What's On | A Century of Swing
A Century of Swing Production Photo: The performers stand in a line, facing the camera on stage. They are dressed in glamorous dresses and suits in dark colours, and stand in front of golden, purple and blue stage lighting.
A Century of Swing Production Photo: The performers stand in a line, facing the camera on stage. They are dressed in glamorous dresses and suits in dark colours, and stand in front of golden, purple and blue stage lighting.
A Century of Swing production photo. A musician in a brown three-piece suit sings into a microphone, smirking and glancing sideways off-camera.
A Century of Swing production photo. A performer in a figure-hugging midnight satin dress holds a microphone while being illuminated by spotlights cutting through the haze. Musicians – a double bassist, three saxophonists, a trumpeter, and a drummer – are in action.
A Century of Swing production photo. A musician in a blue three piece suit leans back on a bar stool and plays a shining saxophone. Behind, another musician in a navy velvet jumpsuit plays another.
A Century of Swing production photo. A musician in a blue three-piece suit plays the drums, smiling. The background is a draped red curtain.
A Century of Swing production photo. A musician in a navy velvet jumpsuit plays the saxophone into a microphone, with two others doing the same behind.
A Century of Swing production photo. A musician in a blue suit plays the keyboard and smiles.

Down for the Count

A Century of Swing

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Join the UK’s hardest swinging band Down for the Count All-Stars for “one hellova celebration of vintage music” (TimeOut London) as they celebrate A Century of Swing.

Described as “a breath of fresh air on the swing scene”, Down for the Count are regularly found in jazz clubs across the UK and abroad (Ronnie Scott’s London, Le Caveau de la Huchette Paris), at festivals including London Jazz Festival, and on BBC Radio. Now they are bringing the sounds and feels of the best jazz clubs to theatres around the country – with an electrifying show full of incredible energy, musicianship, and their own signature wry wit and humour.

The band take you on a whistle-stop tour of the best swing music, tracing the origins of the style from 1920s America through to the genre’s heyday in the 30s, 40s and 50s. The band will also perform their own original arrangements of classic jazz standards featured on their new album, Just You, Just Me, bringing swing music right up to date.

You’ll hear instrumental songs from the likes of Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller and vocal classics from singers such as Nat ‘King’ Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, all presented with Down for the Count’s own unmistakable witticisms.

“Awesome!!!” – Michael Bublé

Map Venue MarkerBarnfield Theatre
Concert
Running time: 140 minutes, no interval

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