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welcome to the website of
uk saxophonist simon willescroft
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UPCOMING SHOWS
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No shows booked at the moment.
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SIMON NOW PROVIDES ONLINE SESSIONS!
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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 complete the form below to get started.
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biography
[/mk_fancy_title][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1599593101759{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]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)[/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][mk_divider style=”single_dotted” divider_width=”one_half” border_color=”#757575″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row id=”discography”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”64″ icon=”mk-li-vinyl-disk” icon_color=”#3f3f3f” icon_hover_color=”#3f3f3f” title_size=”25″ title_weight=”bold” title_color=”#3f3f3f” animation=”flip-y”][/mk_icon_box2][mk_fancy_title color=”#3f3f3f” size=”25″ font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”5″ font_family=”none” align=”center” animation=”top-to-bottom”]
discography
[/mk_fancy_title][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]JOOLS HOLLAND–“THE GOLDEN AGE OF SONG” (WARNER BROS 2012)
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)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]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)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_padding_divider][/vc_column][/vc_row]