Pete Thomas (saxophonist)

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Pete Thomas is a leading British music producer, TV and film composer, recording musician, and saxophonist. He was born in London and is now based in Southampton, England. He is also an expert in Jazz music and theory. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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[edit] Biography

Pete studied saxophone at Leeds College of Music, obtaining a First class diploma. He has worked as head of jazz and pop performance at University of Southampton, where he also taught saxophone and composition. [6]

Pete had one of his first professional gigs with Fats Domino. This led to working with Joe Jackson (musician) on his Jumpin' Jive album and world tours as saxophonist and co-arranger. [7]

Pete was a soloist on the Francis Ford Coppola film Tucker: The Man and His Dream

He composes music for film and television; credits include Blue Ice featuring Michael Caine, Monkey Business (TV series) for Meridian TV and American Kickboxer II.

He has worked on many other projects for many artists including [8] [9] [10]

[edit] Discography

Pete devised and presented the Music Makers saxophone tuition DVD, introduced by Jools Holland[11]

Pete's own album "Mr Lucky" released in November 2006 features Lee Allen (musician) playing tenor saxophone. [12] [13] [14] [15]

Photo: Laurie Stras
Photo: Laurie Stras

For Mr Lucky Track listing: [16] see article Mr. Lucky (album)

Other tracks appear on compilation albums:

[edit] References

  1. ^ All Experts.
  2. ^ Southampton University Music.
  3. ^ Intute - Jazz theory and improvisation course.
  4. ^ IMDB - Pete Thomas (II).
  5. ^ Beckmann Direct.
  6. ^ Southampton University Music.
  7. ^ Sax.co.uk Catalog.
  8. ^ All Experts.
  9. ^ Southampton University Music.
  10. ^ The Joe Jackson Archive.
  11. ^ Beckmann Direct.
  12. ^ CD Universe.
  13. ^ Sunday Times.
  14. ^ Chris Pearce - Navigation - Discography.
  15. ^ Proper distribution.
  16. ^ CD Universe.

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