Founder member of Itchy Fingers, Martin Speake’s career has included a diversity of groups and influences.

The development of this band Generations came out of weekly gigs in London over the past two years with Martin, Barry and Jeff, various bass players and sometimes as a trio. These residencies enabled the group to perform a vast amount of repertoire including many standard songs, original compositions, Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman tunes and free playing. More importantly they developed a band sound together regardless of material. Barry suggested using very old tunes from the 1920’s and 30’s as vehicles to improvise on and have this as the concept of the band.

Martin has been (and continues to be) influenced by many musicians and styles of music. Apart from projects of his own, Martin has also performed with Paul Motian, Bobo Stenson, Loose Tubes, Stan Tracey, Bhavani Shankar, Billy Jenkins, Django Bates, Bob Wilber, Conrad Herwig, Don Weller, Ronan Guilfoyle, Alison Bentley, The Style Council, Ann Pigalle, Kadam, John Williams, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Jim Mullen, Dave Cliff, Julian Arguelles, Ephie Resnick and the Royal Shakespeare Company among others.

He is very involved in jazz education and is saxophone professor and contemporary music co-ordinator on the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Course and saxophone teacher at Middlesex University. Martin has also taught in schools, adult education classes, weekend courses and summer schools throughout the country. He has also composed music for the Associated Board Jazz Piano syllabus and a solo saxophone piece for Faber Music.

"Martin Speake is not just a distinctive improviser but a striking composer too". John Fordham - The Guardian

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Standard : £9.00  (£10.00 on the door)
Students : £6.00  (£7.00  on the door)

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