UK-based big band, sometimes with strings. "A sonic ride back to the sounds of Capitol Studios in the 1950s" (DownBeat Magazine)
London
Joined January 2011
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🎶 So here it is, our FULL list of stops for this year's wintertime feast! 🎶
So treat yourself, treat a loved one, head to swingintochristmas.co.uk today.
Our mics are always ON 🔈
Here's @MarvTheJazzman performing "A Change Is Gonna Come" at @cadoganhall last weekend.
The first of our two new albums will be here before you know it! COUNT DOWN TO CHRISTMAS will be out on 27 November.
Pre-order today to receive it before the release date, or pick it up at the merch table at one of our tour stops!
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Oh no! Glad we could be a balm of sorts.
A tortuous journey saw us arrive 25 minutes late but @DFTCband's Voices of Soul show was fantastic and worth the effort.
It's going DOWN (for the Count).
Finally, 6 years after our last studio recording, we're busy creating a new album for your listening pleasure.
Make that two...
One of the audience favourites on this summer's #NatKingCole tour was Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust". While there have been many covers, this arrangement by Gordon Jenkins is the cream of the crop in our humble opinion. Just listen to those strings!
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WE DID IT! 🎯🥳 Thanks to all our generous contributors, we’ve smashed our goal on Kickstarter. This means we’ll definitely be returning to the studio next month, to record TWO BRAND NEW ALBUMS as the 40-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra!
Thank you all SO MUCH!
SO close to our target! Please help and share if you can.
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Want this on our new album? Get pre-ordering!
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Here's a live performance of Irving Berlin's classic tune, "There's No Business Like Show Business" (vocals: Lydia Bell). When this thrilling original arrangement, written by our very own Mike Paul-Smith, builds to its spectacular climax, it's fireworks!
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Here's a live performance of Irving Berlin's classic tune, "There's No Business Like Show Business" (vocals: Lydia Bell). When this thrilling original arrangement, written by our very own Mike Paul-Smith, builds to its spectacular climax, it's fireworks!
youtu.be/hVAWoeIuB3w
ONE WEEK TO GO, Oxfordshire friends! See you @TheMillBanbury for a swingin' good time
BANBURY! Yes, you! We'll be heading your way for a sizzling set of vintage classics and oughta-be-classics. Come and "Swing That Music" with us at The Mill Arts Centre in June.
📅 Thu 25 Jun
🕰 7.30pm
📍 @TheMillBanbury
🎟 themillartscentre.co.uk/show…
Introducing our tiered rewards! 🌟
We're fundraising to record 2 new albums this summer, and our Kickstarter is brimming with excellent rewards ranging from a straightforward donation to signed copies of the albums and... well, we'll get to the biggies soon.
First, the albums:
Whether you're after our festive record, non-festive one or both, you can choose between a download, physical copy or physical & signed by members of our 40-piece Swing Orchestra.
Angel Studios: where we'll make the magic happen! This recording studio, part of Abbey Road Institute, has hosted some of music’s biggest names over the decades. We can’t wait to get our orchestra in the space and feel this special place work its own magic on us. Roll on August!
ICYMI: We're fundraising to record TWO new albums! If you can contribute towards our goal by pre-ordering (and/or selecting one of the fab tiered rewards), head over to our @Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/.../down-for…
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