Terry Edwards (born 10 August 1960)[1] is an English musician who plays trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophones, guitar and keyboards.
Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982,[2] 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?] 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),[3] Madness, The Fierce and the Dead[4],Mark Bedford, Tindersticks, Spiritualized, Spare Snare, Siouxsie, The Creatures, Nick Cave, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Department S, Lydia Lunch, Faust, Snuff, Tom Waits, Jack, The Blockheads,[5] Hot Chip,[6] and Robyn Hitchcock.
Edwards joined Gallon Drunk in 1993, staying with the band through the recording of three albums.[7] 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.[8][9] More recently he has performed with the David Bowie supergroup, Holy Holy.[when?]
Since around 2015, Edwards has performed with PJ Harvey and appeared on the group's 2016 album The Hope Six Demolition Project.[10][11]
He is also a member of The Near Jazz Experience with Madness bassist Mark Bedford & former Higsons drummer Simon Charterton.[12]