Bands

A highly entertaining swing, soul & funk party band based in London who perform regularly at corporate events and weddings throughout the UK and Europe. Fronted by both female and male singers, the band can play as a 5 or 6 piece band as well as a larger band with additional brass section, vocalists and percussion creating a legendary performance at each and every event.

The band's jazz repertoire explores music from the 30s and 40s made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Billy Holiday, Etta James, Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra and Louis Jordan.

Based in: United Kingdom, London, Herts and Kent.

Founded in 1967 by trumpeter and arranger Syd Lawrence, The fabulous Syd Lawrence Orchestra has been thrilling audiences in Concert Halls, Theatres, TV Shows and Music Festivals all over Great Britain and Continental Europe for over 50 years. Renowned for it’s exciting blend of high octane Big Band Swing and Classic Dance Music, the Orchestra’s repertoire ranges from the wartime million sellers of the legendary Glenn Miller through the era of the great Count Basie Orchestra to the hit songs of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. 

Based in: United Kingdom

Purveyors of fine Jump Jive & Swing. If you have a party that needs some swing, a dance floor that wants filling and pulse that needs to race or a heart that needs a melting - just call out for these boys. The Ding Dong Daddios deliver every time. This is the quintet that can make any time of day a 'Saturday Night' through their combination of instrumental skills and vocal harmony, all evoking a feeling of nostalgia whilst maintaining a keen sense of the 'now'.

Based in: United Kingdom

The Meer Cats is made up of 6 of the finest early jazz specialists in London, playing the music of Duke Ellington’s bands of the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Based in: United Kingdom

Originally from Boston, MA, USA, Kai Hoffman is a blues, jazz & cabaret singer, songwriter, bandleader and recording artist based in the United Kingdom.  A keen lindy hopper, Kai has performed for dancers many times with her Kombo and also with her former 1940s band, Kai’s Cats.

Based in: United Kingdom

The Solomon Douglas Swingtet is a ten-piece dance band whose repertoire is rooted in that of the Basie band (One O’Clock Jump, Jive at Five, Splanky, Shorty George, Shiny Stockings) and that of the Ellington band (Cottontail, “C” Jam Blues, Mood Indigo, Take The “A” Train), with other big-band standards and classic jazz tunes thrown in as well. They can cater to a crowd that prefers up-tempo classic swing, to a crowd that prefers slower groovier jazz, or to anything in between. 

Based in: United States

Paris-based jazz swing sextet, the Jacks '&' Jills Swing Band performs great American swing standards from the 1920s to the 1930s. It offers a diverse repertoire of great composers of the Roaring Twenties such as Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong , or Billie Holiday. A single leitmotif for its musicians: transmit their passion for this music and immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the great swing balls of the time!

Based in: France