Traditional Jazz is timelessly attractive to young and old, combining unforgettable melodies with irresistible swing. If you are looking for high-quality performances offering broad audience appeal, an evening of Traditional Jazz is the music you are looking for! We represent the following Traditional Jazz bands:

The Big Chris Barber Band
Without any doubt, the Big Chris Barber Band is the most important and well known traditional jazz band. The band commemorated 50 years of playing in 2004 and can look back on a very special career, playing HOT JAZZ of exquisite quality with a unique ensemble profile: the inimitable Chris Barber style. Not only well-known in European jazz circles, but also by a broader audience, Chris Barber guarantees an evening of high-quality music entertainment.

Royal Dutch Jazzband
The Royal Dutch JazzBand was founded in early 2000. A large number of public performances helped the band to build a solid reputation in the Netherlands in a relatively short time span. The band's style shows influences from all facets of the jazz spectrum. No wonder, in fact: the line-up is some sort of musiciansí dream come true.

Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band
Mr. Acker Bilk has performed Countless concerts in the US, Middle East, Asia, Australia, and Europe. He has appeared on his own TV and radio shows with the BBC. Hits like Summerset, That's My Home and Stranger On the Shore have brought worldwide popularity and inextricably linked the man in the Bowler hat and his band to traditional jazz. Dixieland and Swing mixed with English humour in the typical "Acker" style entertain the audience wherever he's playing.

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
Kenny Ball is one of the supreme trumpet players in England. His performances in the Queen's Palace and on many gold records have made him a British institution. The ensemble presents a splendid combination of jazz and entertainment. The original Vaudeville interpretations and English humour are as delightful as the soli where Blues meets Gospel and vital Dixieland.

Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band
Contrary to the their Viking ancestors, bringing horror and fear wherever their came, the Viking Jazz Band is exporting joy and pleasure from Denmark. It was officially awarded "Jazz Ambassador" of Denmark. The original stylings of the band embrace the Creole clarinet tradition, New Orleans Revival, Swing, Dixieland and Mainstream Jazz and will excite also your pbublic!

Dutch Swing College Band
The Dutch Swing College first formed during World War II in an illegal jazz club in The Hague. Although forbidden by the Nazi occupants Anglo-American "Unkultur" was revered. After the war this culture of the netherworlds rose to charm a broader public. It became one of the most important and popular jazz ensembles in Europe, touring on all continents. Their success and unique style is due to the superb jazz qualities of the ensemble, fusing typical Chicago Jazz with modern Goodman Swing.

Uralsky All Stars
Russian Swing and Dixieland, cultivated behind the Urals, is thrilling western European crowds. With the musical qualities of world-famous bands the All Stars recently released a CD with Chris Barber. Bandleader Oleg Plotnikov's arrangements combine the multi-faceted, typical, Russian folk music with jazz. The remarkable vocal qualities of the musicians add a special component and invite the public to swing.

Prowizorka Jazz Band
The Prowizorka Jazz Band is probably the most original Polish jazz ensemble. It was elected 1997 Trad Band No 1 in Poland. The gobophone, designed and played by singer Thomas Sacha, is a tiny children's mouthpiece saxophone. It is vocally blown with the sound varied by a simple glass of water functioning as the resonance body. This unique instrument, the high musical qualities of the band, and the astonishing repertoire produce a moving atmosphere which enchants your concert.

The TIMELESS Orchestra
The TIMELESS Orchestra continues the tradition of the Big Bands, playing a repertoire of timeless classics from the musical treasures of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra and many others. Along with many successful tours throughout Europe, the band regularly hosts shows on TV and radio. It is one of Europe's leading Big Bands.

Pasadena Roof Orchestra
The Pasadena Roof Orchestra follows the tradition of jazz and ballroom music of the '20s and '30s. They are Europe's nostalgic "Ball" orchestra. The broad range of original compositions augments old nostalgia with fresh, swingy polish which appeals to broad audiences.

Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen
With an International reputatation as one of the best jazz clarinet players Terry Lightfoot is also one of the few jazz stars to bridge the gap between jazz and mainstream audiences. He performs with his band in Britain, Europe, US, Middle East, and around the world. Terry has appeared many times on TV and radio as well as featured films. He has recorded extensively and performed with world entertainers as diverse as Louis Armstrong and James Last.

