Over the last twenty five years Richard Pite has established himself as one of the country's leading exponents of vintage jazz drumming. His style is steeped in the playing of such masters as Papa Jo Jones, Big Sid Catlett, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and Cozy Cole The drummers of the 20s, 30s and 40s very often employed a huge array of musical and visual tricks that thrilled their audiences. These routines (very rarely seen today) have been adapted by Richard to provide the cornerstone of his show.

Richard is also an accomplished sousaphone player and this extraordinarily striking instrument is put to good comic use with juggling balls, a piccolo, modern technology and some racy dance routines too.

The show also features the musical saw, harmonica, stylophone, zydeco tie (!), theramin, bok a de bok cymbals (!!), tap dancing, sand dancing, the amazing ready-to-wear drum coat (!!!) and probably the worst Elvis Presley impersonation you're ever likely to see (!!!!).

Syncopated Paraphernalia can be anything from a ten minute spot through to a 90 minute show. Richard can perform solo (with backing tracks), with piano accompaniment or any number of musicians up to a sextet.