Jazz Sabbath

Unexpected. Original. A surprising combo that works.

Adam Wakeman, longtime keyboard & guitar player for Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne, started the project in 2013. On a night off in Germany during a Black Sabbath tour, Adam and Sabbath’s security guard sat at the hotel bar. The security guard asked if Adam could play the Sabbath set on the bar’s piano. Adam thought it would be fun to play the songs as jazz improvised versions then played until the bar staff wanted to go home.

The idea grew, as Adam invented the character and backstory of Milton Keanes (which he always thought to be a great name for a jazz pianist). In 2020 the first Jazz Sabbath album was released, getting rave reviews from rock and jazz critics. It was accompanied by a mockumentary about Jazz Sabbath and their unfortunate history which got extensive media coverage and some controversy among Black Sabbath fans. A second album, Vol. 2, was released in 2022.