Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m.—BRANDON— The very popular local group Swing Noire, a firm favorite with Brandon Music audiences, will close the year with their inimitable gypsy jazz style. Over the last decade, Swing Noire has become Vermont’s premier gypsy jazz ensemble. Some call it gypsy jazz, some hot swing; in either case it is acoustic jazz in the spirit of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Swing Noire invokes the energy of a swingin’ jazz club, transporting audiences back to the early days of jazz with their unique take on Hot Swing, making music that “will entrance and surprise you.” Great energy, soul, sophistication, and improvisation are the hallmarks of a Swing Noire performance.
Violinist David Gusakov (Last Train to Zinkov, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Pine Island), guitarist Rob McCuen (Bloodroot Gap, The Good Parts), and Jim McCuen (Bloodroot Gap, Bessette Quartet) on double bass, make up Vermont’s hottest hot club-style ensemble. Swing Noire has performed at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, Burlington’s First Night Celebration, The Town Hall Theater in Middlebury, Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, and countless other venues throughout Vermont and New England.
“In a time when good jazz groups are hard to find, Swing Noire rises to the top as one of the best jazz groups playing around Burlington. … Swing Noire brings you into those smoky clubs of days past, makes you feel jazz the way it was meant to be felt, full of emotion and energy,” said Jennifer Crowell of First Night Burlington.
Brandon Music is already booking performers for 2020 and promises another very high energy year. Concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., tickets are $20. A pre-concert dinner is available for $25. Reservations are required for dinner and recommended for the show. Venue is BYOB.
