Welcome

Hi I'm Rob Redman. Welcome to my Website.

Based in Worcestershire in the Midlands, my Band of highly talented & experienced musicians and I provide the best in live Swing Music for a variety of occasions.

Whether you need a singer & wedding band, dance band or function band for that special occasion, we will make your event go with a swing with Ratpack style music for that great live sound!

Have a listen to samples of our music on the 'music' page!

NEXT PUBLIC PERFORMANCE DATES:

THURSDAY 10th FEB: ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SOLIHULL WITH THE SHARMANAIRES BIG BAND
THURSDAY 10th MARCH: : ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SOLIHULL WITH THE SHARMANAIRES BIG BAND
FRIDAY 11th MARCH : MAYOR'S BALL KIDDERMINSTER TOWN HALL WITH WORCESTERSHIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
THURSDAY 14TH APRIL: ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SOLIHULL WITH THE SHARMANAIRES BIG BAND
THURSDAY 12TH MAY: ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SOLIHULL WITH THE SHARMANAIRES BIG BAND
THURSDAY 9TH JUNE: ROYAL BRITISH LEGION SOLIHULL WITH THE SHARMANAIRES BIG BAND
SATURDAY 9th JULY : 40'S DANCE, TENBURY WITH WORCESTERSHIRE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Swing Music - definition:

" Swing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and became a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. Swing uses a strong rhythm section of double bass and drums as the anchor for a lead section of brass instruments such as trumpets and trombones, woodwinds including saxophones and clarinets, and sometimes stringed instruments such as violin and guitar; medium to fast tempos; and a "lilting" swing time rhythm. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise a new melody over the arrangement. The danceable swing style of bandleaders such as Benny Goodman and Count Basie was the dominant form of American popular music from 1935 to 1945. "

Wikipedia

Or put simply:

" Music and songs when singers could really sing, dancers could dance and bands could really swing "

Mike Kelley - swingjive.co.uk