BANBURY! Yes, you! We'll be heading your way for a sizzling set of vintage classics and oughta-be-classics. Come and "Swing That Music" with us at The Mill Arts Centre in June.
📅 Thu 25 Jun
🕰 7.30pm
📍 The Mill Arts Centre1
🎟 www.themillartscentre.co.uk/shows/swing-...
We'll be CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE at Coventry's wonderful Warwick Arts Centre this summer! Come along on Fri 3 Jul at 7.30pm for an evening of the great man's classic tunes performed by our acclaimed 30-piece "big band with strings".
www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/UnX...
We'll be back at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge this summer, CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE! Come along on Thu 2 Jul at 7.30pm to be taken on a journey through this musical legend's life and discography, with our acclaimed 30-piece "big band with strings".
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Look, ma: we performed in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at London's Royal Opera House! Supporting SUGABABES, to boot!
Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...
B.B. King with Lucille #bluesmusic
Vicksburg, Mississippi, 2007.
Photo by ©Kevin Westenberg
Happy Record Store Day Eve!
Glasgow, we're going to be CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE in your city! Come along to City Halls on Sun 28 Jun at 6.30pm to hear some classic tunes by this musical legend, performed by our 30-piece "big band with strings".
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/cele...
We'll be in Edinburgh this summer, CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE! Come along to The Queen's Hall on Sat 27 Jun at 7.30pm for a selection of the great man's classics, performed by our acclaimed 30-piece "big band with strings".
www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/cel...
No AI here. Just talented humans making great music together.
Feel the L-O-V-E with us this summer!
CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE
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Sat 27 Jun ~ Edinburgh
Sun 28 Jun ~ Glasgow
Wed 2 Jul ~ Cambridge
Thu 3 Jul ~ Coventry
Sat 5 Jul ~ Bristol
Fri 10 Jul ~ London
🎟 downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
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herbie Hancock maiden voyage record cover
☕🎂 HBD Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965)
we begin our Herbie Hancock birthday celebration with a Maiden Voyage. ⛵
Herbie Hancock - piano
Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
George Coleman - tenor
Ron Carter - bass
Tony Williams - drums
#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl
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What a joyful interlude from a Dark Era, time-travelled to you in a current Dark Era!
#Music #Creativity #Dance #Jazz #Swing #Hope
You can also watch us performing IN THE SAME ROOM! With YOU!
Celebrating Nat King Cole — touring summer 2026
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Wow: tomorrow is the *6-year* anniversary of this video!
All dressed up with nowhere to go (well, it was lockdown so we literally couldn't go anywhere), we channelled our creative energy into performing "Let's Face the Music and Dance"... at home!
youtu.be/Ls49N_W6INg?...
#jazz #swing #NatKingCole
Sun 21 Jun ~ MANCHESTER, Stoller Hall
Sat 27 Jun ~ EDINBURGH, The Queen's Hall
Sun 28 Jun ~ GLASGOW, City Halls
Thu 2 Jul ~ CAMBRIDGE, West Road Concert Hall
Fri 3 Jul ~ COVENTRY, Warwick Arts Centre
Sun 5 Jul ~ BRISTOL, St George's
Fri 10 Jul ~ LONDON, Cadogan Hall
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Ready for an UNFORGETTABLE celebration of a musical titan? Book now for our summer tour, "Celebrating Nat King Cole". With lush arrangements, extraordinary musicianship and sublime vocals, our acclaimed 30-piece "big band with strings" promises a performance you'll L-O-V-E
#jazz #swing #livemusic
It's here: our list of this year's Swing Into Christmas tour dates! ✨
Gather your loved ones and give yourself the gift of a perfect winter night's entertainment with our 30-piece big band with strings.
www.swingintochristmas.co.uk
ON SALE NOW! Two of our fave annual stops have made this year's Swing Into Christmas tour list, and you can book your tickets today. See you in December, Liverpool and Oxford ⭐️
Stay tuned for this year's full list of dates, to be announced very soon...
swingintochristmas.co.uk
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm going to this show
How about you?
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Feel the L-O-V-E with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra this summer as we celebrate the one and only Nat King Cole.
www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
Nat King Cole fans in the North of England: stay tuned. 👀
Feel the L-O-V-E with us this summer!
CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Sat 27 Jun ~ Edinburgh
Sun 28 Jun ~ Glasgow
Wed 2 Jul ~ Cambridge
Thu 3 Jul ~ Coventry
Sat 5 Jul ~ Bristol
Fri 10 Jul ~ London
🎟 downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...
youtu.be/hI7tCn9Y3sM?...
Our 10-piece All-Stars are about to hit the road with Swing That Music, a sizzling night of vintage bangers!
18 Jan: LONDON, PizzaExpress Soho
23 Jan: PERSHORE, Number 8
30 Jan: LEEDS, City Varieties Music Hall
31 Jan: BIRMINGHAM, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
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Arranged and orchestrated by our musical director Mike Paul-Smith.
Recorded LIVE by Jack Childs Productions during our 2025 "Swing Into Christmas" tour.
🎟️ www.swingintochristmas.co.uk
When we ask, “What’s your favourite festive song?”, Judy Garland’s bittersweet classic always comes up. Luckily, we have our very own Judy in the orchestra. Get your hankies ready for Elise Roth’s rendition of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”...
youtu.be/KK_U3jyz7mA?...
#music #jazz #Xmas
Check us out performing the theme from "New York, New York" LIVE!
Conducted by Mike Paul-Smith, this big band with strings is touring the UK with joyful festive spectacular "Swing Into Christmas". Alongside festive faves, you'll hear non-festive classics like this one!
youtu.be/ZsROBKqDTE4?...