Introduction
Pete Thomas is a 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.
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.
Thomas had one of his first professional gigs with Fats Domino. This led to working with Joe Jackson on his Jumpin' Jive album and world tours, as saxophonist and co-arranger.
Thomas was a soloist on the Francis Ford Coppola film Tucker: The Man and His Dream and on Showgirls.
He composes music for film and television; credits include Blue Ice featuring Michael Caine, Monkey Business for Meridian TV and American Kickboxer II.
He has worked on other projects for artists including:
- Jimmy Witherspoon - The Blues, the Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues
- Fats Domino - European Tour 1991
- Dave Stewart - Greetings from the Gutter
- 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. - 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.
Discography
- Thomas devised and presented the Music Makers saxophone tuition DVD, introduced by Jools Holland.
- Thomas's own album, Mr. Lucky, released in November 2006, features Lee Allen playing tenor saxophone.
- Other tracks appear on compilation albums:
- Bettie Page - Private Girl
- Let's Boogaloo Volume 3
- Pure Gold
- "Beckmann Direct".
- "CD Universe".
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