Peter King Quartet

Peter King, long considered one of the world’s greatest alto saxophonists, is also a prolific composer/arranger working in the jazz and classical traditions. King exploded onto the British jazz scene at the age of 19 performing at the opening of London’s internationally famous Ronnie Scott’s Club.

Although he now concentrates on his work as a solo artist, King has played with many musical greats from Tony Bennett to James Brown, Lauren Bacall to Marlene Deitrich.

“I hear both Trane and Bird in his playing, but he is better than either of them.” Gene Lees (Lyricist and long time editor of Downbeat Magazine) 30 mins prior to the start of the performance)

Here’s a clip of Peter in action: