Alex Mendham & His Orchestra

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"Such an evocative sound, everyone needs to hear this"   Bill Wyman

"Man, you guys just blew me away!"   Nile Rogers

“Alex and the Orchestra are incredible, there’s nothing quite like them”  Jonathan Ross, BBC Radio 2

Alex Mendham and his Orchestra are widely celebrated for their spectacular shows, combining jazz and swing music of the 1920s with the modern energy and passion of their youthful years.  They epitomize Hollywood's golden age, and when it comes to evoking its sound, charm, and white-tie elegance, Mr. Mendham's Orchestra is without parallel. The orchestra’s 2023-24 concerts take a fresh and stylish look at music of the era, including timeless classics from the likes of Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, and of course George Gershwin.

The Orchestra was founded by the debonair, white-tie-and-tails wearing bandleader, to sweep audiences away with the high style and musical glory of the 20s.  Their concerts are a celebration of music that is now a Century old, but remains strikingly familiar to all of us - a classic style that has become part of our cultural history, and a resonant, powerful, charismatic echo of the era.

"One of the joys in appreciating classic popular music is derived from the welcome discovery of new interpretations of such songs, whether familiar or obscure, sometimes by a young musical mind.  When they're given a fresh suit of clothes by someone as intrepid as Alex Mendham the result can be revelatory.
His arrangements and deft evocation of the past does not obscure the fresh playful approach to the material. The vigour of his band is "today". It is proof that what is good survives the ravages of time"

Michael Feinstein