Swing
City is a big band made up of Australia's finest young jazz
musicians who all share a love of music that swings. Many
of them are band leaders in their own right and take time
from their own groups to enjoy performing with SC.
Formed
in June 1999 by drummer John Morrison,
who after spending 20 years co-leading bands with his brother
James
Morrison, embarked on a mission to form Australia's best
swing big band.
The
band's repertoire
includes material from all the world's greatest big bands
and extends from the music of Chick Webb in the 1920's through
to contemporary swing material written by the band members
themselves.
All
the musicians play featured solos in the show accompanied
by the hard swinging rhythm section led by John.
