Description | Price |
Quartet -recommended- (our standard formation of 2 guitars, violin player who also sings, and upright bass) | £910 |
Trio (guitar, violin player who also sings, and upright bass) | £690 |
Trio (2 guitars, violin player who also sings) | £690 |
Duo (guitar and violin player who also sings) | £470 |
Duo (2 guitars) | £470 |
Edinburgh-based Viper Swing plays hot string jazz: infectious rhythms, joyful improvisations, and gravelly vocals blend to evoke the swing-era spirit of the 1920’s, 30’s, and 40’s. Whether on a festival stage or at an intimate cocktail reception, the band sets toes to tapping, hips to swaying, and hearts to singing. Years of dedication and consummate artistry shine through every note they play. Their repertoire includes works of the legendary gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, songs from the Great American Songbook, and original compositions—along with swing arrangements of modern pop songs (Michael Jackson, Abba, and Daft Punk, to name a few). They perform regularly in Edinburgh and around the UK. Past performances include Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Aberdeen Jazz Festival, Callander Jazz Festival, Dundee Jazz Club, Garioch Jazz Club, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Kelburn Garden Party, Knockengorroch World Cèilidh, Eden Festival, TV appearances, and an ongoing Sunday residency at the Edinburgh Sheraton Hotel since 2016.
Based in Edinburgh, Midlothian
Songs with Vocals:
After You’ve Gone
Ain’t Misbehavin’ All of Me
Diga Do
Estoy Enamorado
Everybody Loves My Baby
Exactly Like You
Georgia on My Mind
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
I Found a New Baby
I'm Beginning to See the Light
It Don’t Mean a Thing
La Vie En Rose
Lady Be Good
Old Joe’s Hitting the Jug
Ready for the River
Shine
Some of These Days
Sunny Side of the Street
Sweet Georgia Brown
Viper Mad
What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Instrumentals:
Andre
Avalon
Belleville
Blue Drag
Bossa Dorado
Caravan
Charleston
Coquette
Daphne
Dark Eyes
Django’s Castle
Djangology
Douce Ambience
False Valse
For Sephora
Honeysuckle Rose
Hungaria
I’ll See You In My Dreams
Indifference
J’attendrai
Joseph Joseph
Limehouse Blues
Lulu Swing
Minor Blues
Minor Swing
Nuages
Oriental Shuffle
Out of Nowhere
Pachebel’s Canon in D
Rose Room
September Song
Stompin at Decca
Stompin at the Sheraton
Swing 39
Swing 42
Tears
Tiger Rag
Troublant Bolero
‘Covers’
Billie Jean -Michael Jackson-(instrumental)
Could You Be Loved -Bob Marley-(instrumental)
Get Lucky -Daft Punk-(instrumental)
King of the Swingers (Jungle Book)
Money Money Money -Abba-(instrumental)
Sir Duke -Stevie Wonder-(instrumental)
Stand By Me -Ben E King-
Pachebel “Canon in D”