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Saxophonist Mark Lockheart at The Elephant Inn

Where

The Elephant Inn
283 Ballards Lane N12 8nr
London
Map
020 8361 0265

Saxophonist Mark Lockheart at The Elephant Inn

When

Sun, July 20, 2025
19:00

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Musicians

About

Saxophonist and composer Mark Lockheart first came to prominence in the mid 1980s with the influential big band Loose Tubes. In 1992 Mark formed the eclectic co-led quartet Perfect Houseplants, a group that released six albums and collaborated with classical artists such as the Orlando Consort, Andrew Manze and Pamela Thorby.
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The mid-90s saw Mark recording and performing with many jazz, folk and pop artists, including Django Bates, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, June Tabor, Stereolab, Jah Wobble, Robert Wyatt, Prefab Sprout, Don Um Romao, Thomas Dolby and Radiohead.
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In 2003 Mark joined Seb Rochfordโ€™s Polar Bear, which over a period of 12 years recorded six ground-breaking albums. The bandโ€™s second album, Held On The Tips Of Fingers, was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Award and later appeared in Jazzwise's 100 Albums That Shook the World. The bandโ€™s fifth album, In Each And Every Way, was also nominated for a Mercury Award in 2013....

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