John Sampson (musician)

John Sampson (born 18 April 1955, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish multi-instrumental musician, actor and entertainer.

His solo live act involves playing recorders, trumpets, crumhorn, gemshorn, cornettino, halusi and other instruments, and his theatre work includes 30 years with the Natural Theatre Company of Bath including Scarlatti's Birthday Party,[2] and Scarlatti`s Revenge touring Germany also Bill Brydon's The Big Picnic, Glasgow (BBC TV).

Sampson was based in Hamburg, Germany from 1985, where he performed with pianist Patrick O`Connell in the duo Pat & John.

Sampson played at the 70th Birthday of Seamus Heaney at the Pavilion theatre in Dun Laoghaire and the tribute night at the Royal Festival Hall London.

In 2010, he formed A Fyne Pear with Pete Baynes, Stewart Hanratty and Wendy Weatherby and continues to perform for the charity Music in Hospitals & Care.