Terry Edwards

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| caption = Edwards performing in 2010

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|08|10}}

| birth_place = Hornchurch, Essex, England

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| origin = London, England

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| occupation = Musician

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Saxophone
trumpet
flugelhorn
keyboards
guitar

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| years_active = 1981–present

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Stim
Sartorial

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The Higsons
Gallon Drunk
Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
Glen Matlock and the Philistines
Big Sexy Noise
The PJ Harvey band

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| website = {{URL|terryedwards.co.uk/}}

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Terry Edwards (born 10 August 1960){{cite web|title=Terry Edwards | AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/terry-edwards-mn0000028124/biography|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=20 August 2013}} is an English musician who plays trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophones, guitar and keyboards.

Biography

Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982,{{Cite web |url=http://www.terryedwards.co.uk/history.html |title=History |access-date=26 April 2007 |archive-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011140421/http://www.terryedwards.co.uk/history.html |url-status=dead }} where he was also a founding member of The Higsons. He produced and played on the debut album by Yeah Jazz called Six Lane Ends. He has subsequently{{When|date=March 2020}} performed and released records both as a solo artist and with his band The Scapegoats. He has played as a session musician and as a collaborator with Derek Raymond (on the Dora Suarez album),Gill, Andy (1994) "[https://archive.today/20140116073101/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4627363.html Albums]", The Independent, 6 January 1994. Madness, The Fierce and the Dead{{cite web |url=https://echoesanddust.com/2023/06/the-fierce-and-the-dead-news-from-the-invisible-world/ |title=The Fierce and the Dead – News From the Invisible World |website=Echoes and Dust |date=June 2023 |access-date=11 June 2025}},Mark Bedford, Tindersticks, Spiritualized, Siouxsie, The Creatures, Nick Cave, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Department S, Lydia Lunch, Faust, Snuff, Tom Waits, Jack, The Blockheads,"[https://web.archive.org/web/20140611011520/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-31142681.html Reasons to be cheerful: Legendary brit-funkers to return for grain gig ; Who The Blockheads]", Somerset Guardian, 5 April 2012. Hot Chip,Mugan, Chris (2012) "[https://archive.today/20140116073035/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-33796155.html Hot Chip]", The Independent, 24 October 2012. and Robyn Hitchcock.

Edwards joined Gallon Drunk in 1993, staying with the band through the recording of three albums.Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 756 Also in 1993 he made a guest live appearance with PJ Harvey, later in 1997, he was a guest studio musician for the band.

He collaborated with Lydia Lunch and other members of Gallon Drunk in Big Sexy Noise, and performed live with Lunch outside the band.Shepherd, Fiona (2012) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140611010001/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-33129007.html Review : Lydia Lunch]", The Scotsman, 29 June 2012.Longley, Martin (2003) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140611020245/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-102912165.html Culture: Review: Festival climax out to Lunch; Lydia Lunch/Blacktronica The Door, Birmingham Repertory Theatre The Custard Factory, Digbeth]", Birmingham Post, 9 June 2003. More recently he has performed with the David Bowie supergroup, Holy Holy.{{When|date=March 2020}}

Since around 2015, Edwards has performed with PJ Harvey and appeared on the group's 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project.{{Cite web|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2015/07/09/terry-edwards-interview/|title=Terry Edwards, jazz and rock multi-instrumentalist: Something Else! Interview|last=Stein|first=Sammy|date=2015-07-09|website=Something Else!|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-28}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-hope-six-demolition-project-mw0002912716/credits|title=The Hope Six Demolition Project - PJ Harvey {{!}} Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2020-03-28}}

He is also a member of The Near Jazz Experience with Madness bassist Mark Bedford & former Higsons drummer Simon Charterton.{{Cite web|url= https://thenje.bandcamp.com/|title=The NJE|website=Bandcamp|language=en-us|access-date=2022-05-27}}

Solo discography

=Albums=

New York New York (1985), Izuma – as New York New York
Dora Suarez (1993), Clawfist – with Derek Raymond and James Johnston
I Didn't Get Where I Am Today (1997), Wiiija – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
My Wife Doesn't Understand Me (1997), Artlos/Stim – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
Yesterday's Zeitgeist : Terry Edwards in Concert (1999), Sartorial
Terry Edwards Presents No Fish Is Too Weird For Her Aquarium Vol. II (2000), Sartorial
681 at the Southbank + Plays, Salutes & Executes (2002), Sartorial
Memory and Madness (2003), Sartorial/Widowspeak – with Lydia Lunch
Terry Edwards (2005), Sartorial

;Compilations:

Plays Salutes And Executes (1993), Stim
Terry Edwards' Large Door (18 Tracks From The Golden Age Of Vinyl) (1998), Damaged Goods
Terry Edwards Presents... Queer Street – No Fish Is Too Weird For Her Aquarium Vol. III (2003), Sartorial

=EPs=

Terry Edwards Plays The Music of Jim & William Reid (1991), Stim
Terry Edwards Salutes The Magic of the Fall (1991), Stim
Terry Edwards Executes Miles Davis Numbers (1992), Stim
Boots Off!!, Wiija – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats

=Singles=

"Roger Wilson Said" (1983), Urchin – as New York New York
"I Wanna Be Like You" (1985), Beach Culture – as New York New York
"Well You Needn't" (1994), Rough Trade
"Head Up High" (1998), Flighted Miskick – Scousemartins fet. Terry Edwards
"Girls & Boys" (1995), Damaged Goods – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
"Ice Cream for Crow" (1998), Damaged Goods – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
"Cat People/Gasoline" (2007), Sartorial – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats, split with Department S
"Three Blind Mice" (2008), The Orchestra Pit – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats
"Boots Off !!!" (2009), Sartorial – Terry Edwards and the Scapegoats, split with Cure-Ator
"I'll Go Crazy" (2010), Sartorial
"Let's Surf"/"Old Man's Hands" (2011), Sartorial – Terry Edwards and The Dash/Terry Edwards and Darren Hayman
"You Won't See Me" (2011), Sartorial – split with Robyn Hitchcock