Tim Whitehead was a founding member of Loose Tubes and is one of the best known tenor players on the British jazz scene. His playing takes in many influences – it’s deeply melodic, steeped in blues and soul music but always with a contemporary, sophisticated sense of harmony.

In 2009 he was the first ever musician to be awarded Artist in Residence at Tate Britain. During the residency he wrote Colour Beginnings, a series of compositions written from transcribed improvisations performed in front of and in response to a selection of JMW Turner’s watercolour sketches – this project has resulted in his most recent album Colour Beginnings.

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