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Pete Cater Big Band

Pete Cater
“A gifted and versatile drummer, at home in any context”
(Rough Guide to Jazz) Pete Cater was born with a drumstick in each hand. His father was a drummer, and his grandfather a saxophonist and bandleader. Pete’s precocious rhythmic awareness was apparent from the outset. Movie footage exists of him hand drumming aged barely 12 months and the innate talent cannot be missed. His musical tastes matured similarly early, and courtesy of his Dad’s record collection he was, by age 5, already a devotee of Joe Morello, Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson.

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The Zen Hussies

If it's 'goodtime swingska boogaloo' you need to give you extra pep towards the end of the night, look no further than the boundary-decimating Zen Hussies. No strangers to playing stamina-sapping five hour sets, imagine The Specials playing film noir soundtracks while wearing the widest of grins. As Venue Magazine put once proclaimed, The Hussies are "born showmen with one eye on the absurd play songs that lodge in the head like well-aimed bullets"

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Swing

Swing (Hong Kong group) Swing is Eric Kwok and Jerald Chan. First period (1999-2002) Eric always set composer, arranger and producer all in himself. In order to learn the skills of produce in his debut period, Eric decided to be a singer, but he didn't want solo, so he teamed up "Snowman" with Jerald Chan(Chen Zhe Lu) under EMI. They released the first EP "Snowman" in 1999 with co-supervise. Famous musician Danny Chung as their vocal producer.

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Lazlo

Lazlo is Paul Hézard, a French electronic music producer from Marseille, who’s grown up surrounded by the music of Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder and Django Reinhardt. From his earliest steps in music until his latest minimal-electro-swing productions he always wanted to pay tribute to all his idols using ideas and melodies from History’s classic music back catalogue. Lazlo has refashioned vintage sounds with fresh electronic beats and sounds that give swing a second youth and electro an...

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Brian Setzer

Brian Setzer (born April 10, 1959 in New York) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In the 1980s, Setzer fronted the popular rockabilly band, Stray Cats. Stray Cats caught America's attention with the 1982 album Built For Speed, which included the two Top Ten hits, Rock This Town (#9) and Stray Cat Strut (#3), as well as with the follow-up 1983 album Rant n Rave, which included the two successful singles (She's) Sexy + 17 (#5), and I Won't Stand In Your Way (#35).

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Colin James

Six-time Juno award-winner Colin James has driven his 10-album, 25-year career with his blues influenced guitar mastery and soulful vocals. James was only 18-years old when he captured the attention of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, who marveled at the prodigious talent, decided to take him on the road through the Canadian prairies, and later the United States. It wasn't long after that the young musician began opening for the likes of John Lee Hooker, ZZ Top...

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