Very Nice Hetty Kate, we look forward to meeting you at Newington Homestead on 5th March!

Nice Ms. Kate & Co.!! Looking forward to the album.

And... just bought the album. Time to go DJ for a Swing Dance!

Undecided (Charlie Shavers) - God Save the Swing! (6tet)

The first track of the Gypsy Dynamite Quartet EP, recorded in London, January 2014 by Gareth Redfarn, Hi Street Studios
http://www.thegypsydynamite.com/

I'll See You In My Dreams (Isham Jones)

Les Champs Elysees (guitar & harmonica)

02 - Felicia

Moten Swing

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A pre-release track from the 2016 album "The Umbrella Man", a collaboration between Hetty Kate and outstanding swing band 'The Dan Mclean Hot Six' from Canberra, Australia. This album has been crafted with the lindy-hop community in mind, but even if you have two left feet we hope you'll enjoy it!

The Dan Mclean Hot Six (www.danmcleanhotsix.com) are an energetic and creative band, lead by lead trumpet player Dan Mclean. They're the hottest band out of Australia's capital city and always infuse their music with spontaneity and fun! Their live shows are something to behold!

Hetty Kate first met Dan when she was performing with famed US pianist and band leader Gordon Webster - and has continued a musical relationship with him.. visiting Canberra as often as she can. Hetty and Dan have performed together for Jumptown Swing's "Jumptown Jam" and "Canberräng" both huge weekends on the Australian Lindy-Hop calendar.. as well as Savoy Dance's "Slowdown", Canberra's newest dance weekend specialising in slow Lindy and Blues.

You Was Right, Baby - 112bpm
Written By Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour (1945)

Visit www.theumbrellaman.com.au to find out tour dates and the latest news!

Recorded in July 2015
By Greg Stott (Mixed and Mastered by Greg Stott)
at Mark Sutton's 'HiHat Music Studio' in Canberra.

Band is: Dan Mclean, Valdis Thomann, Greg Stott, Wayne Kelly, James Luke and Mark Sutton.

You Was Right, Baby (The Umbrella Man 2016) 112bpm

The Swing México Jazz Band debuted in their first concert, December 3rd, 2015 on OPUS 94.5 in the show Lo Que Son. Here are the songs from that concert. 

The band is a collaboration between Swing Mexico's dancers and professional jazz musicians  to create incredible music for dancing. 

Leo Cortés - Bajo /
Diego Franco - Sax, Clarinete /
Javier Rodriguez - Trompeta / 
Francisco Muñoz - Guitara / 
Tomas Krumm - Teclado / 
Reinier Toledo Sanchez - Trombón / 
Yaury Hernández Fernandez - Batería / 
Louise Phelan - Voz

Paper Moon - 160 Bpm

In A Mellow Tone - 120 Bpm

A musical love affair between two singular artists, "Hotel Amour" is the long-awaited collaboration between beloved Pink Martini founder and bandleader Thomas Lauderdale, and international singing sensation, the crowd-surfung tragi-comedienne and queen of Chanson, Meow Meow. These two friends have performed and composed together across the globe for years, from the backstreet bars of Berlin to the glamorous stage of the Sydney Opera House, from London's legendary Royal Albert Hall to Mary's Club, Portland Oregon's legendary strip club. "Hotel  Amour" features several original songs destined to be classics, alongside exquisite journeys into the French, German and Shanghainese canon of the 20th century, with alluring tastes of the 1920s and 30s, bittersweet  tragedy, humor, politics, witty wicked Weimar, and aching French torch song. And the album is enhanced by a bevy of guest stars, including joyful duets with Rufus Wainwright, Barry Humphries (of Dame Edna fame), and The von Trapps, as well as a very special live recording with the legendary pianist and composer Michel Legrand.

Hotel Amour

I Lost Myself (I'm Hungry... and that Ain't Right)

06 - Quadro Nuevo - Canzone della strada

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)

You Was Right, Baby (The Umbrella Man 2016) 112bpm

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