Matt Wates

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Alto saxophonist Matt Wates was born in London in 1964 and graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1988. His fluent and lyrical style of playing has been likened to Canonball Adderley and Paul Desmond, and he has appeared with Bucky Pizzarelli, John Colianni, Humphrey Lyttelton, Georges Arvanitas, Helen Shapiro, Don Weller, Bobby Wellins, Dusko Goykovich, Duncan Lamont, Ian Shaw, Norma Winstone and Peter King. As well as recording with Paz, Roadside Picnic, Itchy Fingers, NYJO, the Michael Garrick Big Band, Sax Appeal and Jamie Cullum, the Matt Wates Sextet has also recorded nine albums on the Audio-B label. Matt won the Rising Star award in the 1997 BT British Jazz Awards, and the Matt Wates Sextet won the Best Small Group award in 2001.

"An incredibly talented musician and composer" (John Dankworth)

Matt will be joined for an evening of swinging jazz by the house trio of Marianne Windham, Caroline Cooper and Tom Fyfe.