The Dixie Swingers

Mobile Acoustic Jazz Band

We’re not the ’est

With the gorgeous weather we’ve had in Cape Town it’s strange to think that mid winter has come and gone, the days are getting longer and we’re on our way to summer with outdoor socials and events that make our life in South Africa so special.

Despite the weather, scenery, décor, people and food, the other ingredient for any successful event is the music and it’s this aspect that either makes or ruins the occasion.

Literally everything you see on television or cinema is given a ‘mood creating’ musical backdrop without which, the overall effect would be a little ‘cold’.

Whilst high tech expensive and fragile sound systems produce superb recorded or broadcast music, it’s not quite the same as actual live musicians playing acoustic instruments, entertaining you and responding to your requests.

Printed by kind permission of

Hans Matter (Crankhandle Club), Count Labia Owner of the 1905 De Dietrich and the driver Mr Lynn Ward.

As you arrive at the venue, you park your car and walk towards the entrance. You might already hear a trumpet or clarinet playing a familiar upbeat tune that puts a faintest internal smile on your dial.

When you get inside, there’s the band, all acoustic (not too loud or soft), and it’s obvious they’re enjoying themselves. So are the people who’ve arrived before you. Even before you’ve spoken to the other guests, the ice has been broken. Long before the event proper starts everyone is feeling comfortable and you just know you’re in for a great time.

THIS IS WHAT WE,

THE DIXIE SWINGERS

MOBILE ACOUSTIC

JAZZ BAND

DO.

Ten minutes before we’re due to play we arrive, take our tuba, banjo, trombone, trumpet and clarinet out of their cases, walk into the venue and take up the required position and just play. No speakers, wires, amplifiers or music stands to get in every ones way. No music to get wet or blow away. Just us. If the host wants us to move to a different part of the venue we just walk there and start immediately. Again there’s no equipment to move so the music production is almost continuous

It’s a similar story when we finish. We’re gone in the time it takes to walk out of the door, two minutes maybe.

Being acoustic and with a large mental repertoire of music, we can play almost anywhere that five musicians can stand. Day or night, inside or out, stationary or aboard a boat, train, plane and even a bus, the music doesn’t stop.

Just think; no worries regarding unloading access areas, power points or rain covers for electrical equipment. We carry on playing even when there’s a power cut.

Mountain top or mine, desert or polar ice cap we just carry on playing wherever the venue might be.

Smart, reliable, punctual and efficient. The Dixie Swingers Mobile Acoustic Jazz Band will take the worry out of finding an entertaining hors d’oeuvre music choice for your event.

The ‘est ???

How many times have you been disappointed after responding to an advert that promises much by the use of superlatives like biggest, best, largest, finest, est, est .est etc. We prefer to keep our feet firmly on the ground and state quite accurately that we do the job properly and that we now have a three year history of satisfying many discerning clients.