Limavady Jazz and Blues Festival - Bourbon Swing Band

The Bourbon Swing Jazz Band, one of Northern Ireland’s best Dixieland bands, was formed a few years ago by a group of friends who were asked to play together a charity fund raising event. Since then it has evolved, into a band which plays in the New Orleans tradition and draws both capacity crowds and visiting musicians who play alongside at the band’s Thursday night residency at the Parador Hotel, Belfast. Under the leadership of Bill Cheney (trumpet), the band stays faithful to the tradition of the Delta, drawing upon a substantial repertoire of tunes from the early 20th Century with influences including King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong.