MUSIC
The Miles/Prakash Group
This Band only started in 2017 and is a collaboration between Vij Prakash on Trombone and Sam Miles on Sax. The band started as a Quartet without a chordal instrument so play and compose with a different approach to Harmony.
Sam Miles Quartet/Quintet
Sam has been writing and playing with his for this quartet for over 5 years. The main focus of this band was Melody. Not just writing melodic music but also playing great melodies from throughout the history of Jazz.
Patchwork Orchestra
The Patchwork Jazz Orchestra are a collective London based ensemble dedicated to championing big band music in a contemporary setting.
Since its debut at the 2014 London Jazz Festival, the group has been turning heads with the sound of fresh original compositions written exclusively by its members, and have appeared at some of London's best known jazz venues from the 606 Club and the Vortex, to abroad at the La Mortella concert series in Ischia, Italy.
In 2015 the orchestra won the Peter Whittingham Award, whcih funded their own pop-up night 'Patchwork', along with their debut album which they are set to record at the end of 2017.