In the studio with The Jive Aces and Rebecca Grant

left to right: Ian Clarkson, yours truly and Vince Hurley 

Hi All,

I was very happy, recently, to welcome world-famous jive and swing specialists ‘The Jive Aces’ to Garage Studio. They are working on two projects simultaneously at the moment, as well as touring extensively in the USA, UK and Europe. While most of the recording is being done at ‘Mad Hatter Studios’ in L.A., I’m helping them out with a few bits here.

One project is a tribute to swing era giant Louis Prima entitled “King of the Swingers”, and the other, a fun and nostalgic view of the Skiffle era by their alter ego “The Jive Aces Skiffle Combo” entitled “It’s Skiffle Time” which, although compared to swing, had a relatively short life, was one of the musical bridges to what became the amazing British music scene of the sixties and beyond.

Rebecca Grant

Earlier this month, I recorded a track with them and well known actress and singer, Rebecca Grant, for the film ‘Chakara’ which she also stars in .The track is a real high energy version of ‘Wild Wild Woman’ with a terrific vocal performance from Rebecca.

These guys are dedicated to their music, but also manage to be an absolute hoot to work with. Check out their website at www.jiveaces.com and YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/jiveaces.

Martin Smith