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UNUNBIUM: Exciting new album of my original compositions featuring the fantastic rhythm section of Jim Blomfield (piano), Wayne Elliot (double bass) and Gary Evans (drums). Recorded September 2nd & 3rd by engineer Mark Ellis of the Propagation House Recording Studio, on location at Minstrels Music Centre, with Jim playing a Yamaha grand piano. 11 Tracks: Tinker Taylor, Free Thinking, Spirea, The Ride, Blues for Bill, Sinuous , Song number Forty-two, Mongoose, Mambo Out, Down from the Trees, Ununbium. Check out the samples on the home page. Available now at gigs for £10, direct from me at £10 + P&P (£1 in UK mainland) or using secure, online payment through www.jazzcds.co.uk at £11 (in which case £2 per CD goes to Jazz CDs).

 

Review of Ununbium by Iain Ballamy: "having been in contact with Pete over the year he was developing and writing this material, this CD comes as a refreshing and welcome arrival. Featuring the excellent pianist Jim Blomfield, the music shows spirit and vitality with a good energy all round!"

Review of Ununbium by Keith Ames in the MU Magazine, Musician: "Illustrious tenor saxophonist Pete offers another example of definitive small band improv. His South-West England-based outfit features Jim Blomfield (piano), Wayne Elliot (bass) and Gary Evans (drums). Varied, exciting, exceptional."

Review of Ununbium by Jazzwise Magazine April 2009: "Now Exeter-based, this tenor saxophonist has a lugubrious yet entirely listenable sound and swing-to-bop approach. Here he leads a quartet including Bristolian pianist Jim Blomfield through an honest set of originals" *** (Good)

 

 

 

ALSO AVAILABLE : Pete Canter: SO FAR.

a 14-track compilation CD drawing together tracks from recordings made with different bands over the last few years. It includes all 5 tracks from the PCQ 2005 CD (now sold out), selected tracks from PCQ 2004 (now sold out), something from Standard Fifteen (also sold out) plus new live recordings of me in duo with Ian Wright, in trio with Jim Blomfield & Wayne Elliot and a live track recorded at the Amber Rooms with my Exeter Quartet.

The CD is on sale at gigs or direct from me at £10 (postage free in UK mainland ) or using secure, online payment through www.jazzcds.co.uk at £10 (in which case £2 per CD goes to Jazz CDs).

Tracks: Son of Red Blues (Taylor see PCQ 2005); Dreamer (Jobim see PCQ 2003); Invitation (Kaper w/ Jim Blomfield & Wayne Elliot), A Night in Tunisia (Parker Gillespie see PCQ 2003); Little Sunflower (Hubbard w/ Ian Wright); Slick (Canter see PCQ 2005); Black Nile (Shorter see PCQ 2005); Laura (Mercer) see PCQ 2003); Down from the Trees (Canter see PCQ 2005); Autumn Leaves (Kosma/Prevert w/ Ian Wright); Eternal Triangle (Stitt w/ Jim Blomfield & Wayne Elliot); In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington see Standard Fifteen 2003); Why Not (Canter see PCQ 2005); Loudzee (Bergonzi w/ Ian Wright, Andy Tunbridge, Dave Sheen)

 

The Pete Canter Quartet 2005 CD is a demo to showcase some of my original compositions. The band is Dhevdhas Nair on piano, Riaan Vosloo on bass and Mark Heyward on drums. The 5-track demo includes two standards: Black Nile (Wayne Shorter) and Son of Red Blues (Mike Taylor). The originals are Slick (Canter), Why Not (Canter) and , Down from the Trees (Canter). For streamed version of some of these tracks, check out myspace/petecanter. Out of Stock

 

The excellent Pete Canter Quartet 2003 CD was recorded with Paul Harris (pno), Andy Tunbridge (bss), Mark Heyward (dms) in January 2003. Tracks: Israel; Dreamer; A Night in Tunisia; Laura; Dewey Square; Groovy Samba; Four on Six; Cool Blues. A Night in Tunisia from this album was also featured on the Cheltenham Jazz Fringe Compilation CD (Phat Records) distributed nationally by Jazzwise Magazine in May 2004 Out of Stock

 

 

 

The Pete Canter / James Shipway duo album, Standard fifteen recorded in 2003. Tracks: Stella by Starlight, Anthropology, Corcovado, Morning Dance, Joyspring, Skylark, In a Sentimental Mood, This Masquerade, Clouds, Dewey Square, Star Eyes, Triste, Blues for Alice, Black Orpheus, Take Five. Out of Stock

 

 

 

Indoor Sundial, recorded in Wales in 1999, is a mix of jazz standards, not so standard standards and originals by Plankton, a quintet featuring Sid Thomas (pno), Barry Wise (bss), Andy Parry (gtr), Andy Hay (dms) and myself. Tracks: Tiempos Felice, Mark Time, Moon and Sand, Tidings, Invitation, Blue Gardens, 500 Miles High, Larry You're Unbelievable, Great Mills, Argel. I still have a few copies of this album available direct from me at £7.50 + P&P

Blue in Green (1999) is a trio album with Ed Wiles (pno) and Barry Wise (bss). Tracks: Afternoon in Paris, Home at Last, My Song, Yardbird Suite, Windows, Wave, Israel, Triste, Dolphin Dance, Four, Blue in Green, Killer Jo. Out of Stock