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Swing Patrol planning a raid on the Legion September 14
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Watch out, here comes the Swing
Patrol.
Scott Robertson and his band
will be patrolling for swing as the
opening act of the Pender Harbour
Jazz Festival Sept. 14.
The band plays a variety of tunes
inspired by the Swing era of the 1930s
and ’40s with a subtle dose of Dixieland
thrown in for taste.
Aside from fronting Swing Patrol,
Robertson plays regularly for the
White Rock Traditional Jazz Society
and was the drummer for the 17-piece
Preservation of Swing orchestra for 15
years until its retirement.
In the Vancouver area, Scott has
also performed with Gabriel Hasselbach,
Dal Richards, Tuxedo Junction,
Ray Carol’s Platters Show, Cascadia
Jazz Band, Rice Honeywell, Simon
Stribling’s All-Stars, Ron Thompson
as well as many educational school
concerts/clinics.
Robertson keeps time for his
band while they channel the likes of
the Benny Goodman Sextet, Count
Basie and Louis Jordan to keep swing
alive.
Expect some familiar dance tunes
tunes like When the Saints, Air Mail
Special, Back at the Chicken Shack,
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home, Mercy
Merry Mercy and Sweet Georgia
Brown.
The Friday evening will start
with a fabulous display of appetizers
followed by a full-course dinner by
Doug Davies.
After that, we dance.
Tickets $50, available at www.
phjazz.ca or in cash at the Oak Tree
Market, Visitors Information Centre
(Sechelt) and Gaia’s Fair Trade in
Gibsons.
Scott Robertson photo
Scott Robertson and his Swing Patrol will shake up what will likely be one of the
highlights of the Pender Harbour Jazz Festival with a dinner, appetizers and dancing.
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