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Last Show: Monday 31 ^st October 2022

PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)

The Tom Waters Organ extravaganza draws influences from artists such as Freddie King to Ray Charles and prominently features the alto sax and Hammond organ. Tom Waters has been playing the blues from a young age, and has been featured on albums with Ray Davies, Ronnie Wood and Nine Below Zero. The band includes some of the best young and up-and-coming musicians in London.

“Tom’s the tops”

Jools Holland

Tom Waters has recorded with music legends such as The Rolling Stones, Ray Davies, and Ronnie Wood. He has made a name for himself on the touring circuit playing with bands such as The Jools Holland Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Mick Taylor, Mungo Jerry, Broken Social Scene and Nine Below Zero.

Between the age of 13 and 16, Tom’s education was unconventionally fulfilled by travelling the world with his dad, the boogie woogie piano ace Ben Waters. This provided him with the opportunity to play with second line bands in Chicago (Southern Comfort Brass Band), pop bands in Canada (Broken Social Scene), join locals to play traditional music in Argentina and Uruguay and to sit with Keito Saito in Tokyo. Tom even had a solo show on Broadway (The Iridium).

Tom’s music is hugely influenced by Ray Charles’ sax players from Hank Crawford to David ‘Fathead’ Newman and he has studied their style, sound and plays songs in a similar idiom. He also draws influence from David Sanborn and Stanley Turrentine. Tom is one of England’s exponents of Blues/Jazz saxophone with a wide range of versatility and creativity in his playing and he is currently studying at The Royal Academy of Music.

Band Line Up

Tom Waters (alto saxophone)

Artie Zaitz (organ)

Jack Thomas (drums)

Marcus Praestgaard-Stevens (guitar)