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Swing DeVille

General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Jazz / Swing

    Location Brighton, London and South East, UK

    Profile Views: 18771

    Last Login: 10/25/2010

    Member Since 1/19/2007

    Website www.swingdeville.co.uk

    Record Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    'Swing DeVille' play an exciting blend of Swinging Gypsy Jazz, the roots of which are in American Swing and the dancehalls of 1930's Paris. Their music is exuberant, instrumental and largely improvised around familiar songs from the era. .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..Myspace Backgrounds.... ...... .............. ....Myspace Layouts.. at Pimp-My-Profile.com / ..Red & Blue.. ..
  • Members

    'Swing DeVille' has a floating population that includes some of the finest Hot Club Jazz players in the South of England. These include Brian Powell Gtr, Richard Spong violin,Sam Arts Gtr,Brian Bull Gtr,Nils Solberg Gtr, Andy Maslin Double Bass,Steve Thompson Double Bass, Frank Taylor Gtr,Mike Piggott Violin. The band usually play as a Quartet,Trio or Duo made up from these musicians.
  • Influences

    A comfortable reference point is the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grapelli's 'Hot Club De Paris', but this is no tribute band. 'Swing DeVille' take the music of this genre and spin it around adding a hard rhythmic edge to timeless melodies.
  • Sounds Like

    Happy Jazz with a Tune played by Wicked Musicians.

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  • DAnIela MCcarrell

    Enjoying your music.

    2 years ago
  • DAnIela MCcarrell

    Really like the music

    2 years ago
  • The Hot Club of Bellevi…

    Swing Tabou Rocked on Friday!

    3 years ago
  • White Mink : Black Cott…



    Hello Swing DeVille

    Our new album of the coolest Electro Swing versus the hottest Speakeasy Jazz is out now on double digipack CD.

    It was No 1 and Pick of the Week on Juno, Album of the Week in The Guardian and on Tunes, who also said, "Music from the decade than invented hot!" - "A sublimely decadent collection" said Clash Magazine.

    Why? Come and have a listen...

    3 years ago
  • Zoltan Orkestar

    Happy Holidays!
     

    3 years ago
  • The Hot Club of Bellevi…

    hey brian, missed you after the eilen jewell show last night, i got your money, can give it to sam arts if your gigging w him; think i may buy a gretsch and drop this gypsy malarky!

    3 years ago
  • AKL Brighton

    AKL every THURSDAY
    @ THE QUADRANT in central Brighton 8pm


    AKL - Brightons premiere open mic night sponsored by www.discountpahire.co.uk, invites you to an evenings entertainment @ the quadrant this and every THURSDAY 8pm !!!!FREE ENTRY!!!!

    Beautiful venue, perfect setting, waiter service, awesome real ales, professional pa system, !free gift for performers!, all this and so much more

    Fancy performing? you can use AKL to audition for showcase events and paid gigs at the bar!!!!

    For more info email - akl@discountpahire.co.uk , http://www.myspace.com/aklbrighton , or facebook groups - Friends of AKL Brighton

    Drop us a line sometime.....

    Duncan, AKL - discountpahire.co.uk

    3 years ago
  • MJW 5150

    Thanks for joining the tribute site to my only son and child...

    We lost Matt on March 2nd 2009. Please send friend suggestions to all of your friends.


    We will soon open a website and start a foundation in Matt's memory.


    Please help us save some other families from suffering the great loss we have been dealt...

    Thanks and aloha!

    Buddy Blaze

    http://www.myspace.com/mattjw5150

    3 years ago
  • Vignatis

    SDV
    "One small step for man, one giant leap for musickind" say the GYPSYBILLY-MAN
    Yep a new genre of music:Gypsybilly
    And let's add Gypsybilly rules o.k!!
    Keep Shredding.
    Thnaks for the add.
    The Vignatis

    4 years ago
  • Tschabo Franzen

    Hello
    thanks for add.. great swing here
    Tschabo

    4 years ago
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