Sam Green Projects
Sam is involved in a number of projects, whether composing, recording or touring. The following examples showcase a selection of projects with which he’s currently involved.
Sam Green’s Rivers & Lakes
Rivers and Lakes is a UK-based 6 piece Jazz collective, led by Sam Green - Drums. Their music, soundscapes and improvisations are inspired by the natural world, drawing from time midst the lakes and fells of Cumbria, the valleys of South Wales and the mountain sided fjords of Norway.
UK based, albeit an international collective with members originating from Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, and Ukraine. Rivers & Lakes combines innovative and leading young musicians, including BBC Young Jazz Musician Of The Year (Ursula Harrison), and Young Irish Jazz Musician Of The Year (Nils Kavanagh). It’s this diversity and youthful energy that brings a real sense of joy and kinship to their music. Having drawn comparisons to The Fellowship Band, Big Bad Wolf, and Chris Lightcap, Rivers & Lakes encapsulate everything the UK Jazz scene stands for - definitely one to see now and watch them grow in the years ahead.
Debut album recorded August 2025 for release mid 2026.
Orbit Street
Founded as a solo project by UK Young Jazz Musician of the Year, Ursula Harrison, Orbit Street has subsequently blossomed into a fully fledged indie jazz-infused band. Orbit Street were selected as a Forté Project artist for 2024, recording a new EP, ‘Forest’ and performing across Wales and the South West.
Nils Kavanagh Trio
Award winning Irish pianist, Nils Kavanagh and his trio, bring life to mythic Irish tales, combining Celtic and Scandinavian influences.
Having opened the internationally renowned Sligo Jazz Project festival in 2023, the trio have played a number of art festivals across the UK and Europe.
The trio will be on tour again, late 2025, with further information here.
Joseph Van Parys (JVP) Trio
Building on the work of classic guitar trios such as Kenny Burrell Trio, Barry Galbraith and Tal Farlow, the Joseph Van Parys Trio has been a staple of the South Wales jazz scene for a number of years. Featuring Joseph van Parys (guitar), Benedict Stephens (double bass) and Sam Green (drums).
Though they met in Wales, all three hail from the North of England, from the Yorkshire Dales across to Manchester. The trio recently returned to Manchester to record their debut EP - further details coming soon.
Statues of Men
An independent Welsh rock band, led by twins Matt and Dan Maloney.
Originating from Pembrokeshire, the band formed in Cardiff (2021). Statues of Men are renowned for their driving riffs and high energy grooves - their hit track ‘Before I Go’ being streamed over 25,000 times since release.
‘Welsh rock at it’s finest’ - Bethan Elfyn (BBC Radio Wales)