Itchy fingers

Itchy fingers

Itchy Fingers was an award winning British Saxophone Quartet founded by saxophonist Mike Mower in the mid 1980's. The original line up consisted of Mike Mower, John Graham, Howard Turner and Martin Speake.

Itchy Fingers won the national British jazz competition on BBC TV (Schlitz Jazz Sounds '86), and were awarded "Best new Band" by Wire jazz magazine, "Grand Prix" by Czech Jazz Festival and their debut album "Quark" was awarded the "Deutscher Schallplattenpreis" (voted one of the best 10 albums of 1987 by German record critics). They were also awarded "Best Band of 1994" at the British Jazz Awards.

Their first album "Quark" was released by Virgin Records in 1987.


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