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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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WE DID IT! 🎯🥳 Thanks to all our generous contributors, we’ve smashed our goal on Kickstarter. This means we’ll definitely be returning to the studio next month, to record TWO BRAND NEW ALBUMS as the 40-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra! Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We're almost at our fundraising target! If you'd like to support bright young talent and help to keep jazz music swinging through the years, please consider donating at www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Here's a live performance of Irving Berlin's classic tune, "There's No Business Like Show Business" (vocals: Lydia Bell). When this thrilling original arrangement, written by our very own Mike Paul-Smith, builds to its spectacular climax, it's fireworks! youtu.be/hVAWoeIuB3w

There's No Business Like Show Business (The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra & Lydia Bell)

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

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Introducing our tiered rewards! 🌟 We're fundraising to record 2 new albums this summer, and our Kickstarter campaign is brimming with excellent rewards ranging from a straightforward donation to signed copies of the albums and... well, we'll get to the biggies soon. First up, the albums:

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Angel Studios: where we'll make the magic happen! This top-tier recording studio, part of the Abbey Road Institute, has hosted some of music’s biggest names over the decades. We can’t wait to get our orchestra in the space and feel this special place work its own magic on us. Roll on August!

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

How it started / how it's going. 🎯 Wow! We're overwhelmed by the response to our album fundraiser: over £4.5k raised in just a day. Thank you to everyone who's generously contributed and spread the word so far. Do please keep on sharing — there's a long way to go the target!

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

BIG NEWS: We're heading back to the studio! 🥳 We haven’t recorded a new album since 2020 – and with your help, we want to change that in 2026 by recording not one but two new albums! youtu.be/L3zJnpB-hSE?...

2026 crowdfunder: The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra is recording TWO new albums!

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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We're in London for TWO very different gigs this week!

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This audience member in Dumfries told us she had a confession, then proceeded to melt our hearts. 🎷 If an artist has inspired you, please: ALWAYS let them know!

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Happy Flashback Friday! Here's us at Ronnie Scott's a few years ago. Good times indeed!

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Nice to see our summer show also getting a mention alongside Marvin Muoneké in @bristol247.bsky.social's roundup of jazz gigs in June & July! Can't wait to be back in lovely Bristol. (Well, those of us who don't already live there.) www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Thank you to @thelistuk.bsky.social for including Celebrating Nat King Cole in their 40 top gigs and music festivals taking place across Scotland this summer! Nice way to start our week. list.co.uk/news/40-top-...

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

While this phone footage was taken during last year's "Swing Into Christmas" tour, we think the swoonsome "Let There Be Love" should probably feature in our "Nat King Cole" tour this summer.

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Happy 100th, Miles Davis! Aged impeccably. 👌

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

BIG NEWS coming soon! 👀 Stay tuned...

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Forgive us, we hopped on a trend.

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

However you spend your bank holiday, we hope it involves friends and fun (and maybe a stop at Tebay services)!

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The recent debate about drinking at work has us a little nervous. No reason.

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Happy UNESCO #InternationalJazzDay! 🎷🎺 We'd like to take a moment to say a huge THANK YOU to all of our wonderful fans who continue to give us so much love. We really appreciate your enthusiasm for this genre and our band — you can't keep swing and jazz fans down. youtu.be/ZUPGbLpbh60?...

Swing That Music | The Down for the Count All-Stars

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

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Hope you're all enjoying the sun this weekend! We've been known to make good use of the better weather.

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

BANBURY! Yes, you! We'll be heading your way for a sizzling set of vintage classics and oughta-be-classics. Come and "Swing That Music" with us at The Mill Arts Centre in June. 📅 Thu 25 Jun 🕰 7.30pm 📍 The Mill Arts Centre1 🎟 www.themillartscentre.co.uk/shows/swing-...

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Look, ma: we performed in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at London's Royal Opera House! Supporting SUGABABES, to boot!

