Pete Thomas (saxophonist)
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
Thomas 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]
Thomas 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]
Thomas 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]
- Jimmy Witherspoon - Blues, The Whole Blues And Nothing But The Blues
- Robert Cray
- Fats Domino - European Tour 1991
- Dave Stewart - Greetings From The Gutter & Showgirls (soloist)
- PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love, September Songs, Reeling
- Elton John - Ice On Fire
- Keziah Jones - Blufunk Is A Fact
- The Proclaimers - Hit the Highway
- R.E.M. (band) - Fables of the Reconstruction
- Cliff Richard
- Richard Thompson -Across A Crowded Room & Hand Of Kindness
- Kim Wilde (with Mel Smith) - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
- Bill Haley & His Comets - toured with this band as sax player during Haley's final tours of Europe (October–November 1979), and South Africa (May 1980); in November, participated in that year's Royal Command Performance concert.
[edit] Discography
- Thomas devised and presented the Music Makers saxophone tuition DVD, introduced by Jools Holland[11]
- Thomas's own album, Mr. Lucky, released in November 2006, features Lee Allen playing tenor saxophone.[12]
- Other tracks appear on compilation albums:
[edit] References
- ^ "All Experts". http://www.allexperts.com/ep/2232-84506/Saxophone/Pete-Thomas.htm.
- ^ "Southampton University Music". http://www.southampton.university-music.co.uk/jazz-pop/thomas.html.
- ^ "Intute - Jazz theory and improvisation course". http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=artifact8571.
- ^ "IMDB - Pete Thomas (II)". http://posters.imdb.com/name/nm0859348/.
- ^ "Beckmann Direct". http://www.beckmanndirect.com/MusicTuition_MMSaxophone.html.
- ^ "Southampton University Music". http://www.southampton.university-music.co.uk/jazz-pop/thomas.html.
- ^ "Sax.co.uk Catalog". http://www.saxophones.co.uk/acatalog/info_1841.html.
- ^ "All Experts". http://www.allexperts.com/ep/2232-84506/Saxophone/Pete-Thomas.htm.
- ^ "Southampton University Music". http://www.southampton.university-music.co.uk/jazz-pop/thomas.html.
- ^ "The Joe Jackson Archive". http://www.jj-archive.net/band/thomas.html.
- ^ "Beckmann Direct". http://www.beckmanndirect.com/MusicTuition_MMSaxophone.html.
- ^ "CD Universe". http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7397169/a/MR.+Lucky.htm.
- ^ Davis, Clive (2007-01-21). "Sunday Times". The Times (London). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1293695.ece. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "Chris Pearce - Navigation - Discography". http://chrispearcemusic.com/flash.htm.
- ^ "Proper distribution". http://www.properdistribution.com/latest-releases/album-details.php?pg=5&id=2403.
