Jazz Suite Artists
- Andy Dore
- Andy Lawton
- Becky Brine
- Bernado Savill
- Brian Ibbotson
- Charlie Hearnshaw
- Charlotte Lane
- Craig Milverton
- Dhevdhas Nair
- Fraser Weekes
- Gavin Martin
- George Comer
- George Cooper
- Hamer & Isaacs Gypsy Swing Band
- Harry Fulcher
- Ian Pettit
- Ian Wright
- Jade Gall
- James Harris
- Karen Taylor
- Louise Parker
- Maggie Reeday
- Martin Dale
- Martin Holland
- Max Turnball
- Neil Burns
- Night of the horns
- Noelle Kadory
- Nose To Nose
- Paul Harris
- Paul Kelly
- Pete Canter
- Pete Spearing
- Roger Bailey
- Rory Simmons
- Rosie Corlett
- Roz Harding
- Sandy McDonough
- Sarah O'Brien
- Silver Street
- Terry Sloggett
- The Silver Street Horns
- The Swiss
- Tony Harris
- Tony McQuarry
- Tony Roberts
Pete Canter
Pete Canter's OCTOBER QUINTET was formed in 2007 to play my contemporary jazz compositions. The musicians are myself on tenor saxophone, Tim Sayer (tpt/flgl), Ian Wright (pno), Kevin Sanders (bss) and Dave Sheen (dms). Outside In, a performance of original tunes written for the OQ was a grant winner in the 2008 Exeter Autumn Festival.
The Pete Canter Quartet is known for its high-intensity straight-ahead hardbop and latin material and is a regular at jazz venues and festivals across the southwest and further afield. It has several incarnations including my Exeter based band with Ian Wright/James Clemas (pno), John Donolly/Andy Tunbridge (bss) and Gary Evans/Dave Sheen (dms), and a line up with Bristol-based pianist Jim Blomfield, which works around the Bristol, Bath and Cheltenham area.
The Pete Canter Trio works regularly in smaller venues and usually comprises either Ian Wright (piano) & Andy Tunbridge (bass) or Jim Blomfield (piano) & Kevin Sanders (bass).
Pete Canter & Ian Wright is a popular sax-piano duo playing around restaurants, wine bars and other small venues. We have a large repertoire of modern jazz ranging from mainstream standards to contemporary latin and original tunes.
Lazybird is a function band with Claire Hoinville (vcls), Ian Wright (pno), Andy Tunbridge (bss) and Gary Evans (congas) which plays laid back jazz, latin and soul music.
Jinrikisha is a quintet with Hereford based trumpet/flugelhorn player Ben Thomas which also features Jim Blomfield (piano), Erika Lyons (double-bass) & Gary Evans (drums). The band plays blue note classics and originals written by members of the band. We are performing at the Teignmouth Jazz Festival later this year.
Remo is a jazz quartet/quintet in which I play drums.
In 2005/6 I received a grant from Artsmatrix to study composition with internationally renowned saxophonist/composer Iain Ballamy and Iain has performed with my quartet on several occasions, most recently at the Queens Theatre Barnstaple as part of the 2007 North Devon Festival and at the 2007 Teignmouth Jazz Festival.
In 2007 I produced a CD "So Far" which is a compilation of recordings made over the past few years with several different bands. "Ununbium", a new album of my original tunes recorded with Jim Blomfield, Wayne Elliot and Gary Evans has recently been released. Both albums are available on gigs, direct from me or from www.jazzcds.co.uk, see recordings.
Over the last few years I have played at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Teignmouth Jazz Festival, Bude Jazz Festival, Hayne Barton Jazz Festival, Exeter Vibraphonic Festival, Exeter Summer Festival, Exeter Autumn Festival, Taunton Jazz Festival, North Devon Festival and Pontypool Jazz Festival. My bands have supported Polar Bear and Kyle Eastwood and I have played with Iain Ballamy, Harry Beckett, Ted Beament, and Jim Fryer. I was recently featured in one of the PRS-MCPS monthly podcasts of new composers.
I play a Mauriat PMXT-66RUL tenor saxophone supplied by Wessex Music of Sherborne, with an Otto-link 7* ebonite mouthpiece and a 2.5 Rico Royal reed; a 1927 Beuscher Trutone alto, found in New York a few years ago, with a 7* Otto-link ebonite mouthpiece and a 2.5 Rico Royal reed; Selmer SAII soprano with a Meyer 7M mouthpiece and a Rico Royal 2.5 reed.