#swing47

Some of you may remember the jazz duo @swing47 I play in with @daniellemurray. We did some festivals, gigs and busking a few years back, but have been doing other projects lately. We could be playing at

Introducing myself and my musical activities.

The swing/jazz duo @Swing47 that I am part of were asked to perform at a memorial event for local open mic regular Mike Capay. This was held at The Three Tuns pub in the village of Guilden Morden today.

In these times of pandemic and lockdown it is not always viable to play music with people in person. Thankfully we live in the age of online with fast connections that allow for rapid file transfer. What

Last week my duo @swing47 got a support gig at The Angel's Share, which is a bar in Hitchin run by a lovely Sikh guy called Harpreet. We must have been doing something right as we were asked back to do

Live music has really suffered during the current pandemic with lockdowns and physical distancing making a lot of it non-viable. I have been lucky to have been able to get together with friend to jam outside

After our previous adventure we made another excursion to Norton Common in Letchworth. This time @steevc brought one of his guitars. We recorded a few of the songs we worked on, but it was mostly for the

We have been quiet for a while, but then recent events have made playing as a duo impossible for most of the time. We have tried some on-line jamming tools that are supposed to overcome the latency by

A little jazz in the open air

Today I did my first bit of busking as part of my duo with clarinettist Danielle that goes by the name of @Swing47. She contacted the authorities in Letchworth and they said we could play in the arcade.

I posted previously about the gig my duo @swing47 played a couple of weekends ago at the #Balstock festival. It was a lot of fun. Steemian @molometer came along and recorded some videos. I have been sent

We are a guitar and clarinet duo who play jazz and swing tunes from the early 20th century to the present. Steve (@steevc) and Danielle have been playing together for a couple of years after meeting at

It's time for part three already. To celebrate, this third instillation I'm featuring three different tweets. Wow, THREE!!! And, they are not all mine!!! For this series installation I changed the name

On Saturday we had our first gig that was not just an open mic. This was a proper 45 minute set with 12 songs. Swing 47 is myself on vocals, guitar and ukulele with Danielle on clarinet. We do not have