Max Collie Rhythm Aces
Max Collie competed at the Jazz World Championships against the best North American jazz musicians in the US and earned the title "World Master of New Orleans Jazz". Countless performances at festivals and concerts confirm his reputation as one of the best live, traditional jazz acts.

Rod Mason Hot Five
The internationally renowned, European, traditional jazz bands such as Chris Barber and Acker Bilk have recently been joined by the Rod Mason Hot Five, featuring remarkable, high-quality musicianship. As the name indicates, they are reviving the tradition of the HOT Bands of the early days of jazz in which steamy rhythms are produced by a Sousaphone or Bass saxophone rather than a drum section. They provide an unusual setting for unusually HOT music!

Jump'n Jive
Jump'n Jive revives old traditions of popular black music of the '30s. Jump'n Jive is not allowing anyone to stay bored. The artistic qualities of the musicians, the charm of the vocal section, the contagious excitement of the Band as a whole have thrilled many concert halls already. You will not want to miss the freshness of this "old" music. Cab Calloway said, "Man, this sjam jam Jump'n Jive makes you nine feet tall when you're four feet five!"

Steamboat Stompers
Perfect rhythm sections, excellent solos, and unique scat-singing are mixed with humoristic delicacies: That's the cocktail the Steamboat Stompers from Prague offer in their typically euphoric style. The right band for jazz festivals, open air concerts, marriages, street parades and private parties.

Storyville Jazzband
Hot old-time jazz is part of the imaginative playing of the Storyville Jazzband. Add a bit of New Orleans jazz, a pinch of folk, lots of swing, plenty of power, and you have the characteristic sound of this band.

Doc Houlind's Copenhagen Ragtime Band
Spirit, feeling and creativity: This is the Houlind Sound. Any audience will be convinced that this is the true sound of New Orleans with all the qualities of the exciting music of the '40s and '50s. Audiences young and old go for it again and again. And as long as their audiences respond, Doc Houlind and his band will never stop playing.

Huub Janssen's Amazing Jazz Band

Pete Allen Jazzband (UK)

Preservation Hall Jazzband (USA)

The Sammy Rimington Band

Engelbert Wrobel's Swing Society

Fessor Big City Band

La Vella Dixieland

Lex van Wel Swing Orchestra

Humphrey Littleton

Down Town Jazz Band

Maestro Oleg Plotnikov Trio

We represent the following Latin Music bands:

The Bronx Horns (USA)

Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers (USA)

Masalsa (international)

Estrella Acosta
Born in Cuba and raised in the USA, Estrella Acosta grew up with a mixture of South American and jazz music. This melting pot of cultures and styles has been a constant feature of her career and today finds its expression in her current band.

We represent the following Modern Jazz artists:

Archie Shepp
He duly earned his title as agent-provocateur of the avant garde movement of the '60s expressing the "Zeitgeist" in breathtaking soli which paved the way to new ground in experimental jazz. The development of Archie Shepp towards ballads, blues and spirituals gives testimony to the astounding sensibility of this musician who hasn't lost his ability to inspire the public.

Lou Donaldson
This American saxophone player while in his youth performed with Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt. He evolved in the fifties to become one of the major artists of the legendary Blue Note label and became associated with other big names such as Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Jimmy Smith, Thelonious Monk, and Milt Jackson. Being a jazz legend is not enough for this artist who in recent times has influenced the development of jazz dance.

Judy Rafat

We represent the following Jazz and Blues bands:

John Slaughter Rhythm and Blues Band
John Slaughter is one of the most respected guitarists of the Blues scene. He already played with John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson, T Bone Walker, John Mayall, Rory Gallagher and other prominent Blues artists. The musicians of the band are all playing in other reputed bands like the 'G B Blues Company', 'Super Charge', 'Jon Cleary', 'Unfinished Business', 'The Kinks', 'Kit Packham and Crucial Blues', what makes the formation of the John Slaughter Blues Band a special kaleidoscope of the Blues scene in England. This is the best Blues Band London's! John Slaughter and his band guarantee an evening full of hot Blues and driving rhythms which will also enthuse your public.

John Crocker Quartet
John Crocker is a top-class musician whose expressive playing on the clarinet and the saxophone is not only admired by experts. With his Quartet he is enthusing the public with a selection of the popular repertoire of the first half of this century, ranging from hits of the Ballroom-era to popular songs of the '40s. With the classic line-up clarinet/saxophone, piano, doublebass and drums the John Crocker Quartet is able to offer you exquisite music entertainment not only for fans.