Saturday 1st March 7.30pm
Tickets £15/£13
Art Themen – tenor sax, Pete Whittaker – organ, George Double – Drums.
An exciting and inventive saxophonist, Art Themen has been an appealing presence on the British jazz circuit for over 60 years. A previous winner of the tenor sax category in the British Jazz Awards, recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Worshipful Company of Musicians and shortlisted for the Jazz Instrumentalist of the year in the recent Parliamentary Jazz Awards, this living legend has famously combined his role as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with saxophone duties in the bands of Alexis Korner and Stan Tracey as well as recordings with Joe Cocker, Jack Bruce and even Bing Crosby. Described by THE OBSERVER as “One of the tiny handful of undeniably perfect jazz musicians”, he remains as brilliant and inimitable as ever.
To celebrate Art’s 85th birthday, we launched the third Organ Trio album Live In Soho on Ubuntu Music at Ronnie Scott’s on November 3rd 2024, capturing a magical night at PizzaExpressLive in Dean Street