Powerhouse swing.Five players.More Everything!
Bradford Child, Dan Barnett, Anthony Howe, Stephen Grant, Mark Elton and many special guests bring classic swing, hot jazz and R&B from Australian clubs to international festival stages.
Festival history
- JazzAscona 2016, 2017, 2024
- Bülacher Jazztage 2017, 2023, 2025
- Sancy Snow Jazz 2018
- Caveau de la Huchette 2023
- Coz Rockets Are Cool, 13-track album
Mission control
- Listen13 tracks · 59:01
Thirteen tracks, recorded in Sydney.
Hear the band - Watch24 clips
Live at the Bülacher Jazztage 2023 and JazzAscona 2024.
Watch live - Book7 festival appearances
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Five players, one sound
SwingRocket plays classic swing, hot jazz and R&B as if the tunes were written last week. Bradford Child’s clarinet and tenor saxophone sit beside Dan Barnett’s trombone in the front line, while Stephen Grant, Mark Elton and Anthony Howe drive from the piano, double bass and drums. Four of the five sing, so a set can move from a crooned ballad to a shouted chorus without anyone leaving the stage. The same five took the band to JazzAscona in 2017 and 2024 and to the Bülacher Jazztage in 2017, 2023 and 2025. Their album, Coz Rockets Are Cool, was tracked in Glebe, Sydney, and engineered, mixed and mastered by Stephen. The rocket is a running joke that stuck: they call themselves the first jazz band in space.
The Rockets...
The album
Coz Rockets Are Cool
Thirteen tunes, from a 1917 Clarence Williams stomp to two originals written inside the band. Recorded in Glebe, Sydney, in 2016.
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The Bradford Bounce
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The Bradford Bounce
Bradford Child
- 4:39
I've Got the World on a String
Harold Arlen
- 4:57
Do What Ory Say
Clarence Williams
- 2:44
Obdacious
Buddy Johnson
- 5:39
Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington
- 3:36
Sweethearts on Parade
Charles Newman & Carmen Lombardo
- 4:14
Tea for Two
Vincent Youmans
- 7:40
Castle Rock
Al Sears
- 2:53
The Hotline Stomp
Kristilee Ransley & Mark Elton
- 3:42
Just Squeeze Me
Duke Ellington
- 4:13
The Tennessee Waltz
Pee Wee King
- 3:54
The House of Blue Lights
Don Raye & Freddie Slack
- 4:51
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Clarence Muse, Leon René & Otis René
Watch them live
Bourbon Street Parade
Where they’ve played
JazzAscona
Ascona, Switzerland
2016 · 2017 · 2024
2024: three concerts and a jam session, with the full five-piece.
Bülacher Jazztage
Bülach, Switzerland
2017 · 2023 · 2025
Sancy Snow Jazz
Massif du Sancy, Auvergne, France
2018
Caveau de la Huchette
Paris, France
2023
June 2023, with special guest Jérôme Etcheberry on trumpet.
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SwingRocket travels as a self-contained five-piece: two horns, piano, double bass and drums, with four singers between them.