The L.A. Swing Barons are a Los Angeles based big band paying tribute to the greatest bands of the swing era. We specialize in recreating the famous Kansas City sound of the late 30's and 40's, such as the great Count Basie Orchestra. This style of music was famous for being the very best dance music out there in a time when everyone who was anyone knew how to dance. We also have a close affinity for the Duke Ellington repertoire, as well as music from many other great bands of the swing era. Check out our music and you'll find that you can't help but want to get on your feet and move to that swingin' beat.

Professional Double Bass player. Permanent Member of Melbourne Symphony, performs regularly in orchestral, solo, chamber music, session recordings, jazz and improvised settings.

Cookin’ On 3 Burners are Australia’s hardest hitting Hammond Organ Trio – joining the dots between Deep Funk, Raw Soul, Organ Jazz & Boogaloo.

Listening to Cookin’ On 3 Burners is like poking your head through a time portal that stretches between the year you were born and the middle of next week. 

On one hand there are clues to a spiritual home that’s situated somewhere in the back streets of 1966, but on the other is a reinvented soul stew that’s very much a product of the 21st Century.

Formed in 1997, Cookin’ On 3 Burners was always meant to be an experiment in sound. Drenched in the bluesy soulful influence of the late 60′s/early 70′s output of labels such as Prestige, Bluenote & Groove Merchant, these Melbourne music stalwarts began serving up a feast of tasty funk on a bed of Hammond soul, creating a flavour that gets better with every lick of the spoon. 

In 2002 they released their first 7” single (Gravel Rash / Pie Warmer) under the Bamboo Shack label and by the summer of 2009, the band was number 1 on the UK iTunes RnB charts with the track This Girl (featuring Kylie Auldist). In between, Cookin’ On 3 Burners, made their home at esteemed U.K label Freestyle Records, rocked the B-Boy and B-Girl championships, had songs featured on a string of hit TV shows and played alongside acts such as Quantic, Alice Russell, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and Fat Freddie's Drop.

And the heat just keeps on rising. 

Six albums in and their new album Blind Bet more than delivers. Described as ‘classic soul sounds with a modern cinematic twist’, it features beautiful string and horn arrangements by Ross Irwin and special guest vocalists Daniel Merriweather, Tex Perkins, Kylie Auldist, Harry James Angus (Cat Empire) and Jason Heerah (Electric Empire) 

If you haven’t seen Cookin’ on 3 Burners live, you’re in for a treat. Grab your over gloves and join the band as they celebrate the future sound of yesterday.  

“Still on the button and tighter than a mosquito’s tweeter. Watch out…the Burners are back!” 
Craig Charles Funk & Soul BBC Radio 6 (U.K)

"This will be massive - possibly the best new Soul record this year … 100% Essential" 
Gary Dennis (Crazy Beat Records)


I'm a professional guitar player. I get hired by all kinds of people to record, perform and tour with. I love to play good music and be around great musicians. You can purchase and listen to more sounds here.
https://nigeldate.bandcamp.com/

2019 Album Release "Under Paris Skies" Available Now.

Recently relocating to Paris, Hetty is often credited with an ‘effortless’ vocal style. One of Australia’s busiest jazz vocalists, Hetty sings with her own bands as well as touring with Australian jazz legend James Morrison for over four years. 

In the last decade she has toured in Asia, Europe and North America and joined the Melbourne, Tasmanian, Hong Kong, Auckland, Christchurch and Sydney Symphony Orchestras for James Morrison’s popular show ‘The A to Z of Jazz’. Personal highlights include performing at the Sydney Opera House and joining the Amazing Keystone Big Band (FR) for their West Side Story concert, as Maria.

Equally at home delivering a poetic ballad as fronting a hot swing band, Hetty’s lyrical delivery, natural sound and impeccable timing truly set her apart from her contemporaries. 

“She’s truly one of the best swing-style vocalists (I’m talking 1940, Benny Goodman style 4/4 swing) on the current scene..” Will Friedwald’s Clip Joint USA 2015

“…Hetty Kate’s voice overflows with a natural musicality.” Richard Fields 3CR Radio Melb AU (www.3cr.org.au)

A vibrant, versatile entertainer, EDWINA THORNE (B.A.Mus, M.B.A, Dip. Tchg), has released five albums and for 20years has taught music specializing in ensemble performance and instrumental tuition. Edwina is an excellent trumpeter, well trained in composition and improvisation from Berklee College of Music where she formed Thornebirds who performed at the New York Women’s Jazz Festival and noted in the book “Stormy Weather” about women in Jazz in America where Edwina lived for ten years. Edwina’s enormous experience and ability to facilitate any style of music motivates and supports participants to express themselves musically while enabling a cohesive sound to develop.


Hetty Kate is following