Contact Terry at Affinity Audio for info/advice about the AMT SP25B ’String Bass Microphone System’



I currently use the D’Addario Helicore Hybrid Heavy Tension Strings.



The GK MB 150E is my ‘around town’ gigging workhorse!

Cheltenham Jazz Festival




sligo jazz fest



recording ‘radio silence’ at State Of The Ark studios, richmond


i’ll tell you how...


bennett’s lane jazz club, melbourne


bimhuis, amsterdam

gordon ramsey’s ’the f word’ - doukan restaurant, wandsworth with irene serra and paolo losi.

on the set of 'later with jools holland' - may 2008



"The playing from Richard Sadler (Double Bass)... demands every nerve in your body to move with their rhythm, at times echoing the Bristol-flavour of Roni Size Reprazent or the double bass assisted styling of live drum and bass group, Red Snapper." the bristol metro


"...a creative, abrasive blast of fatback drums, rubbery bass and thick, pounding ivory..." the scotsman, edinburgh.


"...this is not just a pianist with backing; it is an integrated band with Cowley melding seamlessly with the bass of Richard Sadler and the dynamic drumming of Evan Jenkins. Nowhere was this better illustrated than in the opening number, How Do We Catch Up, built around Sadler's strong riff line, which is the fulcrum of the piece..." eastern daily press, norwich.


"...bassist Richard Sadler shifts swiftly between bass styles, anchoring the trio even on slower tunes..." - japan times.


"...Sadler's cushioning bass sound purred under a steady drip of soft treble notes..." - the guardian, (pizza express - soho)

“...the group’s most extreme playing yet with Sadler’s bass solo drenched in distortion from the wah wah pedal...” Ian Mann’s 5-star review of Cheltenham Jazz festival"A fusion of Jazz and Classical piano, with trance like ambient grooves and rhythms backed by a funky double-bassist..." - the hashmark, exeter.

“...but much of the credit for the finished sound must go to the consummate playing of Richard Sadler on bass and Evan Jenkins on drums; these cats are as tight as a Labour or Conservative Chancellor!” - Adrian Phillips reviewing ‘Radio Silence’ at allgigs.co.uk

"oh, isn't he just lovely..." - mrs sadler, rogate