Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes

A concert by the duo of saxophonist Sam Gendel and bassist Sam Wilkes at Union Chapel, a religious building on Compton Terrace in north London. The pairing works as a collaboration between two musicians who have worked together for years.

Sam Gendel is an American saxophonist and music producer from Visalia, born in 1987, whose debut album, 4444, came out in 2017. He plays saxophones and wind controllers and has collaborated widely, with names including Ry Cooder, Laurie Anderson, Perfume Genius, Moses Sumney and Vampire Weekend appearing among his partners. Sam Wilkes is an American bassist, producer, arranger and composer who frequently works with Gendel, Louis Cole and Jacob Mann, and whose wider credits include Chaka Khan, Maggie Rogers and Jacob Collier.

Together the two musicians make music that is understated and exploratory, built on a shared language developed over years of working side by side. Their playing draws on the rhythm section tradition in which Wilkes is grounded, set against Gendel's wind work.

Union Chapel is a religious building on Compton Terrace in Islington, and the evening is a concert by this duo in that setting.