Simon Willescroft – The Official Website of UK Saxophonist Simon Willescroft

welcome to the website of uk saxophonist simon willescroft

tour

No shows booked at the moment.

simon now provides online sessions

Just email him your music and he can add a professional quality saxophone track. It can then be sent back to you either as a finished product, or as a plain AIFF/WAV file so that you can mix or use your own effects as you wish.

Simon records using a Mac with Logic 9 software, a Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 audio interface/pre-amp and an sE R1 ribbon microphone.

Please send an email to simon@simonwillescroft.com to get started.

biography

PERFORMED LIVE/RECORDED WITH: DURAN DURAN • KATIE MELUA • MICHAEL BUBLE • PALOMA FAITH • JOSS STONE • CHAKA KHAN • INCOGNITO • SEAL • LEVEL 42 • TONY HADLEY • BEVERLEY CRAVEN • GARY BARLOW • ROBBIE WILLIAMS • BARRY MANILOW • JOOLS HOLLAND • MUSE • HEATHER SMALL • JOHN NEWMAN • JAMES MORRISON • DUFFY • LEMAR • MARK RONSON • ALESHA DIXON • RUMER • THE NOISETTES • OMAR • THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES • JOHN PARR • ROLAND GIFT • ALEXANDRA BURKE • DIONNE BROMFIELD • RICK ASTLEY • MICA PARIS • ABC • MARIO BIONDI • THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA • LUCIE SILVAS • JACK SAVORETTI • THE FEELING • JAMES INGRAM • THE CHRISTIANS • PEABO BRYSON • LULU • THE MACCABEES • CLARE MAGUIRE • JOY DIVISION • BEVERLEY KNIGHT • SANDY SHAW • ANASTACIA • DONNY & MARIE OSMOND • HARD-FI • GO WEST • THE GUILLEMOTS • THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET • ZERO 7 • JAMIE CULLUM • BONNIE TYLER • CANDI STATON • TONY CHRISTIE • ROSE ROYCE • JIMMY SOMERVILLE • JOEY NEGRO & THE SUNBURST BAND • NIK KERSHAW • CAROL DECKER • HAIRCUT 100 • KID CREOLE • HAMISH STEWART • KYLE EASTWOOD • JANE McDONALD • SINITTA • PERCY SLEDGE • JIMMY RUFFIN • BILLY PAUL • MARTHA REEVES • DENIECE WILLIAMS • THE TEMPTATIONS • THE STYLISTICS • JULIAN PERRETTA

TV PERFORMANCES WITH: DURAN DURAN • MARK RONSON • MICHAEL BUBLE • PAUL ANKA • KATHERINE JENKINS • CARO EMERALD • CRAIG DAVID • GARETH GATES • HARD-FI • VITTORIO GRIGOLO • NIKKI YANOFSKY • KATIE MELUA • SEAL • DUFFY • DONNY & MARIE OSMOND • THE GUILLEMOTS

TV & RADIO (UK): X FACTOR (ITV) • PARKINSON (BBC) • THE ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE (BBC) • LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND (BBC) • DAYBREAK (ITV) • THIS MORNING (ITV) • LOOSE WOMEN (ITV) • FRIDAY NIGHT WITH JONATHAN ROSS (BBC) • DES AND MEL (ITV) • THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW (BBC) • THE ALAN TITCHMARSH SHOW (ITV) • STRICTLY COME DANCING (BBC) • CHILDREN IN NEED (BBC) • LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD (CHANNEL 4) • LIVE EARTH (BBC) • DURAN DURAN – FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY (ITV) • THE MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE (BBC) • SONGBOOK (SKY ARTS) • GUILTY PLEASURES (ITV) • AN AUDIENCE WITH DONNY & MARIE (ITV) • DURAN DURAN LIVE! (VH1) • REWIND FESTIVAL 2010 (SKY ARTS) • WAKE UP WITH WOGAN (BBC RADIO 2) • KEN BRUCE SHOW (BBC RADIO 2) • RADIO 1 BIG WEEKEND (BBC RADIO 1) • RADIO 2 IN CONCERT – DURAN DURAN (BBC RADIO 2)

