Welcome back to the glamorous Roaring Twenties and Swinging Thirties! The Cotton Club Swing Orchestra takes its audience on a journey to a time when anything seemed possible and jazz made the nights come alive. A music full of pulsating joy, captivating everyone—whether on the dance floor of an elegant ballroom, in a smoky jazz club, or at a secret speakeasy in a backroom.
The 14-piece Cotton Club Swing Orchestra celebrates the “Golden Age of Jazz.” With its authentic lineup, the band brings the unmistakable sound of this era back to life, performing the greatest hits of legendary big bands like Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, and Fletcher Henderson—stylish, charming, and electrifying.
The program features swinging jazz and hot dance numbers. “Hot, sweet, and crazy”—this music goes straight to the ears and even faster to the feet!
Get ready for a musical time travel full of energy, passion, and swing!
A selection from the repertoire:
• And the Angels Sing (Benny Goodman)
• All the Things You Are (Kern / Hammerstein)
• Begin the Beguine (Artie Shaw)
• Bei mir bist du schön (Arne Hülphers)
• Blue Lou (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson)
• Business in F (Fletcher Henderson)
• Cotton Club Stomp (Duke Ellington)
• Drum Boogie (Gene Krupa)
• Easy Does It (Tommy Dorsey)
• Four or Five Times (Jimmie Lunceford)
• I Got Rhythm (Roy Fox)
• In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington)
• Indian Love Call (Artie Shaw)
• It Don’t Mean a Thing (Duke Ellington)
• Jangled Nerves (Fletcher Henderson)
• Jazznocracy (Jimmie Lunceford)
• Jump for Joy (Duke Ellington)
• King Porter Stomp (Benny Goodman)
• Loch Lomond (Trad. / arr. Benny Goodman)
• Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway)
• Perdido (Duke Ellington)
• Rose Room (Artie Shaw)
• Sent for You Yesterday (Count Basie)
• Sing, Sing, Sing (Bunny Berigan)
• Sing You Sinners (Fletcher Henderson)
• Stardust (Artie Shaw)
• Stompin’ at the Savoy (Benny Goodman)
• T’aint What You Do (Jimmie Lunceford)
• Tuxedo Junction (Erskine Hawkins)
• Why Don’t You Do Right (Benny Goodman)
• Yes, Indeed (Tommy Dorsey)
• You Go to My Head (Fletcher Henderson)
