The Magic Shookheads

The Magic Shookheads

Friday, May 25

A common passion for RagTime and New Orleans Jazz brought these six talented musicians together in 2005. They have  since been noted in countless concerts - both live and unplugged  - for their infectious jazz enthusiasm, whch they make a point spreading among their audiences.

Because they are forever Jazz purists, their music brings back to life the great classics of the early 20th century jazz by Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and other geniuses.

The Magic Shookheads are:

Guillaume Corral: Sax, Clarinet
Joseph Vu Van: Banjo, Guitar
Sacha Keuhenof: Trombone, Clarinet
Arnaud Gauchia: Voice, Washboard
Arne Wernink: trumpet
Julien Didier: double bass

Shirt Tail Stompers

Shirt Tail Stompers

Saturday, May 26

The Shirt Tail Stompers are quickly being recognised as one of Europe's best social dance bands. Formed in 2010 for the London Lindy Exchange and led by Trumpeter Steve Coombe, they have played numerous dance camps and shows throughout Europe. They have a passion for swing music and movement, with their extensive knowledge and experience of social dancing, they are definitely the band to dance to in 2012.
 

Laralù and The Vintage Kings

Laralù and The Vintage Kings

If you mix a cocktail of swing, jive, jump blues, an enchanting singer with a velvet voice and five swingin' cats  on saxophone, trumpet,  guitar, double bass and drums
you'll  get "LaraLù & The Vintage Kings"!
Listening to their sound is like jumping' back to the Fourties, in a smokey club in Harlem where you could hear smooth swinging songs and dance like crazy or "cheek to cheek".
They've just released the cd "Hot Cherries" , they performed in 2011 at The Summer Jamboree Festival in Senigallia ( one of the most important festivals on the '40 and '50 culture; Laralù is also the M.C.) and they are now working on a theatre piece called 'Swingin'Mirror'  with Burlesque star Lou Lou Leroy that will debut in March 2012.

Laralù is the nickname of Lara Luppi, an experienced and talented Italian singer who's always been inspired by traditional jazz, swing and the best female jazz and blues american vocalists of the Swing Era. She started singing when she was very young and ever since she's been  leader of many projects (swing, jazz, gospel, blues) , released several albums, performed in clubs, festivals in Italy and abroad, collaborated with many italian and american musicians (among them the italian guitar and banjo player Lino Patruno and the american rhythm section that worked with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Walter Booker and Bobby Durham with whom she also released her first album, a recording dated 1997.