Bands

The Swing Rascals

The Swing Rascals is a nine-piece band created in Madrid (Spain) in 2022 to recapture the music, spirit and aesthetics of the 1930s in the United States, the Swing Era. The band is conceived as a dance orchestra and its members have extensive experience in jazz festivals and swing dance events throughout Europe.

The Swing Rascals’ repertoire has been carefully selected and consists entirely of arrangements of the greatest hits of the 1930s.
A performance by The Swing Rascals will feature songs recorded by the Benny Goodman Septet, Fats Waller and The Chocolate Dandies, Teddy Wilson Orchestra featuring Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and His All Stars, Count Basie Orchestra, etc.

The Swing Rascals, under the musical direction of trombonist Giorgio Gallina (Milan, Italy), brings together the best musicians of the style in Madrid and features live vocalist Ornella Marconi (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

The aim of the band is to offer an authentic and exciting musical experience to lindy hop, balboa and shag dancers and in general to any fan of traditional jazz.

Yevhen Riechkalov: trumpet
Javier Campos: alto saxophone and clarinet
Albert Carrique: tenor sax and clarinet
Giorgio Gallina: trombone
Lucía Rey: piano
Daniel Cabrera: guitar
Paolo Furio Marasso: double bass
Fernando Lamas: drums
Ornella Marconi: voice

Musical direction: Giorgio Gallina
Arrangements: Mauro l. Porro, Paolo Furio Marasso, Giorgio Gallina, Daniel Cabrera

Djangolines

The Djangolines are a Manouche jazz group, a musical genre that is the result of the fusion between swing and the gypsy musical tradition of Eastern Europe.
The guitarist Django Reinhardt was the protagonist of this style in France in the 1930s and the name of the group refers to this genius creator of the style.
It is also rumoured that it could refer to a new airline travelling to an idealised past where swing and good vibes reign.

Sergio Carmona: Viola and vocals
Perry van Munster and Antonio Gómez: Guitars
Philip Benson: Double bass