100 Years of Big Bands LP Swing Orchestra with Matt Ford, Georgina Jackson and Emma Holcroft

100 Years of Big Bands
LP Swing Orchestra with Matt Ford & Nicola Emmanuelle

As seen on SKY ARTS, the LPSO celebrates a century of Swing!

Beginning with Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, we trace the development of big bands through the golden age of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller to the contemporary tracks of Michael Bublé and Harry Connick Jr.

Paying homage to the great big band singers, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat “King” Cole and Peggy Lee along the way, feet will be tapping to the sheer power of a 17 piece swing orchestra.

Heard regularly on BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM, the LP Swing Orchestra is Britain’s most popular big band. Their lockdown livestream series attracted over 100,000 views and included the very first streamed big band concert from London’s iconic Abbey Road Studios. Matthew Ford is perhaps best known for his work with the John Wilson Orchestra, including 6 appearances at the BBC Proms. Our Special guest vocalist for our debut in Lytham is the wonderful singer and Director of Southport Jazz Festival, Emma Holcroft. Conducted by the unique talents of trumpet player and vocalist Georgina Jackson (Ronnie Scotts’s, BBC Proms).

“It was a joy to be up close and personal with the Len Phillips band” - Len Goodman

“The perfect ingredients for a superb afternoon of music” - Eastbourne Herald

“Ford is the archetypal crooner in the mould of Sinatra and Crosby” - David Mellor, Mail on Sunday
“Georgina, that was remarkable! I never thought I’d fall in love with a girl from Wigan, but I did tonight!’ - Bruce Forsyth