Sixteen men swinging. There’s nothing more exhilarating. I felt it with Woody Herman’s first Herds, and then with Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Buddy Rich …. and that same excitement, the kind which makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up, is generated for me today by the Pete Cater Big Band. I enjoyed their debut CD “Playing with Fire” so much that I put a track on my Radio 2 show and it prompted immediate nods of approval. Pete Cater is a self-taught natural drummer just like Buddy Rich. (excerpt of booklet info by Malcolm Laycock, BBC Radio 2) 10 Tracks. Recorded: Abbey Road Studio 2, London 6-8 August 2000.