PD3 Pete Downes Trio

Contemporary and mainstream fusion

PD3 MUSICIANS

Andy Coe
Double nad electric bass

Tim Bruce
Drums

Pete Downes
Acoustic and electric Guitars

Andy studied classical music for the double bass at school in England, but took up jazz seriously after hearing Miles Davis's Bitches Brew performed live at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. His prime influences include Charlie Haden and Ray Brown.

His versatility has enabled him to experiment with a variety of sound combinations and music forms, including a period with John Stevens' Spontaneous Music Ensemble and the Portsmouth Sinfonia,

Andy also performs with Jack-E McAuley's Poormouth.
Andy Coe on MySpace

Having studied under the tutelage of drum masters Mal Cutland and Lloyd Ryan, Tim is a master in versatility on drums. He has played a wide variety of music live & in session for Roogalator, Polly Brown Blues Band, Boney M and has toured with The Stranglers.

His own jazz trio played recently at the Ealing Jazz Festival and Tim was a regular on stage at the Bulls Head (Barnes) with the Latin Jazz group Seventh Wave.

Pete Downes has rapidly become one of Europe’s leading guitarists in the modern fusion and ambient genres.

With influences that cover such a wide spectrum as Pat Metheny, Bach, Hendrix, Towner, his compositions with PD3 caught the attention of Jazzwise, Jazz FM and critic praise from The Guardian, The Observer and many others.

In addition he has produced several solo projects including the ambient classic 'Sea of Tranquility' which has proved very successful on iTunes. He has also just finished composing and recording relaxation music and therapy CD for the NHS Chronic Fatigue Unit.

His latest recording 'Elements' is with Hang drummer Martyn Barker which has signed publishing and is a success with film makers.

For Pete's full biography go here

Pete Downes on MySpace

GUEST MUSICIANS

Dick Pearce
Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Like many other prominent UK jazz musicians, trumpeter Dick Pearce began his performing career with NYJO, but also worked with Graham Collier, Mike Westbrook, Keith Tippett, Ken Hyder and many others in the 1970s, when he was in his twenties.

His front-line partnership with Ronnie Scott in the latter’s band in the 1980s and 1990s, plus his playing with his own band and those of Jack Sharpe, Don Rendell and Peter King, made him one the UK’s first-call trumpeters, and Brian Blain, in Musician, has called Pearce’s playing‘exquisite, heart-stopping'.