Third Coast Swing…To Bop! Featuring Dave Bennett

Kerrytown Concert House can’t wait to get your toes tapping again with the return of the supremely skilled and energized ensemble Third Coast Swing – this time with clarinet sensation, Dave Bennett!  From Hot Club to Hard Bop, these fantastic musicians explore swing music of the 1930’s from Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman to Ella Fitzgerald and Julie London. Get your tickets now for this special collaboration and what is sure to be a joyful evening of music-making.

Dave Bennett, clarinet
Ella Jarvis, vocals
Stephen Plummer, solo guitar
Kaedin Plummer, rhythm guitar
Tom Knific, bass

Third Coast Swing has been playing the music of The late Belgium born Romani Gypsy, Django Reinhardt & his band, The Hot Club Of Paris (1930s-1940s) — think Louis Armstrong with a French accent. Third Coast Swing has changed it up a bit and is currently touring with the Detroit native Dave Bennett, violinist Grant Flick, vocalist Ella Jury Jarvis, and pianist Andrew Henley. Jury Jarvis and guitarist Kaedin Plummer did a deep dive on early jazz classics by Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billy Holiday, then arranged these songs to fit Third Coast Swing’s eclectic style. Third Coast Swing has performed with national touring acts such as Frank Vignola, Denis Chang, Jimmy Grant, Dave Bennett, The Midwest Gypsy Jazz Fest in Madison, Wisconsin. Third Coast Swing has performed regionally at The West Michigan Jazz Society, The Ludington Amphitheater, The Ludington Area Center for the Arts, Bell’s Eccentric Café (Kalamazoo) , Detroit Jazz Society, Crooked Tree Art’s Center, Kerrytown Concert House, The Playhouse at Whitelake Ramsdell Theater, Westshore Performing Arts and more.