Pete Wareham/Mark Lockheart
Pete Wareham/Mark Lockheart at 606 Club, London
About the show
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”, and has toured and recorded with Django Bates, Mike Gibbs and Seb Rochford’s highly acclaimed “Polar Bear”. A former Peter Whittingham Award winner he won the MOJO Album of the Year 2014 and 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 gig! Promises to be a 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 respec
Featuring - Pete Wareham
Saxophonist and former Young Jazz Musician of the Year finalist. Pete formed Acoustic Ladyland in 2001 and is a member of Seb Rochford's Polar Bear.
Mark Lockhart
One of the most distinctive and creative musicians on the current British music scene. As a saxophonist and composer, his work often defies categorisation and crosses the boundaries of the jazz, new music and folk worlds.