Peter King (saxophonist) Peter John King is an English jazz saxophonist, composer, and clarinetist.Early life Peter King was born in Kingston upon Thames , Surrey , on 11 August 1940. He took up the clarinet and saxophone as a teenager, entirely self-taught. His first public appearances were in 1957, playing alto in a trad jazz group at the Swan Public House, Kingston, in a group organised by trumpeter Alan Rosewell, with whom he worked at the Directorate of Overseas Surveys as an apprentice cartographer . After the performance, however, King made the choice of becoming a professional musician .Career In 1959, at the age of 19, he was booked by Ronnie Scott to perform at the opening of Scott's club in Gerrard Street, London . In the same year he received the Melody Maker New Star award. He worked with Johnny Dankworth's orchestra from 1960–1961, and went on to work with the big bands of Maynard Ferguson , Tubby Hayes , Harry South , and Stan Tracey , the Brussels Big Band, and the Ray Charles band on a European tour. He has also played in small groups with musicians such as Philly Joe Jones , Zoot Sims , Al Cohn , Red Rodney , Hampton Hawes , Nat Adderley , Al Haig , John Burch , Bill Watrous , and Dick Morrissey , Tony Kinsey , Bill Le Sage and singers such as Jimmy Witherspoon , Joe Williams , Jon Hendricks , and Anita O'Day . King appeared on the soundtrack of the 1969 film The Italian Job . He is a member of Charlie Watts' Tentet. In 2005 he recorded the album Janus with the Lyric String Quartet , a work influenced by the music of Bartok and commissioned by Appleby Jazz Festival organiser Neil Ferber with funding from BBC Radio3. In 2005 Peter King won the BBC 'Musician of the Year' award. King has made appearances on albums by the pop group Everything But The Girl and on North Marine Drive by Ben Watt , who was a member of the group. In 2012, King appeared in the documentary film, No One But Me , discussing jazz musician Annie Ross . He appeared in the movies Blue Ice and The Talented Mr. Ripley . In April 2011 he published his autobiography Flying High . He is also a leading figure in the international aero-modelling world. He has competed successfully in major competitions and has written extensively about the subject . Among his other strong interests has been Formula One motor racing and his album Tamburello contains a three-part composition which presents a deeply felt tribute to the late Ayrton Senna . Peter King plays a monthly residency at the 606 Jazz Club in ChelseaDiscography As leader New Beginning Bebop Live East 34th Street Focus 90% of 1 Per Cent In Paris Hi Fly Brother Bernard Live at the Bull Crusade Tamburello Speed Trap Lush Life Footprints Janus As sideman With Everything but the Girl Eden Love Not Money Baby the Stars Shine Bright Idlewild Amplified Heart With Georgie Fame With Maynard Ferguson With Tubby Hayes Tubbs' Tours England's Late Jazz Great 200% Proof Rumpus With Tony Kinsey With Colin Towns Mask Orchestra Nowhere & Heaven Bolt from the Blue Dreaming Man with Blue Suede Shoes Another Think Coming The Orpheus Suite With Stan Tracey Free an' One The Bracknell Connection Stan Tracey Now Genesis We Still Love You Madly Portraits Plus Live at the QEH The Durham Connection With Charlie Watts With others Guy Barker , Guy Barker's Extravaganza Isn't It David Bedford , Rigel 9 John Burch, Jazzbeat Buzzcocks , Running Free Collective Consciousness Society , C.C.S. Hoagy Carmichael , Georgie Fame, Annie Ross, In Hoagland Caravan , For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, Al & Zoot in London George Coleman , Blues Inside Out John Dankworth , What the Dickens! Delme Quartet , Journeys Keith Emerson , Honky Esther Galil , Z. Land John Harle , The Shadow of the Duke Jon Hendricks, Jon Hendricks Live Philly Joe Jones, Trailways Express Quincy Jones , The Italian Job Salena Jones , Platinum Julian Joseph , Reality Roger Kellaway , Lenny by Julian Barry Stan Kenton , Horns of Plenty Vol. 3 Kiri Te Kanawa & Nelson Riddle , Blue Skies Alexis Korner , Bootleg Him! Jackie Leven , Forbidden Songs of the Dying West Vic Lewis , Tea Break Vic Lewis, Vic Lewis Big Bands The Nice , Five Bridges RAH Band , The Crunch & Beyond RAH Band, Mystery Red Rodney, With the Bebop Preservation Society Annie Ross, Loguerhythms Annie Ross] Live in London Doug Sides , Sumbio Hal Singer , Swing On It John Stevens , Freebop Louis Stewart , Angel Eyes Joe Temperley , Concerto for Joe Eliana Tomkins , Rapture Derek Wadsworth , Space: 1999 Year 2 Clifford T. Ward, Escalator Clifford T. Ward, Waves Ben Watt, North Marine Drive Don Weller , Live Kate Westbrook , Cuff Clout Jimmy Witherspoon, Big Blues
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