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The Jive Aces
Swing and Jive / Wedding Entertainment
With their high energy, bright suits, incredible live show, irresistible humour & total professionalism, this Sussex based 6 piece band will quickly get any audience on their feet & each and every show is guaranteed to go with a swing!
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Profile
The Jive Aces are the UK's top Jive & Swing band. Since forming in 1989 this professional six piece group have starred at thousands of festivals theatres clubs and major charity and corporate events throughout Britain USA France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Eire, Belgium, Holland, The Caribbean, Estonia, Israel, Hungary and Canada.
The Jive Aces are renowned for their high energy Jump Jive music, an exciting and very danceable blend of Swing, R&B, Rock 'n' Roll, Boogie & Jump Blues.
The band have just got back from the Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival in Northern Ireland and what a festival it was! The band, booked there for the fourth year running, played six shows in four days (each one completely sold out) as well as three radio shows, a newspaper shoot that made the front page and a TV spot for the evening news. The logo for this year’s festival, on all of the festival posters, ads and brochures, was a silhouette of Jive Aces frontman Ian Clarkson.
The highlight was a special reception with the Mayor of Derry, who presented the band with the prestigious "City of Derry International Music Award". Previous recipients of this award were Van Morrison and Jools Holland, so the Jive Aces are in very good company! Thank you very much to all of our friends at the festival and look forward to seeing you again soon.
As summer draws near the Jive Aces have a lot of festival appearances coming up including: Wychwood, Rhythms of the World, Silda, Bude, Upton-upon-Severn, Glenn Miller Festival and opening for Status Quo at Henley Festival.
Their fantasic stage show combines a mix of fresh arrangements of swing and Jive, R&B classics, songs made famous by such greats as Louis Prima (Just a Gigolo), Cab Calloway (Minnie the Moocher) and Louis Jordan (Five Guys named Moe) along with superb swinging originals taken from their studio albums. The band has entertained hundreds of thousands of people around the world including HRH Prince Philip, Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
The Jive Aces are:
Ian Clarkson - Lead Vocals & Trumpet
"Big" John Fordham - Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Clarinet
Alex Douglas - Trombone
Vince "Professor" Hurley - Piano
Ken Smith - Double Bass
Peter "Bilky" Howell - Drums
The Jive Aces have performed at countless major events including Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, The Royal Ballet's 50th Anniversary, World Lindy Hop Dance Championships (Oslo '95 and New York '99), The Lord Mayors Spectacular, Vienne Jazz Festival, City of London Festival, Cannes Film Festival official party, Cork Jazz Festival and many, many more.
They have been featured on hundreds of TV and radio shows including special features on CNN, BBC1, ABC's “Good Morning Los Angeles”, Channel 4's “Holy Smoke” BBC Radio 2's “Paul Jones Show”, JazzFM, the one-hour PBS Special “A Swingin’ Christmas” and an eight week residency on the hit Italian show “Niente Popo Dimenoche”.
The Jive Aces are frequently commended by fellow professionals for their high standards and professionalism both on and off stage. As the stage manager of the Royal Albert Hall wrote after a show-stopping appearance: “Thank you for your wonderful performance at the Royal Albert Hall. The Jive Aces were a pleasure to work with and I know you were a big hit”.
The Jive Aces have worked alongside many of the top names in the business, including John Travolta, Isaac Hayes, Van Morrison, Count Basie Orchestra , Buddy Greco, Jamie Cullum, Kirstie Allie, Acker Bilk, Jack Dee, David Suchet, Lee Evans and Juliette Lewis to name just a few.
And on the recording front, for those eagerly awaiting a new Jive Aces album there's good news: The band has managed to squeeze the time needed to finish their new masterpiece into their very busy tour schedule! This means that The Jive Aces will be at the Mad Hatter Studios, Hollywood in early June 06 and while in California will be the featured band at "Swing Out Pasadena", one of the USA's biggest annual swing events.
