Doors 6.30pm | Performance 8pm | Event Calendar CLICK HERE
The Soul Mama Menu offers a delightful blend of African, Caribbean, and South American cuisine. Soul Mama was listed in the “top restaurants to look forward to in 2024 list” by the Evening Standard. Please take a moment to explore our menu.
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The Sam Every (little) Big Band - Queens of Soul
Featuring legendary hits from artists like Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and more- tonight, the Sam Every (little) Big Band celebrate the Queens of Soul. Performing spanning fromthe 60s to the present day, this is a night for boogie-ing down to fresh new big bandarrangements of all of your favourite chart toppers from some of the most iconic leading ladies. Performed by one of the most exciting young big bands on the scene today, this is a night to dance the summer away!...
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Doors 6.30pm | Performance 8pm | Event Calendar CLICK HERE
The Soul Mama Menu offers a delightful blend of African, Caribbean, and South American cuisine. Soul Mama was listed in the “top restaurants to look forward to in 2024 list” by the Evening Standard. Please take a moment to explore our menu.
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The Sam Every (little) Big Band - Queens of Soul
Featuring legendary hits from artists like Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and more- tonight, the Sam Every (little) Big Band celebrate the Queens of Soul. Performing spanning fromthe 60s to the present day, this is a night for boogie-ing down to fresh new big bandarrangements of all of your favourite chart toppers from some of the most iconic leading ladies. Performed by one of the most exciting young big bands on the scene today, this is a night to dance the summer away!
After making their London club debut in 2019, they have obtained a 100% sell-out record at all oftheir Jazz club performances, making serious waves in the UK jazz industry. They are regularperformers at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, and have performed multiple sell-out showsat the world-famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London’s Soho alongside dates at the RoyalAlbert Hall. They are a projects-based band, performing a variety of unique sets, entirely compiledof original arrangements for the band, featuring acclaimed UK singers. So far they have workedwith the award-winning Emma Smith, Iain Mackenzie, Katie Birtill, Freddie Benedict and manymore. The band also regularly appear on the festival scene, most notably frequently headlining theTwinwood Music Festival, in BedfordshireAfter making their London club debut in 2019, they have obtained a 100% sell-out record at all oftheir Jazz club performances, making serious waves in the UK jazz industry. They are regularperformers at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, and have performed multiple sell-out showsat the world-famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London’s Soho alongside dates at the RoyalAlbert Hall. They are a projects-based band, performing a variety of unique sets, entirely compiledof original arrangements for the band, featuring acclaimed UK singers. So far they have workedwith the award-winning Emma Smith, Iain Mackenzie, Katie Birtill, Freddie Benedict and manymore. The band also regularly appear on the festival scene, most notably frequently headlining theTwinwood Music Festival, in Bedfordshire
In 2025, the band embarked on their 2nd UK tour, as repeat recipients of Arts Council Englandfunding. Performing new reimaginings of everything from Guilty Pleasures to TV Themes, the bandperformed at some iconic UK venues like Eastside Jazz Club (Birmingham) and LiverpoolPhilharmonic Hall (Liverpool). The band are also regular performers at the EFG London JazzFestival; opening the festival for Pizza Express Jazz Club in 2023 with UK singing starlet EmmaSmith, before most recently headlining the festival in 2024.Â
Outside of live performing, during the 2020 lockdown, the band remotely recorded a 5-trackChristmas EP, named “Christmas Is Here.” A mixture of original songs and arrangements by bandleader Sam Every, the EP was digitally released to critical acclaim. It quickly gained multiplelistens across BBC Radio and was used in several Christmas adverts in 2020 and 2021 acrossITV, Channel 4, BT Sport and SKY TV.
“[Every] Offers a quality of writing, performance and production far beyond his years. Genuinely original writing with clever lyrics andfine rhythm section playing. Forget the next generation – thisis the music of now!”
-Malcolm Edmonstone,Internationally renowned Arranger and Orchestrator
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