Mark Lockheart
Biography
Mark Lockheart (born Lymington, 1961) is a British jazz tenor saxophonist who came to prominence as a member of the Loose Tubes big band during the 1980s.
Subsequently he played with Django Bates as well as in the group Perfect Houseplants featuring Dudley Phillips & Martin France.
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In 2001 the Arts Council of England awarded a grant for a tour by his Scratch Band who recorded an album "Imaginary Dances". More recently his compositions have been recorded with the NDR Big Band.
He has also played in sessions with Radiohead, Prefab Sprout, Stereolab and many others. Lockheart currently teaches at Trinity College of Music in London and at Middlesex University and is a tutor for the National Youth Jazz Collective. He also plays in British jazz quintet Polar Bear.
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