SNAKE DAVIS TRIO

With JOHNNY THIRKELL – Trumpet, MARK CRESWELL – Guitar

Snake teams up with long time cohort and best buddy Johnny Thirkell and their mutual friend, guitarist Mark Creswell, for an evening of gorgeous mellow music infused with jazz soul and pop.

Snake Davis is one of the most in-demand rock jazz and soul sax players in the world, widely known for his solos on tracks such as Lisa Stansfield’s “Change”; M-People’s “Search For A Hero” and “Moving On Up”; and Take That’s “Million Love Songs”. 

He has played and recorded with artists ranging from James Brown, Tina Turner and Paul McCartney to The Eurythmics and Amy Winehouse

Johnny Thirkell is one of the UK’s top Trumpet and Flugelhorn players. After an early career in Jazz, having been a member of the Buddy Rich Band, the Gil Evans Orchestra and the BBC Radio Big Band, he went on to play on hundreds of pop, rock & jazz recordings and at one stage was on at least one album in the UK charts continuously, without a break, for over  13 years!  In 2024 he scored his 38th No.1 album with Snow Patrol’s “The Forest is the Path”

 His credits include Level 42, George Michael, Jamiroquai, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins, Grace Jones, Bruno Mars, Cher, Tina Turner, UB40, Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, Swing Out Sister and Lisa Stansfield. 

Mark Creswell

Virtuoso exquisite sensitive guitarist, studied at Leeds college of Music with Snake and Johnny. Mark is well known for his work with Tanita Tikaram, The Suspicions and Burden of Paradise.

Expect beautiful music, fascinating tales, banter and opportunity for question and answer and challenges.

“Johnny Thirkell is maddeningly talented; funny, clever, handsome, the best damn trumpeter I ever heard, and the only man I know who can wear a beret without making you want to move to another carriage” – Hugh Laurie

 “Snake Davis has one of the most passionate sax styles and simple bluesy approaches a-la-Sanborn heard in these isles for a while”.  TIME OUT.

“A virtuoso saxophonist”.                                                    DAILY TELEGRAPH

“A brilliant sax player who could wail like the best American players, but was at his best weaving around slow ballads, won deserved acclaim”  BLUES + SOUL

“He doesn’t mess about”                 THE GUARDIAN                     

“Snake is a joy to work alongside. His musical skills have no limit, in fact he is as free as a bird.”             DAVE STEWART (Eurythmics)