Luke Annesley
Alto and soprano saxophone

Luke studied music at Cambridge University before joining the London Jazz scene, initially as a player and composer for the six-piece band Ahead Only, which played at most of London's Jazz clubs and toured the UK with funding from Jazz Services.

He now has his own quartet with Dave Cliff, one of Britain’s foremost bop guitarists, and has recently released an album, “Beginning”, on FMR Records.

Luke is one of the featured musicians in the John Wilson Orchestra who have been a regular attraction at Pizza-on-the-Park, playing to sell-out audiences, and whose albums, including Orchestral Jazz with Richard Rodney-Bennett, have been played extensively on national radio.

He was a member of the house band on the BBC1 show Johnny Vaughan Tonight and has also performed or recorded with the Hallé Orchestra, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Salena Jones, John Pizzarelli, Sheena Easton, Maria Ewing, Tony Remy, The Christian Vaughan Quartet and recently with the legendary Jazz Crusaders.

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