TV & RADIO (AMERICA): THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON (NBC) • THE TODAY SHOW (NBC) • THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW (NBC) • LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON (NBC) • JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! (ABC) • GOOD MORNING AMERICA (ABC) • AMERCIAN MUSIC AWARDS (ABC) • PRIVATE SESSIONS (A&E) • HOWARD STERN SHOW (SIRIUS XM RADIO)

discography

JOHN NEWMAN – “LOVE ME AGAIN” (ISLAND 2013) LUMINITES – “DO SOMETHING” (SONY/SYCO 2013) JACK SAVORETTI – “LIFETIME” (FULLFILL 2013) DURAN DURAN – “A DIAMOND IN THE MIND” (EAGLE RECORDS 2012) KHARI CABRAL – “CLEMENTINE SUN” (2011) DIONNE BROMFIELD – “GOOD FOR THE SOUL“ (ISLAND 2011) DUFFY – “ENDLESSLY” (A&M 2010) INCOGNITO – “TRANSATLANTIC RPM” (DOME 2010) JULIAN PERRETTA – “STITCH ME UP” (POLYDOR 2010) FLORENCE RAWLINGS – “A FOOL IN LOVE” (DRAMATICO 2010) MOVIE SOUNDTRACK – “NINE” (GEFFEN 2009) ALEXANDRA BURKE – “OVERCOME” (SYCO 2009) ALESHA DIXON – “THE ALESHA SHOW: ENCORE” (ASYLUM 2009) CHRIS MOYLES – “THE PARODY ALBUM” (SONY 2009) THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA – “I HEAR A SYMPHONY” (SILVA SCREEN 2009) JANE McDONALD – “JANE” (ABSOLUTE 2008) JOEY NEGRO – “MOVING WITH THE SHAKERS” (Z RECORDS 2008) ABC – “TRAFFIC” (2008) DANIEL TSE – “INNER SENSE” (HI-LI SONGS/MCS 2008) DURAN DURAN – “RED CARPET MASSACRE” (EPIC 2007) KATIE MELUA – “PICTURES” (DRAMATICO 2007) PETER COX – “MOTOR CITY MUSIC” (CURB 2007) SAX ASSAULT – “SAX OF GOLD” (ANDY SCOTT 2007) ELLIOTT HENSHAW BAND – “IS THAT NOT WHAT YOU WANTED?”(2007) ZERO 7 – “THE GARDEN” (ATLANTIC 2006) JOEY NEGRO – “THE MANY FACES OF JOEY NEGRO”(Z RECORDS 2006) VARIOUS ARTISTS – “FOR THE LOVE OF HOUSE Vol.3” (ITH 2006) THE SUNBURST BAND – “UNTIL THE END OF TIME” (Z RECORDS 2006) JANE McDONALD – “YOU BELONG TO ME” (DEMON 2005) MARTIN SOLVEIG – “ROCKING MUSIC” (DEFECTED 2004) COPYRIGHT – “RELEASE YOURSELF” (COPYRIGHT RECORDINGS 2004) 3D – “SOULRIDE” (215 RECORDS 2004) NYJO – “JASMINE” (STANZA 2003) METTLE MUSIC – MOODSWINGS (BAR DE LUNE 2003) DAEWON OH – “CONTROL & BEYOND” (SONY 2002)

DVD: DURAN DURAN – “A DIAMOND IN THE MIND” (EAGLE ROCK 2012) BEVERLEY CRAVEN – “LIVE IN CONCERT” (CRC RECORDS 2010) CLASSIC ALBUMS – “DURAN DURAN: RIO” (EAGLE VISION 2008) “CONCERT FOR DIANA” – DURAN DURAN (UNIVERSAL 2007) TONY HADLEY Vs MARTIN FRY & ABC (BLUEPRINT 2005)