Birmingham Jazz - Mark Lockheart's Shapeshifter

Name: Birmingham Jazz - Mark Lockheart's Shapeshifter
Start: 2026-03-20T19:45:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-20T22:30:00+00:00
Location: 1000 Trades

Schedule

Fri Mar 20 2026 at 07:45 pm to 10:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

1000 Trades | Birmingham, EN

A welcome return for Mark with his new trio project. 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. 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. In 2003 Mark joined Seb Rochfords Polar Bear, which over a period of 12 years recorded six ground-breaking albums. The bands 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 band's fifth album, In Each And Every Way, was also nominated for a Mercury Award in 2013.
Line Up: Mark Lockheart sax, Huw V Williams bass & Jay Davis - drums