Futur Swing
Jazz On The Roof

As is tradition, we bring you our summer concert series titled Jazz On The Roof. From May to September, a small chamber ensemble will perform every Saturday afternoon on the roof of Jazz Dock, offering you the peaceful summer atmosphere of acoustic jazz.

Futur Swing's repertoire is inspired by the music of Django Reinhardt (1910-1953). They approach these now almost a hundred-year-old compositions with improvisational freedom, playfulness and humor, pushing the traditional gypsy-jazz idiom in new directions (sometimes bordering with the avant-garde), but also with the intent of maintaining the more conservative aspects of the music. Five acoustic instruments (guitar, banjo, violin, bass and saxophone) create a colorful sound collage with which the band works through arrangements, instrumentation and improvisation.