Pete Wareham

Pete Wareham
Background information
Born
GenresJazz, rock, avant-garde
OccupationsMusician, composer and producer
InstrumentsTenor and baritone saxophone
Years active1997–present
Websitewww.meltyourselfdown.com
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Pete Wareham is a British saxophonist, composer and band leader. He led the genre-defying North African/punk/jazz/dance band Melt Yourself Down and was a member of Nadine Shah’s Mercury Prize-nominated band, Seb Rochford’s Pulled By Magnets and also ran the influential group Acoustic Ladyland. Formerly of Rochford’s now disbanded Mercury Prize-nominated Polar Bear, Wareham has also played saxophone and flute with The Smile, Sons Of Kemet, Mica Levi, James Chance, Supergrass, Ben E King.

Wareham composed the soundtrack for the BBC's new prime time Saturday night sitcom King Gary.

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