The Jive Aces in Random Silliness - 2012 Roundup - YouTube

The Jive Aces attempt to list out their achievements for 2012 and fail miserably. So, what DID they do in 2012?... Oh , there was....

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Cinematography by Nitsan Simantov - http://www.nitsan.co.uk
Shot on a Canon 5D MkIII
Filmed at Casablanca Cafe, East Grinstead - http://www.casablancacafe.co.uk

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2012 Round up, what did The Jive Aces do last year?

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The Jive Aces present: "Pirates of the Generic Beach Scene"

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Check out our mini epic pirate movie (and my even more mini epic death scene! - Alex)

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Bringing Sunshine...

Hello there, ok the blogs been quiet because we've been inundated with great feedback for our new music video for "Bring Me Sunshine". Were at 18,000 views in just 4 days of being online which is fantastic.

So many people are telling us it made their day, brought sunshine to their day and even in many cases the REAL sun came out and stayed out since we released the video!

If you haven't seen it yet it is GUARANTEED to put a big smile on your face so go to:

http://is.gd/sunshine

Please help us spread the sunshine and bring smiles to more people and share the link by email, text, Facebook, twitter and any other form of electronic communication and social networking.

Cheers and keep enjoying the sunshine!

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Back Home

So we played Bolton Albert Halls on Saturday night, lovely venue!

Then it was several hours in the van back down South to East Grinstead in time to set up for the L. Ron Hubbard Centenary Charity Concert. This was packed with dancers and non dancers alike and was a great show. Thanks to the very many special guests who took part including Kenny Ball, Motown legend Louvain Demps, Heidi Vogel, Robin Banerjee, Cody "Boogie Boy" Lee, Rebecca Grant, Tony Socci, Dominic Pizinat, Martin Smith and Peter Huszar.

By the way, we aired on channel 4's "4 Thought" series last night too. You can see it online here: http://is.gd/jiveaces4thought

Check out the next gigs at the gig guide at http://www.jiveaces.com/gig_guide.

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The Jive Aces were top of the bill at the Grand Order of Water Rats Christmas Ball last Sunday performing to a veritable who's who of British talent and members of the entertainment industry.

The Waters Rats are a charitable association of top UK entertainers that started 120 years ago. Last year the Jive Aces played an early spot before Tony Christie and it was so successful that this year they were
asked back to headline.

Before and after the show they got to rub shoulders with the stars and listened to the speeches and stories they told during the dinner.

Amoungst the guests were Carry On star Barbara Windsor, Fawlty Tower's Andrew Sachs, magic man Paul Daniels and Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain.

One particular star that drew their attention was British rock n roll singer Jess Conrad who as you probably know was one of the British stars, along with Marty Wilde, Billy Fury and Joe Brown, who toured with Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent on their famous UK tour. He was voted UK's favourite singer in 1961.

"Jess Conrad gave a great speech as he proposed the toast to the lady guests at the ball. He still looks great and has a great sense of humour", said lead singer Ian Clarkson. "The whole night was fun and the
atmosphere was amazing, despite being famous the guests were all really down to earth and friendly".

With King Rat Kaplan Kaye

With Paul Daniels and the lovely Debbie Mcgee

One half of the Chuckle Brothers with his recently won BAFTA Award

With Barbara Windsor

With the devilishly handsome Jess Conrad

With Nicko McBrain, Drummer for Iron Maiden

With June Whitfield

Hi everybody,
It's been a looooong time coming but the Jive Aces brand new album,
"Recipe For Rhythm " is finally here on 8th December! It will be available from all good music outlets
such as HMV, iTunes, Amazon amongst many others. You can also directly pre-order the CD from the Jive Aces, contact sales@jiveaces.com for info.

The new album was produced by three-time Grammy award winning producer Emanule Ruffinengo and features a whole host of guests including legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea; Oscar nominated composer and jazz trumpeter Mark Isham; British trad-jazz legend Acker Bilk; daughter of two of the Jive Aces' heroes, Louis Prima and Keely Smith, Toni Elizabeth Prima; Steve Lucky and Carmen Getit from the Rhumba Bums; Long time guitarist with John Barry and the man who created the James Bond
theme guitar sound, Vic Flick; Steel guitar wizard from California's Lucky Stars Jeremy Wakefield and more!

The songs featured are a combination of classic favourites and brand new original tunes, several of which have become live favourites.

Check out our 8-minute "Making Of" video, photos from the studio, the music video for the song "Fever" featuring dancers Darren and Lana from Strictly Dance Fever with choreography by Ryan Francois, audio samples from several tracks and even a free MP3 download of the first track on the album, "Aces Shuffle" at www.jiveaces.com/recipe.

Summer Jamboree, Senigalia, Italy

We just got back from our first ever appearance at the nine day long Summer Jamboree in Senigalia. Wow, what a festival, set in the beautiful town of Senigalia in the shadow of an immaculate Roman castle, great weather and thousands of people from all over Europe and further, it was quite an experience (albeit a short one!).

There were even a few familiar faces in the crowd, Natasha (of Paul and Natasha fame), Nick and Gina (boyo!), Marcus (of Marcus and Barby fame) amongst others. We also bumped into Andy Widder and apart form ourselves, the UK was represented by both Claire Austin (Voodoo Doll) and Terry Elliott who were both DJing at the festival.

Big thanks to Angelo for having us. Check out some of the photos below.

Sound Check

Relaxing on the beach after the gig!

Sildajazz '08, Haugesund, Norway

Another year, another Sildajazz and this year was the busiest and most successful so far. With a record number of performances with record attendanc that took us from the usual nightly "Byscenen" (which means "City Stage" in Norwegian) gig to the half-time show at Haugesund FC stadium to the late-night jam sessions with the great fish soup to the live national and regional radio and TV broadcasts, it was quite exhausting for 4 days work!

Toni Elizabeth Prima and Keely Smith were along for the ride too. Tony Socci, winner of "The Youngest Looking Trumpet Player Of The Year Award" from Birmingham even flew over on a days notice to jam along.

It was great to see Jackson Sloane and the lads fro Oo Bop Sh'Bam over for the first time and we also got a chance to catch up with George and the Roaring 40s as well as Harry Connolly and his Jazz Friends.

Herbie Hancock and Curtis Stigers headlined the festival this year. Check out the photos below and see you all next year.

Summertime Swing '08

Summertime Swing was an absolute howling success! We had a record 1250 (approx) people which is almost double last year! Looks like we have raised a good couple of grand for charity too (The Bluebell Railway and Sightsavers International).

Thanks to everyone who helped including all the ticket sellers, anyone that put out flyers and sent emails, Facebook or Myspace messages etc and a huge thanks to the staff at Saint Hill Manor.

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