Bands

Familiar faces in the Dutch dancing scene, the Happy Feet Orchestra is a band specifically for dancers and even has a few dancers among their ranks.

Jamaican ginger, known as 'Jake,' was a patented US medicine with alcohol. When Prohibition came around, Jake became very popular for the wrong reasons. Some bootleggers made a toxic version causing paralysis, giving rise to the term 'Jake Walker.'

Now, a hundred years later, Jake is back, but as a strong flavored swing band. These guys are cooking in pubs and clubs every week. Their swing style and attitude made them very popular, particularly among dancers.

Original tunes, with lyrics full of irony and passion, played authentically from a vast range of popular genres of the time, be it a Blue Note Records' boogaloo or an explosive old school Rhythm 'n Blues number; in other words, their repertoire (entirely original) covers anything in between the jazz and the blues worlds.