Pete Cater Music

Panning to line up some more dates for this in '24.

Pete Cater - The Great Drum Show! - Strada Music Agency Featuring the music of Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Louie Bellson, Joe Morello, Mel Lewis, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick Corea, Stan Kenton and many more, performed by award winning The Pete Cater Big Band, the UK’s foremost sixteen-piece show band. The ...

Black Friday big band blowout, blah blah blah...

BLACK FRIDAY BIG BAND SPECIAL!! — PETE CATER Simon Spillett, ‘Dear Tubby H’ and Pete Cater ‘Playing With Fire’ for just £19.99

Five weeks today. The excitement mounts apace.

Dear Tubby H with the Simon Spillett Big Band Tickets | £28 | 11 Dec @ 229, London | DICE Star UK tenor saxophonist Simon Spillett and his all-star UK big band present the launch of ‘Dear Tubby H’, the acclaimed album featuring lost arrangements b...

London, December 11th. This promises to e a night to remember. If you can't make it, our critically acclaimed album is available via petecater.org/store or Bandcamp. This has been a public service announcement.

Dear Tubby H with the Simon Spillett Big Band Tickets | £28 | 11 Dec @ 229, London | DICE Star UK tenor saxophonist Simon Spillett and his all-star UK big band present the launch of ‘Dear Tubby H’, the acclaimed album featuring lost arrangements b...

This promises to be a great gig. A live performance of a great album.

Dear Tubby H with the Simon Spillett Big Band Tickets | £28 | 11 Dec @ 229, London | DICE Star UK tenor saxophonist Simon Spillett and his all-star UK big band present the launch of ‘Dear Tubby H’, the acclaimed album featuring lost arrangements b...

Released today.

DEAR TUBBY H, by SIMON SPILLETT BIG BAND 12 track album

In another of my disconcertingly more frequent trips to the twenty first century, my video drum instruction package, 'Pete Cater:On Drums' released on DVD in 2018 is now available as a digital download from the newly opened online shop on my website.
It's two hours of my personal takes on technique, comping, brushes, improvisation, big band playing (of course) and quite a lot more besides. Approaches and concepts you won't find anywhere else.

PETE CATER: ON DRUMS, VIDEO INSTRUCTION PACKAGE (DIGITAL DOWNLOAD) — PETE CATER Pete’s groundbreakin video tutorial release, ‘On Drums’ is now available as a digital download for the very first time. Two hours packed full of fresh, innovative drum set concepts and technique. Ideal for the intermediate to advanced player. Subject areas covered include hand technique, timek...

Ten glorious years, and back again this summer.

FREDDIE GEE 2023 Every summer since 2013 (apart from the year of state sanctioned house arrest) it has been my enormous pleasure to be a member of the teaching faculty at the...

Tonight!

The Pete Cater Big Band presents The Great Drum Show | The Arc Wi******er – arts, reading and community All the best popular music that emerged in the twentieth century has one unifying, compelling feature. The beat!

The more I think about this new show, the more ideas I have about potential repertoire, not all of it jazz/big band oriented necessarily. We'll need a world tour, a lengthy spell in the West End and a Vegas residency to do everything I have in mind. But for now, here's a link to the debut coming up on April 29th.

The Pete Cater Big Band presents The Great Drum Show | The Arc Wi******er – arts, reading and community

Your occasional reminder of the pilot of our new show paying homage to several legendary drummers.
The repertoire is coming together and so far includes music made famous by or associated with the following;
Miles Davis
Dave Brubeck
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Buddy Rich
Gene Krupa
Louie Bellson
Steely Dan
Weather Report
Tower of Power
and a whole lot more that I haven't thought of yet.
World tour details, along with West End and Vegas residencies tba
In the meantime...

The Pete Cater Big Band presents The Great Drum Show | The Arc Wi******er – arts, reading and community

Coming up next weekend. Teaching alongside some bona fide legends. Great value as well, probably cheaper than staying at home with the heating on in fact.

PDCamp 2023 Promo With updated Tutors!!!Want to come to the PDCamp join February 2023 but not sure?? Here's what you can expect and more!!!!https://palacedrumclinic.com/palace...

Lots of new live dates just added to the website today, including a ticket link to the Big Band celebration of the greats of drumming which takes place in Wi******er on April 29th. All sorts of other good stuff going on too.
Your definitive guide of places to avoid if you're determined to steer clear of me can be found at

Events — PETE CATER Feb 12 1:00 PM13:00 SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET AT RONNIE SCOTT'S CLUB Sunday, February 12, 2023 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 13:00 15:00 Google Calendar ICS Simon Spillett tenor saxRob Barron pianoAlec Dankworth bassPete Cater drums View Event →

The Pete Cater Big Band presents The Great Drum Show | The Arc Wi******er – arts, reading and community

Trying out a new project this Spring. If I like it and you like it, it might turn out to be a keeper.

The Pete Cater Big Band presents The Great Drum Show | The Arc Wi******er – arts, reading and community All the best popular music that emerged in the twentieth century has one unifying, compelling feature. The beat!

The big band makes its return in April 2023 with a celebration of a whole lot of the master drummers of the 20th century.

The Pete Cater Big Band presents The Great Drum Show | The Arc Wi******er – arts, reading and community All the best popular music that emerged in the twentieth century has one unifying, compelling feature. The beat!

New podcast hosted by my great friend Travis.

Episode 6 of “Musicians Mentor Podcast’ is officially out and available to stream via all great streaming sources.

In todays episode I talk with British drum royalty, Mr Pete Cater. Go have a listen if you fancy - and, as usual - please remember to rate, review and share for us, thanks…

With Pete Cater Music

Just five days remaining on the crowdfunder for this hugely exciting project that I'm delighted to be producing.
You can sponsor one of the musicians, sponsor one of the arrangements (for either of which you'll get a prominent credit on the album, amongst other things) or pre order the CD, which we anticipate will be with us in late Spring 2023.

THE SIMON SPILLETT BIG BAND PLAYS TUBBY HAYES ALBUM RECORDING, LONDON LAUNCH CONCERT AND FURTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Check out 'THE SIMON SPILLETT BIG BAND PLAYS TUBBY HAYES' on Indiegogo.

Your weekly reminder...

THE SIMON SPILLETT BIG BAND PLAYS TUBBY HAYES ALBUM RECORDING, LONDON LAUNCH CONCERT AND FURTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Check out 'THE SIMON SPILLETT BIG BAND PLAYS TUBBY HAYES' on Indiegogo.

I'm very pleased to have decided to back Simon Spillett's big band recording project. A crowd funding page has launched this morning if you would like to get involved.

THE SIMON SPILLETT BIG BAND PLAYS TUBBY HAYES ALBUM RECORDING, LONDON LAUNCH CONCERT AND FURTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Check out 'THE SIMON SPILLETT BIG BAND PLAYS TUBBY HAYES' on Indiegogo.