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“ Peter John King (born 11 August 1940) is an English jazz saxophonist, composer, and clarinettist.

Early life
Peter King, playing his Yanagisawa A9932Z alto saxophoneA Yanagisawa A9932J alto saxophone which is very similar to the A9932Z played by Peter King. It has a solid silver bell and neck with solid phosphor bronze body. The bell, neck and key-cups are extensively engraved. Manufactured in 2008
Peter King was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, on August 11, 1940. He took up the clarinet and saxophone as a teenager, entirely self taught. Though he began his working life as an apprentice cartographer at The Directorate of Overseas Survey (D.O.S.), he quickly decided to become a professional musician.
In 1957 His first public appearances were playing alto in a trad jazz group at the Swan Public House, Mll Street, Kingston in a group organised by a trumpeter called Alan Rosewell, with whom he worked at the Directorate of Overseas Surveys

Career
In 1959, at the age of nineteen, he was booked by Ronnie Scott to perform at the opening of Scott's club in Gerrard Street, London. In the same year he received the Melody Maker "New Star" award. He worked with Johnny Dankworth's orchestra from 1960 to 1961, [......] ”

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