Paul Cavaciuti

Internationally renowned performer, composer, educator and music therapist. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1986, he began a performance career that has encompassed a wide variety artists and musical styles, from Indie rock and pop, to jazz, fusion, Latin music and West End shows. His credits include work with; Jim Mullen, Donovan, Alison Bentley and the Jazz Menagerie, The David Gordon Trio, Tina May, Jacqui Dankworth, Dave O’Higgins, Barbara Thompson, Theo Travis, Cayenne, Roberto Pla, Christie Hennessy, Chris Garrick, John Etheridge, Coup d’Etat, Dave Cliff, Colin Oxley, Paul Moylan, Annie Whitehead, Mornington Lockett, Gail Thompson Big Band, Rob Hall, The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, Carmen Leggio and The Royal Shakespeare Company, His playing has been described as “inspired” (Jazz Journal International), “outstanding” and “virtuosic” (Musician Magazine), and “one of the best jazz drummers in the UK” (Bath and West Times). He has toured extensively throughout Europe, the USA and the Middle East.

Paul is also an extremely successful jazz educator. He was Head of Percussion at the Musician’s Institute in London and a visiting lecturer in music education at the Australian National University in Canberra, 2003. He has taught extensively in the US and UK, at the Music Conservatory of Westchester, NY, The Westchester School of Music in Mamaronek, NY and at Westminster School in London. He enjoys a thriving private teaching practice in both drums and piano, and currently teaches at Richmond College, London and Saint Lawrence College, Ramsgate.

Paul’s work as a composer has been featured on BBC television, Jazz FM, on the last three albums by the David Gordon Trio and now on his own CD, Francisco’s Rhumba by the Paul Cavaciuti Quartet.