Top Shelf Jazz
Top Shelf Jazz is a five-piece hot swing jazz outfit from Wales that performs inter-war jazz numbers. The group is based in London and also plays across Europe.
The band’s material draws on crooning melodies and swing rhythms, with a strong emphasis on live performance, humour and spoken banter. Its image and presentation evoke the 1930s, with references to monacle-and-linen style refinement alongside a more unruly, nightclub feel.
Top Shelf Jazz’s performances include kazoos and theatrical costumes such as safari suits, and the group is noted for a rakish style that mixes swing, folk and jazz elements. The act presents itself as a revival of older jazz traditions rather than a modernised reinterpretation.
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