September 2022 events

September

Sunday 11 September, 3.00pm 100 Years of Big Bands

Len Phillips Swing Orchestra with Matt Ford and Nicola Emmanuelle

Programme includes: Rhapsody in Blue Paul Whiteman Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman In the Mood Glenn Miller Come Fly with Me Frank Sinatra April in Paris Count Basie ’S Wonderful Ella Fitzgerald Feeling Good Michael Bublé and many more Joe Pettitt musical director Matt Ford voice Nicola Emmanuelle voice Len Phillips Swing Orchestra The Len Phillips Swing Orchestra , as seen on Sky Arts, makes a welcome return to Cadogan Hall to celebrate a century of swing, tracing the development of big bands from Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans and the Paul Whiteman Orchestra 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, Sammy Davis Jr and Cab Calloway along the way, feet will be tapping to the sheer power of a 17-piece swing orchestra. ‘It was a joy to be up close and personal with the Len Phillips band’ Len Goodman

Tickets: £36, £29, £24, £19