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Freddie Gavita

A fresh young jazz collective based in London

About Me

Freddie is about to finish his fourth year studying jazz at the Royal Academy of Music, where he has studied with Gerard Presencer, Pat White, Mike Lovatt, and Martin Speake. He plays regularly with the John Dankworth Orchestra, the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band, the Ronnie Scott’s All-Stars, the London Jazz Orchestra, the Andy Panayi Big Band, and was recently a featured soloist with the BBC Big Band on Radio 2. He has performed with many of the worlds biggest jazz and pop stars, including Marti Pellow, Curtis Stigers, Carleen Anderson, Joe Locke, Peter Erskine, Kenny Wheeler, Tim Garland and Georgie Fame. He also leads his own quartet, featuring Kit Downes(piano), Calum Gourlay (bass) and James Maddren (drums). "... a talented trumpet prodigy" John Walters, the Guardian

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Member Since: 4/22/2006
Band Members: Freddie Gavita - Trumpet, Kit Downes or Tom Cawley - Piano, Calum Gourlay or Tom Farmer - Double Bass, Ben Bryant or James Maddren - Drums
Influences: Mum and Dad, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, John Schofield, Louis Armstrong, Kenny Garrett, and each other, I suppose
Sounds Like: Us?
Type of Label: None