Swing, played properly. Rhythm Capital work through the golden age material and out the other side: Louis Armstrong, Chick Webb, Artie Shaw, Count Basie. The setlist runs deep, with A Foggy Day, All of Me, Bye Bye Blackbird, Honeysuckle Rose, Fever, C Jam Blues and Down by the Riverside among the hundreds on hand. Swing dancers get what they need from it. So do parties where nobody knows the steps and the toes start tapping anyway. The band turns up dressed for the occasion and set up before your guests arrive. Five pieces for a party, or stripped back to four, three or two when you want it in the background. They need power and about five metres square. Their own sound rig covers a room of around 100.
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Songs Rhythm Capital can play
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24 Robbers5 monthsA Foggy DayAgua De BeberAll of MeAlright Okay You WinBack BeatBanana Split for my baby - primaBless Yore Beautiful HideBlues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to MeBrother, Can you Spare a dime?BunnyBye Bye BlackbirdC Jam BluesCastle RockCharadeCheesecake (Louis A)Come On-A My HouseCorner PocketDig That Crazy ChickDown by the RiversideDuetEverything's EverywhereExactly Like YouFeverFive'll Get You TenFlat Foot FloogieFrench PoodleGal From JoesGo HarlemGolden WeddingHallelujah I Love her SoHappy FootHarlem Swing Hot Sugar BandHello DollyHey Now (pno feature)Honeysuckle RoseHot SpringsI like Pie I like CakeI Wanna Be Like YouI'm beginning to see the lightIs you is or is you ain't my babyIt's only a paper MoonJoshua Fit the Battle of JerichoJump Jive and Wail - primaJumping at the WoodsideJust a gigoloKnock Me a KissLady Be GoodLavender CoffinLeonard Reeds etcLester Leaps InLet there be loveLong Gone JohnLulu's Back in TownMakin WhoopeeMoonglowMy Baby Just Cares for MeMy Love IsNice n EasyNight TrainNo moon at allNobody But MeO Jelly BoyOh Marie - PrimaOn the Sunny Side of the StreetOne Scotch One Bourbon One BeerOur DonPlease Don't Talk About me When I'm GonePure ImaginationPut a Lid on ItRound the BendShake That ThingShiny StockingsSixteen TonsSlap that BassSlow Boat to ChinaSneakin In At Majura HallSomebody Loves MeSplankySt James InfirmaryStompin at the SavoyStruttin' To MollySwing Dance Tune J - I think if this just had the novelty bits removed it'd be fineTain't What cha doTake it Easy GreasyThat Old FeelingThe Big Apple ContestThe GangsterThe Grabtown GrappleThe Old CountryThe RiffThree Handed WomanThunderbirdTuxedo JunctionWell, Git it!When I get Low I Get HighWhiskey Do Your StuffWild Man BluesYou and the Night and the MusicYou don't know what love isYou rascal youZooming at the Zombie
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What to expect
The band turns up dressed for the occasion and is set up and ready before your first guests arrive, which is a small courtesy that says a lot about how the rest of the night will go. Their sound rig comfortably covers about 100 people, and stretches further than that when the music is sitting in the background rather than driving a dance floor. Swing dancers get material they can actually dance to. Everyone else just ends up tapping along.
On the day
Power, and roughly five metres by five of floor. That's the whole list. The band carries its own sound rig, which covers a room of about a hundred people comfortably, and stretches past that when the music is sitting behind conversation rather than driving a dance floor. Nothing to organise, nothing to hire, no technician standing around waiting.
Performance options
Five pieces is the party version. Strip it back to four, three or two and the same repertoire turns into background music, which suits a dinner or a cocktail hour better than a full band ever will.