Mr Lucky studied saxophone at
Leeds College of Music, obtaining a first class diploma. He has worked as head of jazz and pop performance at
University of Southampton, where he also taught saxophone and composition.
[2] He had one of his first professional gigs with
Fats Domino. This led to working with
Joe Jackson on his
Jumpin' Jive album and world tours, as saxophonist and co-arranger. He composed music for
Blue Ice featuring
Michael Caine,
Monkey Business for Meridian TV and
American Kickboxer II. His work has also been featured in the video game
Fallout New Vegas. He has also worked with
Elton John,
PJ Harvey,
The Proclaimers,
R.E.M.,
Cliff Richard,
Dave Stewart,
Richard Thompson,
Kim Wilde, and
Jimmy Witherspoon.
When he’s not touring or working as a composer he’s much in demand as a multi-horn session player and arranger. He works with producers such as Adamski, Flood, Rod Argent, Pete Wingfield, Gus Dudgeon, Robin Millar, Stuart Colman, and Marshall Jefferson on projects for artists including PJ Harvey, R.E.M., Cliff Richard, Elton John, Richard Thompson, Robert Cray, Keziah Jones and Kim Wilde.
As well as his Rock and Pop music credits Pete is well respected as a jazz musician. One time member of award winning fusion band Swift he has also featured with the Thad Jones Orchestra, Loose Tubes, Slim Gaillard, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jon Hendricks and Laverne Baker.
Pete Thomas is a consummate musician and an uninhibited performer, totally at ease in any musical idiom. He deals equally effortlessly with conducting an orchestra or programming for a modern pop session. He’s totally at one with the synthesizers, samplers, computers and midi controllers demanded by and responsible for today’s commercial music as well as breaking new ground by pioneering the saxophone-to-MIDI interface.