Keith Thomas (saxophonist)
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Career

Keith Thomas started playing saxophone with a South London based Funk Band called the 'Brothers of Funk' who resided and played in and around London's 'Old Kent Road'. Playing with Goldsmiths College's big band run by Herman Wilson is amongst the many 'wood shedding' places where he improved his 'chops', and met with various South London session saxophonists including (Ray Carless and Roger Thomas
Roger Thomas
Roger Thomas is an American football coach, currently commissioner of the NCAA Division II North Central Conference. Thomas was the head coach of the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team from 1986 to 1998, and the UND athletic director from 1999 to 2005.-Career:*1969-1976...

).

Keith making his first album at 'FreeRange Studios', with notable sound engineer and producer Marc Frank, was introduced to Robbie Vincent
Robbie Vincent
Robbie Vincent is an English radio broadcaster and DJ whose catch phrase for many years was "If it moves, Funk it"He started life as a journalist although Robbie Vincent's broadcasting career began as one of the pioneers on BBC Radio London in early 1974 during the miners' strike and Three-day week...

 who managed the R&B band Second Image.
Keith became a member of the band touring and playing on recordings from the 'Pinpoint the feeling' era.
During this time he met with John & Paul Weller
Paul Weller
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 to talk about collaborations on The Jam
The Jam
The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...

's musical project and the upcoming European gigs. Initially this was collaborating on existing Jam songs with Second Image trumpeter Frank. When Frank was no longer able to continue, Keith introduced Steve Nichol to Paul, and Keith and Steve became part of The Jam
The Jam
The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...

 until their dissolution, late in 1982.

Bands

  • Second Image
  • Pressure Point
    Pressure Point
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  • Legacy
  • Homeboys
    Homeboys
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  • Dr Blackstein
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