Edison Herbert

Edison has many influences which include amazing  guitarists such as Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, George Benson, Bobby  Broom and various other instrumentalists.

In the summer of 2016 Edison was fortunate enough to spend time with the great George Benson and  be mentored as part of a Sky Arts production. George shared his  thoughts and enjoyed working along side Edison. This was the highlight  of the show for Edison and this has inspired him to produce his new  project,

After being seen performing with the Guildhall Big Band  alongside Randy Brecker at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club Edison was asked to  join the Jazz Warriors. He went on to MD and write arrangements for the  Olivier Award nominated West End hot show “Unforgettable”.

He performed Motown hits in the musical ‘The Grapevine’  and has varied his experiences by composing music for the BBC Radio 4  drama ‘Spell Number Seven’ and performing on Top Of The Pops, Pebble  Mill and Carlton TV. He performed Motown hits in the musical ‘The  Grapevine’ and has varied his experiences by composing music for the BBC  Radio 4 drama ‘Spell Number Seven’ and performing on Top Of The Pops.  He has TV and was part of the big band that performed ‘Clarke Peters’  Snakeskips Johnson. Worked with Gwen Dickie – Rose Royce, Kim Burrell  among others.

 Born in Leeds Edison began playing the piano at an early age and  furthered his classical piano studies at Yorkshire College of Music.  Whilst doing so he began teaching himself to play the guitar and  performed in various bands at church with small gospel groups and choirs  both on piano and guitar.
He studied at the Yorkshire College of Music and later was awarded a  scholarship to study at The Guildhall School of music and Drama.
After being seen performing with the Guildhall Big Band alongside Randy  Brecker at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club Edison was asked to join the Jazz  Warriors.