New Orleans Band
New Orleans Band for hire, the London Jazz outfit, the Mississippi Swamp Dogs. Very well established as one of the finest all round New Orleans Jazz Bands in London over the last ten years. Playing a range of New Orleans music from Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet through to Doctor John and The Neville Brothers. Below are some of the bands performance videos and a picture of the band performing one of their many gigs at Ronnie Scott’s famous Soho, London Jazz Club.
New Orleans Band
Watch the band for yourself in our promo/performance videos. And while you are at it, enjoy the high quality and high energy performances from the guys!
This really is the ultimate review! Does it get better than this? A previous Louisiana Govenor, Jay Dardenne, gives his comments on the Mississippi Swamp Dogs from a recent performance at Boisdales Jazz Club in Londons Canary Wharf! And guess what? He loved the band! Let him tell you himself…….
New Orleans Jazz Band
New Orleans, the birthplace of not just jazz band music, but the melting pot for so much modern music. A New Orleans Jazz Band means so many things to different people. To some it is Dr John, with his rough gravelly voice and rolling piano style. To others it is the sound of Louis Armstrong’s astonishing trumpet, wailing over a band.
New Orleans Band
Then it could be Fats Domino performing with his band. One of his many hits such as “I’m Walkin” and “Blueberry Hill”. To others it’s the vision of a group of mourners walking behind a coffin, during a jazz funeral, with a slow deferential hymn being played by a New Orleans Funeral Jazz Band. Then, what about the funky sounds of the Neville Brothers? The Swamp Dogs New Orleans Jazz Band try to cover as many aspects of the music as is possible. Here they are below in an acoustic, unplugged guise playing vintage jazz. A great jazz band for a wedding. See New Orleans Street Band and New Orleans Brass Band.
New Orleans Band
New Orleans Band
It is unarguable that there is a vast amount of music of various kinds that go back over a great number of years. In fact, back to the time of Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton. The melange of cultural influences from the many peoples who ended up in New Orleans including Spanish, African, French and Scottish helped create the style of music we know today as “jazz”. From there the music developed a number of tendrils that seeped out from home, far and wide through the U.S.A. over the next 50 or 60 years: Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Boogie, Soul, Funk, Cajun. Audiences love the exotic nature of the music. With that in mind visit our other musical services page.
New Orleans Band London
Our New Orleans band quite simply exude sense of the sultry. With that there is the Latin tinge, the semi tropical nature of the area. And this is why Burlesque audiences adore the Swamp Dogs playing as their Burlesque Band! People also love the happy infectious music that pervades the Henley Regatta (see our jazz band Henley page, perfect for a corporate event and corporate entertainment) and of course, jazz band wedding hire! This is available in London and all over the South East. We also have clients using our services country wide.
New Orleans Jazz Band
Miles Davis, himself an innovative trumpet player and composer, once said “There’s nothing that anyone plays today that Louis Armstrong hasn’t already played long before” Undeniably Louis Armstrong was a genius. It could have been said that he almost invented a musical genre single handed, from the musical influences he absorbed as a youngster in New Orleans.
New Orleans Band
Born in 1900 to a prostitute and with a grandmother who had been a slave, Louis Armstrong rose above his early setbacks to become one of the most respected, creative and influential musicians of the twentieth century. His legacy continues to influence musicians to this very day. Certainly there is not a member of the Mississippi Swamp Dogs who has not benefitted from listening to Pop’s music.
New Orleans Band UK
Today in “The Big Easy” there are a mind boggling of bands and combos playing jazz and jazz infused music. Can you imagine? it’s like every year is a 12 month long festival. Amongst the young there is a great tradition for Marching Jazz Bands and Marching Funeral bands. Just look how many young’ns there are in this band video!! And what a happy, infectious sound they make. Want to know more? Because you can contact us here, check our F.A.Q’s. here, watch some videos of the band here. Would you like to come and experience the band playing and see if we are right for your event? Check out our public performance dates here. Our phone number is on our jazz band hire page. We play all over the UK and are based in London.
Do you need more information on our services? Then click on jazz band hire. For jazz band hire Oxford you can reach us here. There is information on Jazz Band hire Brighton here and Jazz band hire in Kent here. And information on 1920’s Jazz Band Hire London here. Great Gatsby Jazz Band hire here. Funeral Band information here.