Derek Nash (born 28 July 1961) is a British jazz saxophonist, band leader, arranger and recording engineer.

He has arranged big band charts for many artists including Nile Rogers, Jamie Cullum, Jose Feliciano, Van Mossison, Lulu , Gregory Porter, Chaka Kahn, Boz Scaggs, Paloma Faith and he arranged 6 of the tracks on the No1 album "Swing Fever" featuring Sir Rod Stewart released in 2024 including the Radio 2 Playlisted "Pennies from Heaven" and "Almost like Being in Love".

After studying electroacoustics at Salford University, Nash became a sound engineer at the BBC in 1982, leaving in 2002 to become a full-time musician and to set up his own Clowns Pocket Recording Studio.

[1] Derek Nash's Clowns Pocket Recording Studio has been used by many British musicians to record, mix and master albums including Jamie Cullum, George Melly, Stan Tracey, Tony Remy, Georgie Fame, Dave O'Higgins, Evelina De Lain, Geoff Gascoyne and many others.

Nash has performed with David Sanborn, Sir Rod Stewart, John Dankworth, Dick Morrissey, Spike Robinson, Humphrey Lyttelton, Sir Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Solomon Burke, Annie Lennox, Eddie Floyd, Madeleine Peyroux, Roger Daltrey, Eddi Reader, Tom Jones, Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, John Etheridge, Russell Ferrante, Nelson Rangell, Snake Davis, Bob Dorough, Oscar Castro Neves, Clare Teal, Jamie Cullum, Alan Barnes, Axel Zwingenberger, Dave Green, Charlie Watts, George Melly, Bob Dorough, Shakatak, Lulu, India Arie, Alison Moyet, Clark Tracey, Alec Dankworth, Ben Waters, Digby Fairweather and Jools Holland.