Tony Bevan is an improvising virtuoso on Soprano, Tenor and Bass saxophones, on which is probably Britain's only major modern performer. He has appeared numerous times with Derek Bailey's international symposium of improvisers, COMPANY, released acclaimed CDs on Bailey's INCUS label (including the Mercury Music Prize nominated "Bigshots") as well as recording with Bailey himself (he is a member of Bailey's "Limescale" quintet). He has toured extensively in Europe and America, and is currently a member of the legendary Sunny Murray's trio, as well as leading his own groups. Writer Ben Watson has written of him as "one of the unsung heroes of modern British music".

His current trio is completed by John Edwards on Bass and Mark Sanders on drums, this being the group on his recording, "Nothing is Permanent but Woe", recorded for and broadcast by the BBC's "Jazz on 3", and featured on their "highlights of the year" show.

Apart from his own groups, Bevan also has an occasional duo with Derek Bailey (recorded on "Visitor's Book", released in August 2002 on Incus, and "Under Tracey's Bed", a performance from the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. He has also performed and recorded with Derek in larger groups - the quintet recording "Limescale" has just been released on Incus. Bevan is also (again, with John Edwards) a member of the Sunny Murray Trio, and has toured this country and recorded with him, and will be touring Europe with him early next year.