Adrian has spent
many years working for some of the UK's leading brass &
woodwind specialists advising sax players of all
standards and inspiring them with his infectious
enthusiasm for all things saxophone.
A keen sax player of
more than 20 years, Adrian continues to play in various
bands focussing on soul, blues, funk and Jump Jive with
a twist of jazz.
When not playing with
bands or selling and giving advice on saxes, Adrian teaches
sax and clarinet to Grade 8 standard.
Liam Young - Assistant
Manager
After studying Piano for many years he
took the step to the dark side and picked up the Alto at
the age of 17. Very quickly swapping to Tenor, Liam
moved quickly and completed his BA Music/Jazz Studies in
2006 where he was tutored Saxophone by Rob Townsend,
Mark Lockhart and Martin Speake.
Taking a sabbatical from music, Liam
worked in IT and Business, gathering all the experience
and knowledge to enable him to bring his two interests
together.
Liam started working for Sax.co.uk in
October 2009 and is now the Assistant Manager of the
London Branch with great aspirations for the future.
Musical
activities involve playing in various bands and projects
all around London varying from Swing
to SKA and he is always on the lookout for something
different!
Weapon of Choice: Selmer Reference 36
Antiqued Tenor, fully loaded with an SR Technologies
Legend and Alexander NY DC reeds.
Paul Burch
- Saxophone advisor
Paul started the saxophone having
lessons with Don Rendell and Paul Harvey and then went
on to study at the Londoncollege of music. He
graduated with diplomas and moved on working with
various music authorities in both the London and surrey
areas.
Latterly he joined the regimental band of
the Coldstream guards in which he played alto, tenor and
baritone saxophones as well as the clarinet! He
toured and recorded with them as well as performing many
of the changing of the guard ceremonies for over 5 years
(ouch!) Since then he has performed regularly on various
carnival cruise liners where he holds the baritone sax
chair.
This is in between his hectic teaching
schedule with Surrey county arts and Enfield arts
support service.
Paul plays
regularly on the London club circuit with the 10pc
rock/pop/soul band The Bizzarros
& nowadays runs
the Denmark Street Big Band.
Simon Picard
- Saxophone advisor Simon is one
awesome player and we are proud to have him working
with us in London. He has played with and is
respected by many of Europe's leading jazz
musicians.
Check out the video (Simon Playing
towards the end)
Mark Bishop Mark
Bishop graduated from Newark college where he
studied Woodwind Making & Repair, hand building a
complete Boehm system clarinet from basic raw
materials during the course. Since then he has
specialised in saxophone repair and particularly
enjoys restoring vintage horns.
If you have a sick sax then
bring it in to Mark at the London shop for an
estimate or contact him on 020 7836 7172 or
email: mark@sax.co.uk
