Swing Doctors

Picture Nina Dannert.

Marko Aho & Swing Doctors is a Tampere based group dedicated to playing swing music in the style of Benny Goodman and Nat King Cole. Swing Doctors have existed for a good two decades, on and off, with various personnel, and not always playing strictly swing music. For the present, we have a great team of Jarmo Lundell on drums, Janne Reinola on bass, Matti Koskinen on vibraphone Valtteri Pärssinen, Mari Martikainen and Olli Lampo on woodwinds, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen on trombone and yours truly on guitar and vocals. After playing more modern stuff for a while, I felt like coming back to those Charlie Christan licks and Freddie Green style comping I studied closely in the late 1990's. I always felt that it is nice how people can relate swing music, even those who are not so keen on listening to jazz otherwise. Also quite a new thing is that young people have started to dance swing in Finland as elsewhere, which is a great thing. Swing dancers make a great audience!

Something to listen to

Links to Soundcloud files provided below.

'Jumpin' at the Woodside' through 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' personnel:
Marko Aho, guitar & vocals
Matti Koskinen, vibraphone
Jarmo Lundell, drums
Kyösti Aalto, double bass
Markus Mantere, piano
Valtteri Pärssinen, baritone saxophone
Olli Lampo, alto saxophone
Reijo Kaikkonen, tenor saxophone

Jumpin' at the Woodside

The Way You Look Tonight

Route 66

Satin Doll

Paper Moon

They Can't Take That Away From Me

'Flying Home' through 'Soft Winds' personnel:
Marko Aho, guitar
Markus Mantere, piano
Jarmo Lundell, drums
Kyösti Aalto, double bass
Valtteri Pärssinen, clarinet