Some recordings capture more than just music—they capture a moment in time. One of Swing41’s live recordings comes from a Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2007 gig at Tranquebar, a cozy library café near Nyhavn in Copenhagen. With its warm atmosphere and audience seated just a few steps from the stage, it felt more like playing in someone’s living room than in a venue.
To keep things simple, I placed a Zoom field recorder right in front of us. It picked up the room, the energy, and—unintentionally—one very young audience member.Midway through the tune, you can hear the unmistakable sound of a crying infant. It’s a reminder that live jazz is full of surprises, from unexpected solos to, well… unexpected guests.
Were you there that night? Do you know who the child was? Let me know in the comments! And if you want to hear it for yourself, here’s the track:
Dundee star band Havana Swing also feature presenting their feelgood mix of Django Reinhardt and 30s jazz. Singers Alison Affleck and Cindy Douglas, swing band The Big Easy and blues guitarist Sandy Tweeddale are more major names from the jazz and blues world coming to the Ferry.
Reid explored early Rock, like Chuck Berry, dove into Classic Rock, transitioned into Blues. Then he found his way into traditional Jazz, Dixieland Jazz and Gypsy Jazz, which is where he’s currently at. His project, Kyle Reid and the Low Swingin’ Chariots, is a small combo jazz band with horns, guitars, upright bass and drums, “playing original swing music and traditional standards,” he said.
“There’s something about the band’s witty, spirited gypsy folk-jazz that is so new and yet so familiar all at once.”–Washington Post
