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jiveaces.com | facebook | youtube | myspace | twitter London swing dancers fill the Royal Albert Hall
dance floor for the first time!
Friday the 9th July was a one night only experience as The Royal Albert Hall invited everyone to put on their dancing shoes and join them for the swing party of the summer for "In Full Swing" featuring the UK’s No. 1 Jive and Swing band, The Jive Aces.
It was an historical night with the Hall’s arena floor transformed into London’s greatest dance floor to create the largest swing and jive night that the capital has seen since the swing era. A stunning 5,000 square foot parquet oak dance floor was installed over the magnificent ornate exhibition floor to provide more than ample room for the 1400 dancers to move to the best swing, jive, jitterbug and lindy hop tunes.
The Jive Aces who headlined the night also introduced a surprise guest performer, Rebecca Grant, better known for her part in hospital TV drama Holby City, and swing dancers G.I. Jive making a night of high energy and vintage glamour.
Supporting the Jive Aces were two more great bands, Top Shelf Jazz followed by the Back to Basie Orchestra along with dance displays given by Scott Cupit and his Swing Patrol dancers, Simon Selmon and London Swing Dance Society, Joseph & Tricia with their SwingJive.com troupe and Robert and Claire Austin with the Hollywood Hoppers. DJ for the night was Tim Hellzapoppin with James Horada MCing.
Lucy Noble, Head of Programming at the Royal Albert Hall and her team were thrilled with the success of the evening and got many compliments from both dancers, entertainers and crew.
Was this event the beginning of a new swing trend at the Royal Albert Hall? Many swing music fans and dancers certinaly do hope so!
See how it's done as we go behind the scenes for a World Cup how to. Forget South Africa, this is where it all started, with the 1928 England World Cup Squad led by captain Nobby "The Shooter" Grimsworth.
Tikets on sale now for our Royal Albert Hall gig!!! See the link for details.
Hi there, Jazz Meets Jive - 5-Star ReviewThe Jazz Meets Jive show, with Kenny Ball and The Jive Aces together, just got a great, five-star review in the Brighton Argus:
The high-energy band, endlessly moving around in their yellow suits, provided non-stop performances of 1950s music – a case of Bill Haley meets Big Band Swing. Highlights included a boogie-woogie number with the pianist emulating the antics of Jerry Lee Lewis and a sizzling version of “Sing! Sing! Sing!” which provided a glorious end to their set. Topping the bill was jazz legend Kenny Ball – long past bus pass age and still blowing up a storm after more than 50 years of leading a band. He showed no fear in hitting the high notes. Amongst jazz standards including 'That’s A Plenty' and 'Someday You’ll Be Sorry', past hits 'Sukiyaki' and 'Midnight In Moscow' came across with freshness. A swinging drum solo and a thrilling jazz version of Bach’s 'Toccata' proved highly popular, with both bands combining for the finale – a version of The Beatles’ All You Need Is Love.” Next Jazz Meets Jive shows are Bournemouth on the 1st April and Leicester on the 9th April, see gig guide below for full details.On The Beeb The Aces are on the show, presented by old friend Joanne Good, every Wednesday from 10pm to 11pm. You can tune in to the show at 94.9FM in the London area from anywhere else, online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/radio. The band’s song “London Rhythm” is also used for the trailer for the show throughout the weeks. Lakeside to Stateside The following morning it was straight to the airport as the Aces flew off to Hollywood for two weeks. The band has been recording with the legendary Keely Smith as well as Toni Elizabeth Prima, for a new release (more on that soon) as well as performing to capacity crowds at several of the top swing venues around Los Angeles, including the fabulous art deco Cicada Club. You can see the show online HERE.
Summertime Swing
Tickets are now on sale! There is even an early bird discount ticket for the first 100 people available until the end of April only so book now! Details and tickets from 01342 300 075 or go to summertimeswing.eventbrite.com. Summertime Swing, Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4JY Special guests include Kenny Ball, Chas McDevitt, Toni Elizabeth Prima, Keith Ball and special guest of honour Keely Smith plus DJ Terry Elliott, classic vehicle displays, BBQ, retro clothes stalls and lots more. All proceeds to charity!
To access the FaceBook event page for Summertime Swing, click HERE. |
What happened at the Oscars last night? Find out right here...
The next episode:
How The West Was Swung
Starring The Jive Aces, Rusty Frank and Will Ryan
It's the moment you have all been waiting for, yes that's right, it's the next instalment of the Jive Aces thrilling adventures in securing the road for all to travel to the Big Jive!
The Jive Aces featuring special guests; Oo Bop Sh'Bam; Carmen Ghia and the Hotrods; The Swing Kids with Fast Eddie and the Jive Machine. Plus DJs; The Bees Knees, Voodoo Doll, Ian GI-Jive Hartley and Nick Kirby.
We also have dance displays from the Hollywood Hoppers and jiveswing.com.
There will also be clothes and shoe stalls and Billy Kos Rockin' Barber Shop not to mention the rotating stage and massive dance floor.
Details:
Saturday 20th Feb, 1:00pm to 1:00am.
Lakeside Complex, Frimley Green, Surrey (MAP)
Tickets are only £18 for the day or there is a special group booking discount for 10 or more for £16 each (only available online). Call 0125 283 6464 or book online at bigjivealldayer.eventbrite.com o book your tickets NOW!
If anyone wants to stay over for the night here is some hotel info for you.
MAIN HOTEL - 01252 838000
Double Occupancy on Fri/Sat/Sun £77 per room - Single occupancy £55 (inc breakfast)
LODGES - 01252 838000
£45 per room single or double exc breakfast (breakfast available at LIH @£8.50 pp. extra.
CONTINENTAL HOTEL - 01252 836565
£49 per room - single or double without breakfast (breakfast £8.50 pp extra)
Jazz Meets Jive, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, Jan 29
11:52am Monday 1st February 2010
Whatever the biting cold outside inflicted on the audience, the blistering heat generated by The Jive Aces’ opening number soon dissipated the effect.
The high-energy band, endlessly moving around in their yellow suits, provided non-stop performances of 1950s music – a case of Bill Haley meets Big Band Swing.
Their attempts at comedy sadly fell flat and the band should stick to what they do best – music.
Highlights included a boogie-woogie number with the pianist emulating the antics of Jerry Lee Lewis, and a sizzling version of Sing! Sing! Sing! which provided a glorious end to their set.
Topping the bill was jazz legend Kenny Ball – long past bus pass age and still blowing up a storm after more than 50 years of leading a band.
He showed no fear in hitting the high notes.
Amongst jazz standards including That’s A Plenty and Someday You’ll Be Sorry, past hits Sukiyaki and Midnight In Moscow came across with a freshness that was lacking in the hackneyed Jungle Book Song.
A swinging drum solo and a thrilling jazz version of Bach’s Toccata proved highly popular, with both bands combining for the finale – a version of The Beatles’ All You Need Is Love.
Great 5 star review from the Argus for the Worthing Jazz Meets Jive!
Check out the latest thrilling instalment on the continuing adventures on the road to Lakeside...
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The Jive Aces are continuing their run as “house band” on BBC Radio London’s “Late Nights”.
The Big Jive All-Dayer at Lakeside Club in Surrey was a big success. The event, put on by the Jive Aces for the second year running, featured 4 bands, 4 DJ’s, dance performances, retro stalls, etc and ran from 1pm – 1am. Lakeside again proved a fabulous venue with its revolving stage and huge dance floor that was constantly packed with enthusiastic dancers.