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

B.B. King with Lucille #bluesmusic Vicksburg, Mississippi, 2007. Photo by ©Kevin Westenberg

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We'll be in Edinburgh this summer, CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE! Come along to The Queen's Hall on Sat 27 Jun at 7.30pm for a selection of the great man's classics, performed by our acclaimed 30-piece "big band with strings". www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/cel...

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

No AI here. Just talented humans making great music together.

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Feel the L-O-V-E with us this summer! CELEBRATING NAT KING COLE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sat 27 Jun ~ Edinburgh Sun 28 Jun ~ Glasgow Wed 2 Jul ~ Cambridge Thu 3 Jul ~ Coventry Sat 5 Jul ~ Bristol Fri 10 Jul ~ London 🎟 downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c... youtu.be/hI7tCn9Y3sM?...

L-O-V-E: Nat King Cole's hit tune performed live by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra

John Swolltrane 🫠 @pigeonhistorian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

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☕🎂 HBD Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965) we begin our Herbie Hancock birthday celebration with a Maiden Voyage. ⛵ Herbie Hancock - piano Freddie Hubbard - trumpet George Coleman - tenor Ron Carter - bass Tony Williams - drums #nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl

herbie Hancock maiden voyage record cover

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Daisy @daisyshylass.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

What a joyful interlude from a Dark Era, time-travelled to you in a current Dark Era! #Music #Creativity #Dance #Jazz #Swing #Hope

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Wow: tomorrow is the *6-year* anniversary of this video! All dressed up with nowhere to go (well, it was lockdown so we literally couldn't go anywhere), we channelled our creative energy into performing "Let's Face the Music and Dance"... at home! youtu.be/Ls49N_W6INg?... #jazz #swing #NatKingCole

"Let's Face the Music and Dance", performed at home by a swing orchestra in lockdown!

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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Ready for an UNFORGETTABLE celebration of a musical titan? Book now for our summer tour, "Celebrating Nat King Cole". With lush arrangements, extraordinary musicianship and sublime vocals, our acclaimed 30-piece "big band with strings" promises a performance you'll L-O-V-E #jazz #swing #livemusic

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

It's here: our list of this year's Swing Into Christmas tour dates! ✨ Gather your loved ones and give yourself the gift of a perfect winter night's entertainment with our 30-piece big band with strings. www.swingintochristmas.co.uk

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

ON SALE NOW! Two of our fave annual stops have made this year's Swing Into Christmas tour list, and you can book your tickets today. See you in December, Liverpool and Oxford ⭐️ Stay tuned for this year's full list of dates, to be announced very soon... swingintochristmas.co.uk

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Roses are red Violets are blue I'm going to this show How about you? 💖 Feel the L-O-V-E with the Down for the Count Swing Orchestra this summer as we celebrate the one and only Nat King Cole. www.downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates/c...

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Nat King Cole fans in the North of England: stay tuned. 👀

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

L-O-V-E: Nat King Cole's hit tune performed live by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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Our 10-piece All-Stars are about to hit the road with Swing That Music, a sizzling night of vintage bangers! 18 Jan: LONDON, PizzaExpress Soho 23 Jan: PERSHORE, Number 8 30 Jan: LEEDS, City Varieties Music Hall 31 Jan: BIRMINGHAM, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire downforthecount.co.uk/live-dates

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Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

When we ask, “What’s your favourite festive song?”, Judy Garland’s bittersweet classic always comes up. Luckily, we have our very own Judy in the orchestra. Get your hankies ready for Elise Roth’s rendition of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”... youtu.be/KK_U3jyz7mA?... #music #jazz #Xmas

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas performed LIVE by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra

Down for the Count @dftcband.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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Check us out performing the theme from "New York, New York" LIVE! Conducted by Mike Paul-Smith, this big band with strings is touring the UK with joyful festive spectacular "Swing Into Christmas". Alongside festive faves, you'll hear non-festive classics like this one! youtu.be/ZsROBKqDTE4?...

Theme from New York, New York performed LIVE by The Down for the Count Swing Orchestra