey St
Brooklyn, NY
9:00 PM
December 5, 2021
Fay Victor & SoundNoise Funk
Real Art Ways Series
Hartford, Conn
3:00 PM
Latest News!
On January 3, 2022, my new book will be released on Amazon.com. Titled Be Inspired, Stay Focused, this book is my second one to date.
BEST OF 2021 - NYC Jazz Record
The SN Quartet was selected as one the "Concerts of the Year." The group performed at Bar Bayeax.
Quartet:
Sam Newsome, soprano sax
Angelica Sanchez, piano
Hilliard Greene, bass
Reggie Nicholson, drums

Musical Projects
Chaos Theory Unit Saxophone Quartet
Chaos Theory Unit is an experimental saxophone quartet consisting of four soprano saxophones. The instruments are often performed in prepared states.
Members:
- Sam Newsome, soprano sax
- Caroline Davis, soprano sax
- Rodney Chapman, soprano sax
- Catherine Sikora, soprano sax
Sam Newsome Quartet
This modern jazz/experimental quartet features Sam Newsome's original compositions, as well as the re-imagining of commonly known jazz classics..
Members:
- Sam Newsome, soprano sax
- Angelical Sanchez, piano
- Hilliard Greene, bass
- Reggie Nicholson, drums
Sam Newsome Trio
This trio plays all improvised music. Much of the musical activity is directed by Newsome's personal vocabulary of sounds and experimentations.
- Sam Newsome, soprano sax
- Hilliard Greene, bass
- Reggie Nicholson, drums
Sam Newsome(Solo)
During his solo concerts, Newsome takes listeners on a musical journey from the early beginnings of jazz to the unexplored terrains of the avant garde.
BIOGRAPHY
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PRESS QUOTES
"Sam Newsome, one of our most talented and important jazz voices, completely outdoes himself with Sopranoville.”
Terrell Holmes, The New York City Jazz Record
"Newsome cuts around the edges of the soprano’s fundamentally sweet sound to mimic double-reed instruments from the Middle East, the native singing of Mongolia, bamboo flutes from the Orient."
Nick DeRiso, Something Else Reviews
"A cult classic, for the soprano cult.
Otto Kokke, The Burning Ambulance
"As solo sax recordings go, I remain a big fan of the Anthony Braxton / John Butcher styles and approaches. However, in view of Sopranoville, I’ll be adding Newsome to the list of individuals whose future output is of interest."
Avant Music News
"...extended technique but taken to the next power."
Ken Ackermann, All About Jazz
"A nice look at the outer edges from a cat with the chops to pull it off."
MIdwest Records
"On his latest album Newsome has pushed the limits on his saxophone exploring experimental and avant-garde sounds."
Jon Neudorf, Sea of Tranquility
Newsome expands the sound of a single soprano into a one-man band."
He is a total master of his instrument, and he can play extraordinary melodies on it.
Phil Freeman, The Wire
INTERVIEWS
NPR’s FRESH AIR - K. Whitehead
NEON JAZZ - Joe Dimino
The Burning Ambulance
- Phil Freeman
The Jazz Session - Jason Crane
McGill University Press - Chris Maskell
The Radical Imagination
From Inside Out - Debbie Burke
Hot House Magazine -
Seton Hawkins
New York City Jazz Record
- Kurt Gottschalk
JAZZARIUM.PL
- Maciej Krawiec
The Jazz Chronicles
- Michael Pelias
DISCOGRAPHY
(Click on CD Covers to BUY or LISTEN)

Magic Circle -
Sam Newsome
and Jean-Michel Pilc (2017)

Blue Soliloquy (2009)
PRESS PHOTOS
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