The Jive Aces - May 28th

Only gig in Arizona

The Jive Aces are the UK's top Jive & Swing band. This fully professional six piece have starred at thousands of major festivals, theatres, clubs and other top events throughout Britain, The United States, Japan, France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Eire, Belgium, Holland, Lithuania, The Caribbean, Estonia, Israel and Canada. The Jive Aces are renowned for their high energy Jump Jive music (the exciting and danceable sound where Swing meets Rock ‘n Roll) and spectacular stage show.

(where have they played before?)

They combine a mixture of fresh arrangements of swing/Jive/R&B classics - songs made famous by such greats as Louis Prima, Cab Calloway, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong, Big Joe Turner and Sammy Davis Jnr- along with a selection of superb swinging originals taken from their studio albums, including the latest “Life is a Game” (RIGHT034).

Video

• The Jive Aces with Graeme and Anne
• The Jive Aces at the Mayor's Thames Festival
• White Cliffs of Dover (live on Hungarian TV)
• Jive, Jive , Jive Aces (on Hungarian TV)
• "Jive Aces" line dance - Live
• Jive Aces Line Dance Instructional
• Stop and Start
• Singin' in the Rain
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• White Hot Christmas
• The Gottaswing Dancers White Hot Christmas Parade

The Jive Aces have performed at countless major events including The Lord Mayor of London's Spectacular, Montreux Jazz Festival (4 times), The Royal Ballet's 50th Anniversary, North Sea Jazz Festival, World Lindy Hop Dance Championships (Oslo '95 and New York '99), Vienne Jazz Festival, City of London Festival, Cannes Film Festival official party, Cork Jazz Festival and have performed for HRH Prince Philip, Tom Cruise & Kirstie Allie.

The Jive Aces were the recipients of the prestigious “City of Derry International Music Award” for 2006. Previous recipients were Van Morrison and Jools Holland.

The band has been featured on literally 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; “A Swingin’ Christmas” (one-hour PBS Special) and an eight week residency on the hit Italian show “Niente Popo Dimenoche”.

The Players

Ian Clarkson - Lead vocals and trumpet
"Big" John Fordham - Tenor and baritone sax, clarinet
"Professsor" Vince Hurley - Piano
Alex Douglas - Trombone
Ken Smith - Double Bass
Peter "Bilky" Howell - Drums

Their last 2 singles have "White Hot Christmas" & "White Cliffs of Dover" have both entered the UK singles charts, with the latter reaching no 27 in the UK Independent Charts. All five of albums are available in Virgin, HMV etc.

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, Kirstie Allie, Acker Bilk, Jack Dee, David Suchet, Lee Evans and Juliette Lewis to name just a few.

With their high energy music, bright stage suits, wild stage antics, irresistible humour and sheer professionalism, the Jive Aces will quickly get any audience on their feet - or dancing in their seat! Each and every show is guaranteed to go with a swing! See www.jiveaces.com for more information.