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As a performer, I have always striven to be versatile, and a glance at my biography will, I hope, bear this out. Over the years, I have played most styles of music and enjoyed nearly all of them. These days I concentrate on jazz (of all types), latin music and, with my own band, what I would describe as acoustic fusion.
I am currently working regularly with the following groups and artists:
The David Gordon Trio
This extraordinary band has been together since 1995 and consists of myself on drums, David Gordon on Piano and Ole Rasmussen or Jonty Fisher on bass. The music is eclectic, with influences ranging from jazz to baroque to Celtic to funk and many more besides. We have several CDs out on the Zah Zah label. For more information, please go to the Trio website, which can be found on the links page.
Craig Schneider
Craig Schneider is a wonderful pianist and singer who specialises in music from the Swing Era, especially George Gershwin and Nat King Cole. We play concerts at clubs, colleges and music societies throughout the UK. This band also features the wonderful bass playing of Jonty Fisher.
Please see the links page for more details
The Hot Orange Big Band
The Hot Orange Big Band is one of the most exciting big bands in the UK. Started by Trombonists Dave Hammer and Loose Tubes veteran, Richard Pyewell, the band concentrates on more contemporary literature from arrangers such as Bob Mintzer, Clare Fischer and Vince Mendoza, as well as older material from the likes of Duke Ellington and the Mingus Big Band, for whom Dave Hammer’s father was the arranger during the 1960s.
Please see the links page for more details
Jazzelation
The band Jazzelation was started by Oxford-based guitarist Kevin Armstrong. The songs, which contain elements of blues, gospel and spirituals, are a vehicle for the soulful vocals of Alison Bentley. The band also features the Hammond organ of Pete Whittaker and the superb trumpet playing of Matt Holland.
Please see the links page for more details.
The Paul Cavaciuti Quartet
As the name implies, this is my band. I started it originally as a writing project. Nobody was writing or playing the kind of music that I really wanted to hear, so I thought I should do it myself! Above, I described the music as acoustic fusion, but it really represents an amalgam of the musics I love best, jazz, latin, late 19th and early 20th century classical music, blues and odd-meter fusion. If you’d like to sample some, please visit the sounds page; if you’d like to buy the CD, please email me at info@paulcav.com
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