Savoy Dance Orchestra
The Savoy Dance Orchestra was founded in 1993 in Berlin by the singer Robin Merrill and Stefan Warmuth, the musical director of the Wintergarten . Robin Merrill continues his past as a singer with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra . The repertoire is similar but is expanded to include swing from the 1920s to 1940s. There are also adaptations of modern pop songs and film scores that fit into the repertoire, as well as classics such as B. George Gershwin .
description
The orchestra name was chosen after the Savoy Hotel in London, where Robin Merrill gave his farewell concert with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra in 1988.
The international ensemble is made up of first-class soloists who have already made a remarkable career in other orchestras , bands or with solo performances .
After many successful concerts and gala appearances at home and abroad, Robin Merrill and Stefan Warmuth accepted the invitation of the Berlin Wintergarten Varieté in November 1999 to perform the millennium show "As Time Goes By" together with the Savoy Dance Orchestra (director: Bernhard Paul ) showcase.
The success with the audience and much praise from critics led the "Savoy Dance Orchestra" to further guest performances in the Friedrichsbau-Varieté in Stuttgart and in Roncalli's Apollo Varieté in Düsseldorf, such as the renewed appearance in the Berlin Wintergarten in November 2001 with the Christmas show "Swingle Bells ". There are also concert engagements , galas, festival appearances and ball events.
Musician
- Robin Merrill (vocals), London, England
- Stefan Warmuth (double bass, composer, arranger )
- Skip Reinhart (1st trumpet), Rochester / New York (USA)
- Eddie Hayes (2nd trumpet), Boston (USA)
- Wolfram Borchert (2nd trumpet, singer)
- Gerald Meier (trombone, arranger), Hanover
- Tobias Schiller (clarinet, alto saxophone)
- Jarek Jeziorowski (clarinet, saxophone), Katowice (Poland)
- Jörg Miegel (clarinet, tenor saxophone)
- Seyyit El-Cherbiny (piano), İzmir (Turkey)
- Johannes Gehlmann (guitar)
- Bob Howell (drums, show drummer), Delaware (USA)
Repertoire (excerpt)
- The Swing Era "Hot" : One O'clock Jump ( Benny Goodman / Count Basie ) , Don't be that Way (Benny Goodman) , Stompin 'at the Savoy (Benny Goodman / Chick Webb ) , Lady be Good ( George Gershwin ) , Caledonia ( Louis Jordan ) , Choo Choo chi Boogie (Louis Jordan) , ' ' Deed I Do ( Artie Shaw )
- The swing era "ballads" : Is you is or is you ain't my baby (Louis Jordan) , Sway with me (Ruiz / Gimbel) , The very thought of you ( Ray Noble ) , Stormy Weather (Koehler / Arlen) , Satin Doll (Strayhorn / Ellington / Mercer)
- The Hollywood era : Puttin 'on the Ritz ( Irving Berlin ) , Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Irving Berlin) , Let's face the Music and Dance (Irving Berlin) , Lullaby of Broadway ( Harry Warren ) , Singin' in the Rain (Freed / Brown) , You are beautiful with me (Secunda / Cahn / Chaplin ) , As Time Goes By ( Hermann Hupfeld ) , Night and Day ( Cole Porter ) , It don't mean a thing ( Duke Ellington ) , Creole Love Call (Duke Ellington) , Caravan (Ellington / Tizol )
- Special show numbers : Minnie the Moocher ( Cab Calloway ) , Kickin the Gong Around (Cab Calloway) , Rhythm is our Business ( Jimmy Lunceford ) , As Long as I'm Singin ' ( Bobby Darin ) , The Dirty Boogie ( Brian Setzer ) , Route 66 ( Bobby Troup ) , At the Hop ("Danny and the Juniors") , Business in F ("Tenor Saxophone Feature") , The Kid from Red Bank ("Piano Feature")
Events (excerpt)
- 2000 Wintergarten (Varieté) (Berlin) Robin Merrill & The Savoy Dance Orchestra
- 2001 "Varieté, Varieté" - For the open-air variety evening at the BUGA in Potsdam
- 2001/2002 Wintergarten (Berlin) "Swingle Bells"
- 2003 "Swingin 'Wintergarten Varieté" at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin
- 2003 Concert "Veronika, the swing is here ...!" in the Philharmonie Berlin
- 2003 Concert of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival "As time goes by" - Swing of the 30s and 40s in Heringsdorf
- 2003 Concert in the Brandenburg Theater Robin Merrill & The Savoy Dance Orchestra "An evening with the great hits of the swing era"
- 2003 "Hot Swing Dance Night" at the "Winter Dream in the Autostadt" , Wolfsburg
- 2004 "The Music of the Gershwins " in the Konzerthaus Berlin on Gendarmenmarkt
- 2004 Gershwin Gala in the Brandenburger Theater
- 2004 concert at the Putbus theater
Albums
- Savoy Dance Orchestra, "As Time goes by", November 8, 1999, Navigator (noble) (audio CD)
- Savoy Dance Orchestra, "Sway with me", (Audio-CD)