Set
list
Accentuate the Positive - Bing Crosby
Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan
All of Me - Frank Sinatra
Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
Blue Moon - Ella Fitzgerald
Boogie Woogie Country Girl - Big Joe Turner
Buona Serra - Dean Martin
Caldonia - BB KIng
Chicken & the Hawk - Big Joe Turner
Chatanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan
Danny Boy - Malachy McCourt
Fever - Peggy Lee
Flyin' Home - Lionel Hampton
Giddy Up a Ding Dong - Freddie Bell
Happy Birthday - Mildred and Patty Smith
Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles
I can't give you Anything But Love - Louis Armstrong
In the Mood - Glenn Miller
Is you Is or Is you Ain't My baby? - Louis Jordan
It had to be You - Frank Sinatra
Jump Jive & Wail - Louis Prima
Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (medley) - Louis Prima
Lady be Good - George Gershwin
Le Rock & Roll - Johnny Halladay
Loch Lomond - Traditional
Love Me or Leave Me - Nina Simone
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
Mambo Italiano - Dean Martin
Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone
Oh Babe - Louis Prima
Oh Marie! - Dean Martin
Over the Rainbow - Glenn Miller
Pennies From Heaven - Bing Crosby
Rag Mop - Johnnie Lee Wills
Right now Right now! - Big Al Sears
Rock & Roll Boogie - Alan Freed
Route 66 - Nat King Cole
Saint Louis Blues - Louis Armstrong
Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
Sing, Sing, Sing - Louis Prima
Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly
Slow Boat to China - Dean Martin
Sweet Georgia Brown - Louis Armstrong
Summertime - Louis Armstrong
Sunny Side of the Street - Louis Armstrong
Swingin' All Day - Saunders King
Tiger Rag - Louis Armstrong
Volare- Frank Sinatra
Voodoo - Freddie Bell
Well Alright, Okay, You Win - Peggy Lee
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When the Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong
When You're Smilin' - Louis Armstrong
When You Wish upon a Star - Louis Armstrong
White Cliffs of Dover - Glen Miller
Wrap your Troubles in Dreams - Bing Crosby
You're Driving me Crazy - Frank Sinatra
Christmas Songs Include:
God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen
I've got my love to keep me Warm
Jingle Bells
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Santa Claus is Back in Town
White Christmas
Original songs regularly performed include:
(Note: Many people know & request the Jive Aces original material from their four albums & various complilations. The following original songs are regularly performed by the band.)
Aces Swing
Clear Body, Clear Mind
Fish Fingers (the professor's boogie)
Imagination (or something else)
I’ve Got Affinity For You
Jive Ace Boogie Woogie
Jive, Jive, Jive Aces
Long Distance Love Affair
Only Mugs take Drugs
Planet Jive
Play On
Second Chance to Fly
Spectator
Start, Change & Stop
Three Cats Called Louis
White Hot Christmas
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Songs will play on any PC with Windows Media
player.
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| Lifes a game |
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| When your smiling |
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| Wonderful world |
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Line-up & instrumentation
6 piece band: Male lead vocals & Trumpet, Tenor / Baritone Sax or Clarinet, Trombone, Piano, Double Bass, Drums.
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Travel availability
This band are only available in the regions
listed below.
Scotland
Wales
The North
The South
The Midlands
Booking options
You can also choose to have any of the
following options added to your booking.
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1 Swing dancer for a lesson and display performance approx £300 |
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Reviews & references
Client
name: Executive Editor of BBC East
Client
artist rating: 
Comments:
I wanted to take a few minutes to write a note of personal thanks for the amazing contribution you made to the Children In Need event on Friday. I was extraordinarily impressed not just by the professionalism which you exuded on the night, but also by the willingness to work within the often very strange demands of television. I'm not sure if you have had the chance to see the result on television, but you looked and sounded great. I also know that you could almost certainly have made a lot more money by turning us down and doing another show - so for that, as much as anything else, we are truly and deeply grateful. Many thanks once again
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