Swing Into Christmas with Down for the Count Concert Orchestra

 

 

This is a Christmas celebration like no other, as Down for the Count recreate the music of Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and many more in a luscious 25-piece orchestral setting evoking the sounds of the great Capitol Studios recordings. 

 

Expect to hear faithful recreations of the best music of the swing era including I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Let’s Face The Music and Dance and ‘S Wonderful, alongside original arrangements of jazz and festive standards written by the Orchestra’s principal conductor Mike Paul-Smith, including Winter Wonderland and The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting).

 

“Awesome!” Michael Bublé

“A sonic ride back to the sounds of Capitol Studios in the 1950s” DownBeat Magazine

“A potential rival to the John Wilson Orchestra” Jazzwise Magazine

“A breath of fresh air on the swing scene” Twinwood Festival

 

I've Got You Under My Skin

Let’s Face the Music and Dance

The Nearness Of You

I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

 

 

Down for the Count Swing Orchestra plus vocalists to be announced

Mike Paul-Smith - conductor