Michael Law

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Marine Drive
Brighton
East Sussex
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The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra
- are recognised for the past twenty-five years as superb entertainment to a very high standard - and much sought-after for concert and cabaret performances as well as for private parties and corporate events.
From the Charleston of the 1920s Gatsby era through the beautiful classic songs of the 1930s, to swing and jazz hits, Michael Law's Piccadilly Dance Orchestra play the greatest dance music and the best tunes of the Jazz Age.

The PDO played regularly for dancing at The Ritz and Savoy Hotels and have recorded six CDs. Acclaimed worldwide for their spirited recreations of the music of the British Dance Bands, Michael and the PDO were especially chosen for BBC 4's highly successful Len Goodman's Dancing Feet and have just filmed a sequel: Len Goodman's Dance Band Days. The PDO was also chosen by Michael Parkinson for a gala Help For Heroes Ball - and following their concert at John Dankworth and Cleo Laine's Wavendon theatre: "this was probably the most entertaining evening I can remember...the orchestra is really superb".

Catch The PDO in the Helen Mirren/Michael Caine movie Last Orders.

78rpm Jazz Band
78rpm grew out of The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, a superb twelve-piece outfit whose terrific success soon led to requests for smaller groups to provide the same delightful atmosphere and swinging music.
78rpm can contain anything from two to seven of London's top musicians, who play the great music of the Art Deco era, the 1920s to 1950s, with tremendous style, sophistication and a great rhythm to make any event go with a swing.

The songs of Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Irving Berlin (to name but a few) are loved by ALL GENERATIONS and lend themselves to marvellous dance music - probably the reason why 78rpm Jazz Band is so popular for wedding receptions, anniversaries and other special occasions.
The classic six-piece 78rpm features a male or female vocalist, with saxophone, trumpet, piano, double bass and drums. If six performers are too much, just choose your favourites, for example saxophone piano and bass make a excellent trio, or you could add a vocalist to the trio and let the SWING and NOSTALGIA take over!
Other musical options include adding a male vocalist to croon those Sinatra classics (you can hear our male vocalist on some of the demo tracks to the left of this page), or basing the band around violin and guitar to create that swinging "Hot Club of France" sound.
Musical director Michael Law founded both 78rpm and The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra to recreate this unsurpassed era of popular music. His care with the orchestra's repertoire combined with the talent of his hand-picked musicians is guaranteed to make any event a sensation. Michael Law also performs as an acclaimed solo cabaret artist – specialising in the songs of Noel Coward, Cole Porter and other classic songwriters.
“(Noel Coward’s) songs were all flawlessly performed by singer-pianist Michael Law”
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
“Michael Law is a singer and pianist with a deep understanding of the music of the 1920s and 30s, from Cole to Noel, Gershwin to Kern". SHERIDAN MORLEY

A RECENT TESTIMONIAL FOR 78RPM:

“Dear Michael,

This is the first opportunity I've had to put fingers to keyboard and wax lyrical about how fabulous Paul and the band were on my wedding day. They were incredible. I'm not sure where to start as every part of it was perfect. Paul's voice and ability to entertain is second to none and it was great to get to meet and chat to him. He also added an element of humour that was most welcome. The fact that they were happy to accommodate us playing a sax duet for our first dance shows that they have a level of professionalism that so many wedding bands/DJ’s just don't understand.

The whole band were so in sync and the music was so perfect for the occasion that 78rpm left the bride and groom very happy. We were singing New York New York for the entire honeymoon! Thank you once ag

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