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I’ve been playing Beck’s “Paper Tiger” with Rob Price for 20 years! It’s such a great song and a great vehicle for improvisation; we’ve never played it the same way twice. Here’s the first time we ever played it with the great Pete Galub! Myles Sloniker is on bass. This was recorded Sunday Septemb…

Enjoy this excerpt from our most recent show; stay tuned for upcoming dates, and have a great summer! Get full access to Drumber. at chriscawthray.substack.com/subscribe

Last month, Elite Travelers set up at Annette Studios in Toronto to record some live videos with the most excellent Gary Popovich behind the camera. Having a creative, interactive camera person really levels up the video above cutting between one or two static phone cameras. My intention was that G…

It’s a warm, rainy day here in Toronto and here’s a thematically appropriate song written by Rob Price that will be featured on our upcoming 6-song release, entitled “Elite Travelers”, due to arrive on vinyl and digital this fall! The video is from a trio show at Young Ethel’s in Park Slope, Brook…

I have been collaborating with dancers for over 30 years as a composer and performer and also an accompanist for dance training and technique. I would safely estimate that the number of dance classes I have accompanied with live improvised music is in the thousands and rising! Back in the 90s danc…

A couple of weeks ago I gave myself a composition challenge to extrapolate a piece from a brief melodic motif. I think I had been watching and reading too much news, and maybe you’ll recognize the motif. This recording is just a MIDI rendering of the sheet music (imagine a digital version of an old…

Covers volume 2! This time it’s a collection of cover songs performed by ¡DO! during a gig at Cliff Bell’s in Detroit, MI on June 22, 2014 ¡DO! is Simeon Abbott on Hammond B# organ + Chris Cawthray on drums, percussion, and vocals The songs featured are: Adam’s Apple (Wayne Shorter) Roots Rock Reg…

This episode gathers songs from the CC catalogue about animals. These are all original songs (and one improvisation) inspired by frogs, sharks, kittens, crabs and (th)rabbits. Thanks for listening! Become a Substack subscriber and gain perks like my COMPLETE music download catalog. TO DONATE: via S…

Drumber returns with the first part of a series of episodes devoted to cover songs! Apologies for the inconsistency voice-over audio, technology is often more of an expressway to hell than a stairway to heaven. :) Thanks for listening! Become a Substack subscriber and gain perks like my COMPLETE mu…