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Pete Cater

Pete Cater’s father (Peter Cater) was a drummer and his grandfather a jazz saxophonist and bandleader. Pete took up drums at a very early age and played with the Muidland Youth Jazz Orchestra. After playing with bands around the Midlands in the UK he formed his own big band in 1995 and this received the accolade of Best Big Band in the British Jazz Awards 2000. He is a versatile drummer playing in all configurations of jazz groups and has accompanied many well known musicians including Spike Robinson, Benny Carter, Harry Edison, Terry Gibbs and Buddy de Franco. He plays all styles of jazz from big band, swing and mainstream to contemporary jazz. He was chosen to replace legendary drummer Ronnie Verrell in “The Best of British Jazz” (an all star jazz sextet led by trombonist Don Lusher) touring show in 2002. He has released three albums under his own name Playing with Fire (1997), Upswing (2000) and The Right Time (2006)

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Pete Cater Big Band: The Right Time

Read "The Right Time" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Pete Cater is arguably Great Britain's foremost big-band drummer, and The Right Time is yet another album--this would be the third, and second on Vocalion--of swinging, straight-ahead jazz by Cater and his ebullient ensemble from across the pond. As for the title, it should go without saying that any time is the right time to kick back and enjoy a pleasurable hour of top-of-the-line music by one of the UK's most proficient bands.

Cater's unequivocal approach, modeled after the standard ...

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The Pete Cater Big Band: Upswing!

Read "Upswing!" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Pete Cater Big Band earned top honors among larger groups last year in the annual Post Office–sponsored British Jazz Awards competition. If you’d like to know why, simply listen to Upswing!, the band’s second album and first on the Vocalion label. From pianist Matt O’Regan’s breezy introduction to his splendid arrangement of Jerome Kern’s “The Song Is You” to the last deeply–grooved measures of guitarist Dave Stryker’s “Nomad,” drummer Cater’s hard–working crew swings as powerfully and as often as ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Right Time

Vocalion
2006

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Upswing!

Vocalion
2001

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Upswing!

Concord Music Group
2000

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