Billy Collins - Guitar, Mike O'Dougherty - Sax, Marten Ingle - Bass, Phil Rad - Drums, Fifi Naeder - Percussion
Paddy has finished his famous COOLIN sunday sessions until October.
But it's official - "The Lovers" will be back.
Having spent the last two months travelling for Derry Jazz Fest, the "Glitter and Sparkle ball" at the Belfast Cathedral quarter arts festival, Geneva, Madrid, Paris and all around France, he is now hiding out in the south, near Aix, writing for a new album with the Swingin' Lovers.
Musique et paroles de Paddy Sherlock.
Réalisé par Jules-César Bréchet et Pascal Chind (c) 2007
Production: Chind&Bréchet, In'fluences.
Riddim: Bost & Bim - www.bostandbim.com
Paddy Sherlock at the Coolin - It dont mean a thing - Part 1.
Filmed by Andrea Herzog
Paddy Sherlock at the Coolin - It dont mean a thing - Part 2.
Filmed by Andrea Herzog
Mister Love at the Coolin 27/4/08
Filmed by Andrea Herzog
Swing your blues away.
Film by Jethro Massey.
Words & music Paddy Sherlock
Making of "Swing your blues away"
Film by Jethro Massey. Edited by Nico-o-o. Music by Paddy Sherlock.
Ma dou dou m'a quitte
Film by Nico-o-o
Words & music by Guillaume Nouaux
Performed by Paddy Sherlock & the Swingin' Lovers
Playing on a beautiful sunny afternoon with the fabulous "René Miller's Wedding band" - Sunday 23 Sept 2007 in the heart of Paris. Andrew Crocker on trumpet, Mike O'Dougherty sax, John Betch Drums, George Wolfhaardt bass, René Miller guitar and singing and Paddy on trombone. Film by Gloria Maso...
"Rainbow Inn" (words & music by Sebastien Girardot)
Film By Nico-o-o
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Live at The Coolin, Paris le 31 mars 2008.Film by Gilles Monaix
"Walkin' my baby back home"
(Words By Paddy Sherlock & Music by Billy Collins)
"It dont mean a thing" - video by Nico-o-o
Influences
Mose Allison, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Aretha,
Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Irving Berlin, Chuck Berry, James Brown, George Brunis, Eric Burdon,
Ray Charles, Cohen Bros, John Connelly, Elvis Costello, Noel Coward, Eddie Cochran,
Bo Diddley, Doors, Roddy Doyle, Dirty Dozen, Ian Dury, Bob Dylan,
Fred Ebb & John Kander, Duke Ellington, Alton Ellis, Elvis,
Faces, Stephen Foster,
Serge Gainsbourg, Rory Gallagher, Ira Gershwin, Al Grey,
Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein,
Eric Idle, Ike & Tina,
Louis Jordan, Janice Joplin,
B.B. King,
Bobby Lapointe, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frank Loesser, Phil Lynnott,
Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, George Melly, Johnny Mercer, Robert Mitchum, Christy Moore, Van Morrison,
Dara O'Loughlin, Roy Orbison, Kid Ory, Otis,
Carl Perkins, Cole Porter,
Ma Rainey, Richard Rogers, Damon Runyon,
Frank Sinatra, Moss Shanley, Skatellites, Sly Stone, Stones,
Eric Toulis, Mike Tovey, Charles Trenet, Big Joe Turner,
Gene Vincent, Kurt Vonnegut,
Tom Waits, Fats Waller and Andy Razaf, Lil Walter, War, Muddy Waters, Wim Wenders, Who, Clarence Williams, Hank Williams,
Zeppelin, Markus Zusak.
Will that do for a start?
Think Sinatra, think Fred Astaire but then think of Swing's shadow world.
A world inhabited by the hobo counter-culture of the 1930's.
The music as it was away from the glitzy world of Hollywood.
Now bring it up to date - to the 21st century.
This is a band dancing to the joys of life somewhere between the Stray Cats and Louis Jordan, Nat King Cole, Dr. John, James Brown, a little Tom Waits and some New Orleans street band playing on as the levees break.
Anything goes!
From Bunk to Monk through Skunk, Junk, Punk and Funk...
Paddy Sherlock, born Dublin, Ireland,
has lived as a professional musician for more than 20 years in Paris.
He sings, plays trombone and is a published songwriter and actor.
He has recorded and toured the world with award winning bands Pheonix, FFF, Liz McComb, Linda Hopkins and Jack Lukeman, made dozens of television and radio appearances on BBC, RTE, FR2 and FR3, Canal+ and playing mainstage at some of the greatest festivals in the world. Glastonbury, Eurokeenes, Roskilde, Transmusical, Pinkpop, Pukkelpop, Montreal jazz festival, Francofolies and literally hundreds more.
His own band "The Swingin' Lovers" has toured widely playing at Nice Jazz festival, Cork Guinness Jazz festival, Marseille jazz festival, Lionel Hampton jazz club, Paris, the Irish cultural centre, Paris, the Czech cultural centre, Paris, Farmleigh house, Dublin, Drumoland Castle, Derry Jazz festival, the new Shelbourne hotel, Dublin and Carton house, Kildare, Madrid, Lisbon, Bruxelles, Brugges.
From Buenos Aires to Budapest - the man has travelled!
He produces the music each year for the Paris GOAL Ball at the Concorde Lafayette and is proud to continue his long association with the charity.
Photo by Stephen Lord
Paddy est né en 1964 à Dublin, Irlande.
Enfant, à l'école, il lutte longtemps contre l'ennui et rêve de s'enfuir de cette prison.
A neuf ans, son oncle lui offre un trombone. Première clé pour l'évasion...
Paddy débarque à Paris à la fin des années 80. Il étudie avec Al Grey, le géant du trombone, et rejoint la scène musicale parisienne.
"J'ai eu la chance de me retrouver dans "le bouillon de culture" de l'Hôpital Ephémère."
Il est le tromboniste de FFF pendant quatre ans :"Mon ticket autour du monde..."
Il joue aussi avec rock group Phoenix, Gospel diva Liz McComb, New Orlean's legend Linda Hopkins, Rachel des Bois, Human Spirit, P18 et Jack Lukeman, sans oublier le Nawak Orchestra.
Paddy fonde les Swingin’ Lovers, invente un répertoire éclectique et souffle la poussière de quelques grands classiques.
"Etre artiste, c'est chercher le Buzz l'Eclair en soi : "Vers l'infini et au delà!".
Notre musique c'est du swing en technicolor, de Bunk à Monk, par le funk, punk, junk et skunk... "
Paddy s'est entouré d'un noyau dur de musiciens, Billy Collins, Mike O'Dougherty, Marten Ingle, Fifi Naeder, et Phil Rad, mais laisse toujours la porte ouverte aux rencontres inspirées : Brisa Roché, Sal Bernardi, Ziggy Mandace, Eric Toulis, Jerome Etcheberry, Jeff Hallam, Guillaume Nouaux, Sebastien Girardot, Philippe Daurneau, Shona Taylor, et Hervé Coury apparaissent aussi avec lui sur scène et en studio.
A trois, six, ou douze, les visages changent, la musique évolue, mais le son reste "Swingin' Lovers".
Auteur-compositeur, tromboniste, chanteur, comédien, Paddy écrit en anglais et en français.
Il fait des claquettes: "J'adore Fred Astaire!!!" et vit dans une maison pleine de femmes.
Paddy touche à tout et apparaît même en garde de la reine dans "Marie-Antoinette", le film de Sofia Coppola!!! Sans trombone malheureusement.