A fantastically exciting, playful and inventive saxophonist, Art Themen has been a beloved character of the British jazz scene for over 60 years, famously combining his role as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with saxophone duties in the bands of Alexis Korner and Stan Tracey among many others. Described by The Observer as "One of the tiny handful of undeniably perfect jazz musicians”, he remains as brilliant and inimitable as ever. Themen’s trio Thane & The Villeins features organist Pete Whittaker, formerly of The Nigel Price Organ Trio, and drummer George Double – a  Dean Street regular, who has worked as sideman to Shirley Bassey and Jack Jones.

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