“Lola’s Day Off” Featuring Moyses Dos Santos And Pete Ray Biggin

This is a terrific five-piece band, featuring 606 regulars, bass player Moyses dos Santos and Moyses’s great friend, Level 42 drummer Pete Ray Biggin. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, bass player Moyses dos Santos showed an aptitude for the instrument from a very early age. His first public performance was at the age of 8, when he appeared with his local church band, and he continued to perform within the church environment right up through to the age of 18. Once in his teens the word soon got out and it wasn’t long before he found himself touring Brazil with established gospel and pop artists. His international career really took off, though, on his move to London in the late 2000’s when he was in his mid 20’s. It didn’t take long for his talent to be recognised, and for the last 6 years or so he has been touring Europe and his native South America with various high profile bands as well as working regularly as a successful studio musician here in London. Perhaps best known for his work with "PB Underground" and co-founder of "Lola's Day Off", the band featured this evening, Moyses is definitely the bass player to watch. Drummer Pete Ray Biggin already includes the likes of Chaka Khan, Robbie Williams, Lily Allen, The Specials, Whitney Houston, Beverley Knight, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Carleen Anderson, Estelle and Adele on a hugely impressive CV. Originally from Sheffield, Pete started drumming at the age of 4, going on to win the Drummers Alliance Beat 93 Under 16s competition and by the age of 15 was working regularly on the club circuit. By the time he was 21 he was touring Europe, gigging, writing and recording everything from jazz and soul to pop and rock. But it was probably after he was asked to join the classic band Incognito that people really started to notice this passionate drummer, with a feel and technique that put him among the drumming elite. Now a regular member of the iconic band Level 42 Pete can also be seen with his own 12-piece band PB Underground, undoubtedly one of the finest groove bands in Europe. Also featured in the band tonight will be ace saxophonist Gabriele Virgilio Pribetti, the brilliant Carl Hudson on keyboards and the highly impressive guitarist Luca Faraone. The band have also asked trumpeter Jackson Mathod and the wonderful expat Australian vocalist Georgia van Etten to join them for some impromptu “soulful grooving”, so this promises to be quite a show. Booking advised.

“Moyses dos Santos…awesome” the jazzmeet; “A slick amalgam of funk and jazz riffing...Biggin more than lived up to his cult drummer reputation.” Jazzwise; “A true musical genius…Carl Hudson” Soulpersona