Sam Newsome
Soprano Saxophonist
Improviser
Solo Performer
Sound Enthusiast
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.
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
Latest News!

Received an Honorable Mention by Avant Music News for Sonic Journey: Live at the Red Room
Sonic Journey: Live at the Red Room & SN Trio: Free Wyoming (Live at the Metro Coffee Co.) received honorable mentions for 2020 Best Releases.
Was named Best Jazz & Improvisational Music in 2020, Soprano Saxophone category.
Received a nomination in the Soprano Saxophone category.
- Evan Parker
- Sam Newsome
- Dave Liebman
- Ingrid Laubrock
- Roscoe Mithcell
- Jane Ira Bloom
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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