PETE HURT

Pete Hurt has quietly been part of the London jazz scene for almost four decades and has developed one of the most uniquely distinguishable sounds and styles. Apart from his great saxophone playing he has also been recognised for his compositional and arranging skills. Pete's unique musical contribution is featured on Chris Biscoe's new album Profiles Of Mingus. Pete Hurt was born in Nottingham in 1950. In the early seventies Pete moved to London and joined the Graham Collier band, and later joined “Redbrass” whose members included Dick Pearce, Chris Biscoe, and Annie Lennox. He formed a quartet with pianist Pete Saberton called “Lighthouse” which went on to win the Greater London Arts Association’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year award for 1976 and which became very active on the London scene. He started recording programmes for the BBC (Jazz Club, Jazz in Britain etc) with various size bands ranging from read more...