"Sam Leak is one of the brightest young stars in the jazz piano galaxy, a heavenly improviser and a brilliant prospect for the future." - Helen Mayhew

"a truly exciting and developmental player" - Gerard Presencer

"Aquarium could be the most exciting jazz band you see this year" - spoonfed.co.uk

"Gifted" - Time Out

"the ever-inventive Sam Leak on Piano" - londonjazz.blogspot.com


Sam Leak is a Jazz Piano player from Cricklewood in North London.He runs the Sam Leak Trio with James Opstad (Double Bass) and Dave Hamblett (Drums), and the band Aquarium with James Allsopp, Calum Gourlay and Josh Blackmore. Click here to see the Sam Leak Trio press pack (also in German and French).

‘Aquarium’ perform entirely original music by Sam, and the Trio perform original music by all three members. Sam has performed widely throughout the UK, has supported Benny Golson at Ronnie Scott’s, and played at the 2008 Glastonbury Music Festival. He has appeared as a sideman on two albums. In 2008 he performed with US bass virtuoso Janek Gwizdala (Mike Stern, Randy Brecker) and performed a piano duet with John Taylor as part of Stan Sultzman's birthday Big Band concert. Sam is a current student at the Royal Academy of Music, studying under Gwilym Simcock (Jazz) and Pascal Nemirovski (Classical).