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The Al Fresco Trad Jazz Band brings the iconic Dixieland sound to life.

March 23, 2012
The Southampton based Al Fresco Trad Jazz Band brings the iconic Dixieland sound to life.

Trad Jazz is an ideal style of music to add a celebratory atmosphere to a wedding reception party, especially outdoors, and as their name implies, The Al Fresco Trad Jazz Band are ideally suited to such an occasion. Their lively, swaggering renditions of all the well-known classics of the genre performed in authentic New Orleans [...]

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Trad Jazz is perfect for summer wedding and party celebrations

February 22, 2012
Trad Jazz is perfect for summer wedding and party celebrations

The Mississippi Delta, where French and British cultures blend with African and Creole, is acknowledged as the birthplace of what has become known as Trad Jazz. An amalgam of blues and gospel hymns with European dance-tunes and song models, this idiosyncratic style of musical delivery appears to emerge in the popular marching church bands, especially [...]

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Brilliant Manchester Swing Jazz : Oscar’s Swing Jazz Ensemble

November 16, 2011
Brilliant Manchester Swing Jazz : Oscar’s Swing Jazz Ensemble

Oscar’s Swing Jazz Ensemble has steadily built an enviable reputation as arguably the finest swing jazz outfit in the Northwest, presenting the glittering repertoire of the ‘30s and ‘40s Swing Era with a stylish flourish. Based in Manchester, the band has developed a stage-show encompassing the very best of the Golden Age of Hollywood, evoking [...]

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Swing Jazz : ‘It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing!’

November 10, 2011
Swing Jazz : “It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing!”

If you wish to conjure up the aura of sophistication and unsurpassed romance at your wedding celebration, there’s only one possible choice of musical entertainment – Swing Jazz. Hollywood – the apogee of romance and elegant lifestyle portrayed on the silver screen and summed up in the literate lyrics and mellifluous melodies of Broadway. All-singing, [...]

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Sinatra classic ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ gains a Parisian nuance with Le Café Jazz

November 2, 2011
Sinatra classic ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ gains a Parisian nuance with Le Café Jazz

Le Café Jazz can present an ideal and sophisticated choice for musical entertainment at wedding receptions or other parties, large or small. Swing jazz, delivered ‘Hot Club’-style, will bring a distinctive touch of class to any celebration.

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The Iconic Sound Of New Orleans Trad Jazz

October 20, 2011
New Orleans Trad Jazz Band

Marching bands of musicians were commonly employed to accompany wedding and funeral processions in the culture of the French-influenced enclave of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans. By the turn of the 20th century, these strolling players had become something of an institution, and their particular choice of instrumentation and distinctive style of music [...]

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Parisian “Hot Club” Swing Jazz is a wedding delight

October 10, 2011
Le Cafe Jazz Swing Jazz Band: Hop Till You Drop Wedding Music Agency

Parisian Hot-Club Swing Jazz is café music at its most entertaining – exuberant, light-hearted and joyful. As with many other jazz styles, a given melody or chord sequence is improvised upon, usually in alternating solos, by the participating musicians.

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