Terry Edwards

Terry Edwards
Edwards performing in 2010
Edwards performing in 2010
Background information
Born (1960-08-10) 10 August 1960 (age 66)
Hornchurch, Essex, England
OriginLondon, England
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
Years active1981–present
Labels
  • Stim
  • Sartorial
Member of
Websiteterryedwards.co.uk

Terry Edwards (born 10 August 1960) is an English musician who plays trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophones, guitar and keyboards.

Biography

Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982, where he was also a founding member of The Higsons. He produced and played on the debut album by Yeah Jazz called Six Lane Ends. He has subsequently[when?] performed and released records both as a solo artist and with his band The Scapegoats. He has played as a session musician and as a collaborator with Derek Raymond (on the Dora Suarez album), Madness, The Fierce and the Dead,Mark Bedford, Tindersticks, Spiritualized, Spare Snare, Siouxsie, The Creatures, Nick Cave, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Department S, Lydia Lunch, Faust, Snuff, Tom Waits, Jack, The Blockheads, Hot Chip, and Robyn Hitchcock.

Edwards joined Gallon Drunk in 1993, staying with the band through the recording of three albums. Also in 1993 he made a guest live appearance with PJ Harvey, later in 1997, he was a guest studio musician for the band.

He collaborated with Lydia Lunch and other members of Gallon Drunk in Big Sexy Noise, and performed live with Lunch outside the band. More recently he has performed with the David Bowie supergroup, Holy Holy.[when?]

Since around 2015, Edwards has performed with PJ Harvey and appeared on the group's 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project.

He is also a member of The Near Jazz Experience with Madness bassist Mark Bedford & former Higsons drummer Simon Charterton.

Solo discography

Albums

Compilations

EPs

Singles

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Terry Edwards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "History". Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2007.
  3. ↑ Gill, Andy (6 January 1994). "Albums". The Independent – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: |url-access= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "The Fierce and the Dead – News From the Invisible World". Echoes and Dust. June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Reasons to be cheerful: Legendary brit-funkers to return for grain gig; Who The Blockheads". Somerset Guardian. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
  6. ↑ Mugan, Chris (24 October 2012). "Hot Chip". The Independent – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: |url-access= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate Books, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 756
  8. ↑ Shepherd, Fiona (29 June 2012). "Review : Lydia Lunch". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
  9. ↑ Longley, Martin (9 June 2003). "Culture: Review: Festival climax out to Lunch; Lydia Lunch/Blacktronica The Door, Birmingham Repertory Theatre The Custard Factory, Digbeth". Birmingham Post. England. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014 – via HighBeam Research.
  10. ↑ Stein, Sammy (9 July 2015). "Terry Edwards, jazz and rock multi-instrumentalist: Something Else! Interview". Something Else!. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "The Hope Six Demolition Project - PJ Harvey | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "The NJE". Bandcamp. Retrieved 27 May 2022.