Acoustic Ladyland Discography
Camouflage
Last Chance Disco



With Polar Bear
Dim Lit
Held on the Tips of Fingers

A graduate of Leeds College of Music, saxophonist and clarinettist Pete Wareham continued to do post graduate studies at the Guildhall. Played tenor and baritone in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (1997-99). Has run his own bands, & played New York's Blue Note Club & Ronnie Scott's in 1998 and in 2004 supporting Roy Ayres. His band Acoustic Ladyland were originally intended as the name suggests to be an acoustic improv band reinterpreting Hendrix material but have since become a distinctive instrumental group with sound.combining American late 70s No-wave with contemporary garage-punk and Albert Ayler screaming sax. The band includes three other exciting UK jazz musicians Seb Rochford on drums, Tom Herbert on bass (all three also form Polar Bear) and Tom Cawley on electric keys. Their debut album Camouflage topped Jazzwise journalist's best of UK cds in 2004 and 2005's 'Last Chance Disco' was CD of the year in Jazzwise and no. 6 in mojo's jazz chart With Pete Wareham as chief songwriter, Last Chance Disco has caused unparallelled attention in both the jazz and rock press for a jazz-oriented band in recent times. They are one of the few jazz groups to appear on Later... with Jools Holland in May 2005 performing two songs 'Iggy' (which has been CD of the week on XFM) and 'Thing'. A new single 'Nico' was released at the end of November 2005 with their biggest gig to date at University of London Union (ULU) in November 2005 at the London Jazz Festival.

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