Pete King

Peter Stephen George King was a British jazz tenor saxophonist. He co-founded London's Ronnie Scott's jazz club and was its manager for almost fifty years. Although there had been occasional exchanges for specific concerts, such as Stan Kenton and Louis Armstrong, the new deal provided for more regular exchanges of British and American players. As a direct result of the deal, the Tubby Hayes Quartet performed at the Half Note Club in New York and Zoot Sims was booked for a month-long residency at Ronnie's in November 1961. The success of the agreement led to leading saxophonists, including Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, Johnny Griffin, Roland Kirk, Al Cohn, Ben Webster and Benny Golson, following suit.

Discography As sideman Jon Eardley, Namely Me (Spotlite, 1979) Georgie Fame, Seventh Son (CBS, 1969) Kenny Graham, Mango Walk (Esquire, 1976) Kenny Graham, Afro Kadabra Caribbean Suite (Esquire, 1987) Richard Kerr, From Now Until Then (Warner Bros., 1973) R&J Stone, We Do It (RCA, 1976) Dakota Staton, Dakota '67 (London, 1967)