"Ed Babar is the firework beneath the ensemble.” - Jazz Standard.
Ed is a London-based jazz and orchestral double bass player. He has performed on Jools Holland and the Graham Norton Show (Liam Gallagher), Radio 1 Live Lounge and the Michael Macintyre Show (Tom Odell), played live on The One Show (The Bevin Boys), recorded for Sky Arts and performed at Jazz Sous Les Pommiers (The Three Belles), and played in Ancenis for the Harpes Aux Marx Festival (Tara Minton).
Double Bass Solo - Moanin'
Ed has recorded orchestral soundtracks
for ITV as well as albums for Mimika, Circuit, The Tara Minton
Quartet, The Tim Boniface Ensemble, The Bevin Boys and The Three Belles, amongst others.
As an educator Ed is a partner and
workshop leader with Be Creative and is head of Wider Opportunities for Merton Music Foundation. Ed is
also the visiting double bass teacher and sectional coach at King's College
School, Wimbledon and at Wimbledon High School.
