Pete Wareham/Mark Lockheart
Multi-award-winning saxophonist and producer Pete Wareham has long been involved in some of the most innovative projects in British music, including the Award winning Acoustic Ladyland, Melt Yourself Down (both his own bands), Sons of Kemet & Polar Bear. More recently Pete has also been making a significant name for himself as an exciting and creative producer. And while he’s associated with genre-defying, crossover styles, he’s also a brilliant player in the modern jazz tradition. Mark Lockheart is a multi-award-winning tenor sax player who first made his name working with seminal band Loose Tubes in the eighties, was co-founder of the universally regarded “The Perfect Houseplants”, has toured and recorded with Django Bates, Mike Gibbs, Mark Anthony Turnage and Seb Rochford’s highly acclaimed “Polar Bear”. A former Peter Whittingham Award winner, his album "Ellington In Anticipation" was the MOJO Album of the Year 2014 and he was named Jazz FM’s “Instrumentalist of the Year” 2016. This is a really exciting gig as it will be the first time that Pete and Mark have worked together since their days with Polar Bear. The music will be a selection from the likes of Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Ornette Coleman and Joe Henderson, plus original tunes that both Pete and Mark are writing specifically for this show! Promises to be a very special night of great music making from two masters of their craft. Also featuring Tom Herbert-bass, Emre Ramazanoglu-drums.
“Wareham was the star of the show…showing time and time again why he is such a respected presence on the UK jazz scene” UK Jazz News; "Lockheart is a consummate saxophonist” The Rough Guide to Jazz; “Lockheart…inspired and imaginative” The Times
Photo of Pete Wareham by Onur Pinar