Double Bass
Will Sach has performed with notable artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Joe Farnsworth, Sarah Hanahan, Joe Webb, Kit Downes, Sam Amidon, and Jamie Cullum.
In August 2024, Will performed with the Wynton Marsalis Quartet for a concert at the Edinburgh International Festival. The band also featured special guest Brazilian music legend Hamilton de Holanda, pianist Joe Webb, and drummer Francesco Ciniglio. The concert was filmed live for Sky Arts.
In June 2023, Will played with Wynton Marsalis for the first time at the Buxton Opera House and then reunited with him in May 2024 for a concert at Winfield House in London.
In July 2024, he toured the UK with Joe Farnsworth and Sarah Hanahan. Will is a member of the Joe Webb Trio, which recently signed to Edition Records, and has performed at venues worldwide, including Ronnie Scott's, Blue Note China, and Le Duc des Lombards.
Will has performed in a trio format with Kit Downes and Martin France as well as quartet with Stan Sulzmann.
Will graduated with first-class honors from the Royal Academy of Music in 2019, where he studied with master bassist Dave Holland. As an active studio musician, he has featured on over ten albums as a sideman, including a collaboration with Sheku Kanneh-Mason at Abbey Road Studios.
In 2022, Will was one of three featured musicians with the London Sinfonietta at the Southbank Centre during the EFG London Jazz Festival, performing alongside Lauren Kinsella and Saleem Raman in their “Changing Standards” concert.
Growing up in the New York City area, Will was immersed in jazz, bluegrass, and old-time music. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College program under Linda Oh and won the National YoungArts Foundation Merit Award for Jazz Bass in 2015.
“Swinging, attentive and popping.” - Wynton Marsalis