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Monday 10 November 2014

SWING FEELING Little Big Band

« SWING FEELING » Little Big Band
Organised in 1992, Swing Feeling is today considered by the jazz critics and the jazz amateurs as one of the hottest European bands, with the following musicians...

Jérome Etcheberry or Gilles Berthenet (premier trompette)
Dan Vernhettes (deuxième trompette, leader) - Jean-Pierre Dumontier (trombone)
Hugues Dieuzeide (arrangeur, anches) - Jacques Montebruno (anches)
Philippe Dourneau (anches) - Philippe Milanta (piano)
Enzo Mucci (contrebasse) - François Laudet (drums)

The répertoire proposes a promenade into the music of the big bands of the 30s and 40s, such as Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Andy Kirk, Chick Webb, Erskine Hawkins, Fats Waller, Bull Moose Jackson, Lester Young, Harry Edison, Claude Hopkins, Oscar Peterson, Sabby Lewis, Todd Rhodes, Cab Calloway… and some original arrangements by the band.

“With Swing Feeling, we are brought back to the Savoy or any great dancing hall that welcomed by the best big jazz bands. Swing Feeling’s rhythm section has been exemplary during the whole concert, Philippe Milanta often reaching his best (especially in his punctuation's and solos ‘à la Basie’) on the piano. All the soloists are excellent, with a particular mention for Jérôme Etcheberry, who brought the house down on Saint Louis Boogie, Second Balcony Jump, Yacht Club Swing, Krazy Krapers (with an exciting exchange between the trumpet and the drums that reminded me of the famous Benny Goodman’s Sing, Sing, Sing). The final tune, Bellboy Boogie ,had another excitnig dialog, this time between the two trumpeters.” François Abon, Hot Club de France
Swing Feeling is known for its swing, its feel for blues and its collective improvisations.

Maurice Cullaz, the late president of the French Académie du Jazz, wrote: “They are only nine, but they swing like fifteen !” “This band is a first class band. The music breathes, the rhythm is relaxed, and the melodies are really felt. Here one approaches the groove of the old american bands. The musicians really play like one man as they share a common musical spirit, and they all know how to raise the tension by playing solos that are coherent with the esthetic of the group. The size of the band allows a greater flexibility than an average big band has, and offers more liberty to each soloist.”

Guy Chauvier, Jazz classique
“The spirit of Kansas City and Harlem inspires this orchestra. Homogeneity, rhythmic precision and spontaneity unite these musicians of one of the best European bands.”

Jazz Notes
A tender or dynamic music, according to the color of each tune, with arrangements that really swing,
and lots of improvisations. Feeling and Swing!
CONTACT : Dan Vernhettes jazzedit@sfr.fr

You Tube Link http://youtu.be/_0w1G3r8Kfk


Tuesday 25 March 2014

Lincoln Jazz Week 2014 Programme

Lincoln Jazz Week 2014 Programme



Friday 9th May
Stevie Smith Trio feat. Robin Porter
Zing Bar at Lincoln Performing Arts Centre www.lpac.co.uk 5-7pm, free
The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet
Lincoln Drill Hall, www.lincolndrillhall.com 8pm, £7.50 (u16s free)
This band, co-led by two of the UK's brightest jazzers, play music which essentially swings, is harmonic with cheeky melodic twists on favourite standards.


Saturday 10th May
JAZZ IT UP: Midnight Masquerade + GO-Jive
Lincoln Hotel,www.thelincolnhotel.com 6-9pm, free
An evening of eating, drinking and dancing hosted by BBC Lincolnshire's Melvyn Prior
Andrew Wood Trio feat. Dave O'Higgins
Cafe Portico,http://blog.cafeportico.co.uk/ 8:30pm, £6
Expect some fireworks when this world class saxophonist teams up with our very own local hero.


Sunday 11th May
Double Take
Horse and Groom, 01522 548866  Lunchtime, free
Ben Martin Band
Bar '67, http://bar67.co.uk/ 8pm, free


Monday 12th May

Pat McCarthy Band feat. Shannon Reilly
DoubleTree by Hilton 01522-565180 7:30pm, free
Witness the birth of a new jazz vocalist supported by Lincolnshire's best jazz band.


Tuesday 13th May
Nicola Farnon Band
The Collection Café collectioncafe 8pm, free
Everyone's favourite jazz/swing vocalist and a fine double bassist - an efflorescent and infectious performer.
Wednesday 14th May

Dennis Rollins' Veolcity Trio
Drill Hall Café 8 www.lincolndrillhall.com pm, £7.50 (u16s free)
Generally acknowldged as the most gifted, exciting and entertaining jazz trombonist in the UK today. Rollins cuts loose here in the comapny of Hammond organ star Ross Stanley and the funky and ballistic drumming of Pedro Segundo.


Thursday 15th May
Thom Whitworth's Funky Organ
Bar '67 http://bar67.co.uk/ 8pm, free


Friday 16th May
Jazz Heritage Quintet
Zing Bar at the LPAC   www.lpac.co.uk 5-7pm, free
Jazz Vehicle with Zoe Rahman
Terry O'Toole Theatre,  www.terryotooletheatre.org.uk 7:30pm, £7.50 (u16s free)
2012 Mobo award winning pianist Zoe Rahman is nearing the end of her 18 month long mentoring of Lincol'ns premier Youth Jazz Orchestra 'Jazz Vehicle' and tonight Zoe and Musical Director John Crouch will lead the orchestra showcasing their wonderful musical talent and their exciting progress.


Colin Dudman Trio feat. Tim Whitehead
The Collection Café 8pm, £7.50
For a long time Colin has wanted a band which explores the quieter textures of the clarinet family. This is their debut gig.
Saturday 17th May

Jazz in the Bar
Zing Bar at the LPAC www.lpac.co.uk 6pm, free


The Big Chris Barber Band
LPAC www.lpac.co.uk  7:30pm, £20
Jazz legend, Chris Barber, celebrates his 65th anniversary as band-leader in 2014 with yet another Europe-wide tour. Chris' 10-piece band plays a selection of his favourite music - New Orleans style to the music of Sidney Bechet and Duke Ellington and back to 'When the Saints'. An exciting and moving evening of world-class jazz.