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Richard Pite : ウィキペディア英語版 | Richard Pite
Richard Pite is a professional musician (drums, double bass, bass ukulele, tuba and sousaphone) and jazz historian specialising in the jazz of the early 20th Century. He is founder of two music companies - PartyJazz and The Jazz Repertory Company - and Director of Music for Boisdale which presents jazz and other live music on a nightly basis at its three London venues. For many years he has specialised in 1920s music & the drum techniques and visual tricks of the era's jazz drummers and over the last 12 years has worked together with musical partner (Pete Long ) (Ronnie Scott's Big Band, Pete Long's Benny Goodman Orchestra) to preserve early jazz history through live performance. Together they have recreated historic moments from jazz history in association with The National Jazz Archive. For the 100th Anniversary of Gene Krupa's birth Pite staged the only UK concert celebrating the life and work of the artist who was one of the most important and flamboyant drummers in jazz history. ==Early Career== A graduate of York University, Pite began his professional career in California in 1980 when he worked as a freelance drummer. In 1981 he returned to London and freelanced in jazz, rock and country music. He joined the Carey Duncan Band in the summer of 1981 and spent two years touring Europe and the USA with this Country Rock combo. He was concurrently working with a 1920s jazz band called the (Rio Trio ) which in 1982 became the resident band on BBC Radio 4’s weekly show “(And So To Ned )” hosted by Ned Sherrin. In 1983 he joined (The Ross Mitchell Band ) – the last ever band to be resident at the famous London dance venue The Hammersmith Palais. The band played for international ballroom dancing championships and released several albums of “strict tempo” music. In 1986 he took over the running of The Rio Trio for 10 years finishing with two tours of the USA in 1995 and 1996.
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