Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes

Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes are a Los Angeles-based musical duo known for their collaborative, experimental jazz-adjacent music. Gendel is a saxophonist and wind controller player who has collaborated with artists including Ry Cooder and Vampire Weekend. Wilkes is a bassist, producer, arranger, and composer focused on genre fusion, collaboration, and deeply rooted rhythm section playing, having worked with Jacob Collier and Maggie Rogers. Together, the pair create music that is understated, exploratory, and grounded in a shared musical language developed through years of collaboration. The event is part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.