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Jazz Cosimo & the Hot Coals

SIX ITALIAN GENTLEMEN PLAYING THE NEW SOUND OF THE ROARING TWENTIES

Considered among the new Italian stars of traditional jazz and recognized worldwide on TikTok and Instagram, with over 100 million views, more than a million followers, and praise from renowned artists such as Michael Bublé, Ray Gelato, Anomalie, Benny Benack III, and Allison Young (vocalist of Postmodern Jukebox), Cosimo and the Hot Coals are captivating international audiences with their unique style, blending their passion for Hot Jazz and New Orleans Jazz of the 1910s and 1920s with the charm and elegance of Italian songwriting.

Swing Old Sea Company

Old Sea Company was formed in 2021 as a dynamic duo and gradually grew into several different permutations.

Based in Sofia and led by Jack Hughes (piano), the collective includes musicians from Bulgaria and abroad. At this year’s Swingin the Bay, you will get to see them as a septet featuring Alexandre Merancienne (alto saxophone), Ilya Gindin (clarinet), Vladi Mitin (trumpet), Ivan Melin (trombone), Vasil Hajigrudev (double bass) and Sergey Korotkov (drums).

Rhythm 'n Blues The Jumpin’ Bones

The Jumpin’ Bones are a Rhythm ‘n Blues band formed in Athens, Greece during the Spring of 2014. Due to their powerful performances at home and the positive reviews for their first album on an international level, they are already considered one of the most important greek blues bands.

Their debut album “Marrow” was released both digitally and on CD on November 2015 and included six original compositions and a cover. It received good reviews both at home and internationally from blues magazines and sites like Blues Blast Magazine (USA), Blues Matters (UK) and Bluesnews (DE). In 2017 the vinyl version of the album with two “bonus tracks” was released by Ikaros Records. That same year the EP “Live at Merlin’s Den” was digitally released.

Swing - Lindy Hop - Charleston Swing Tales

Swing Tales was created in 2023 in Thessaloniki with Eleftheria Bargiotas on vocals, Dimitris Tselios on saxophone, Nikos Tara on piano, Agamemnon Mardas on double bass and Stergios Koia on drums. All the band members are active musicians of the city with a lot of experience from live shows and performances.

The idea of the band was to create a structure that could support musically the dance groups involved in Swing, Lindy hop, Charleston, etc.

Jazz Jazz with 2 of us and Bass

Jazz the two of us and Bass its a Swing Trio who passionately plays a mixture of Jazz and Swing. The hapiness and the spirit of the musicians makes the spark fly and all being dancers themselves they know what keeps you dancing all night long.

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