Fraser smith, London based Tenor saxophonist plays tribute to his heroes … From the ballads of Ben Webster to the fire of Dexter Gordon, with borrowings from the classic Lester young/ Nat King Cole trio. Featuring some of London’s best swing musicians, the band play and sing their way through the American songbook with authenticity and class.

Playing all over the UK and in Europe since 2001, the Marama Cafe Band entertain with brasserie and cafe music including French musette. Hot club jazz, swing, Argentinean tango and gypsy music from Eastern Europe. With Frank Biddulph (violin), Pete Watson (accordion) and David Ahmed (guitar)

Pete Horsfall is an award winning jazz trumpet player and singer. His latest record was acclaimed as ‘ravishing’ by The Guardian and he has featured regularly as a guest on national radio. His musical life has taken him to countless headline shows at prestigious venues and festivals throughout the world, including The Lincoln Center (NYC), Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and Paris’ Les Duc Des Lombards.

Taking influence from the chic and sophisticated era of the Jazz Age, La Bouche Manouche are a vintage swing band, featuring critically acclaimed jazz singer Irene Serra on vocals. With a repertoire rooted in the sound of gypsy jazz, expect to hear swing tunes from Django Reinhardt, Charleston, French chansons, Bal musette and classic jazz standards from the Great American Songbook

American singer and dancer Corina Kwami, fronts Corina Kwami & the Swing Selection. With both Ghanaian and Irish roots, Corina has worked in over 20 countries across the world – and brings a global, renaissance spirit to jazz, with splashes of French, Spanish and Portuguese, and toe-tapping swing

Benoit directs an ensemble of internationally acclaimed musicians in a manner reminiscent of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway and Charles Trenet at the very height of their popularity. Showcasing a repertoire of the most beautiful and uplifting songs from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s including French chanson, swing, jive, Russian-folk, Charleston, Latin American and Cuban dance music, as well as originals in the same classic style, this is one of the leading vintage dance ensembles to have emerged from the UK in recent years.

The London Django Collective was born out of the desire to create a local and innovative forum for musicians influenced by the musical legacy of Django Reinhardt.

Remaining in the spirit of Django, whilst pushing the genre of gypsy jazz forward into the vibrant London jazz scene the London Django Collective have a vision of true progression for the style whilst nodding to the great musicians who came before them.

Oh La La! is a charming and sophisticated quartet playing French music from Offenbach to Gainsbourg, as well as a selection of 20s upbeat and 50s cool jazz. Parisian born Fifi la Mer sings in both French and English, and plays the chromatic accordion; Alex Garnett or Oliver Wilby plays the clarinet and tenor saxophone; Curtis Volp the guitar and Julian Bury the double bass. Authentic French music at its best!