Swing Essence is a band I formed in 2004 in Colorado. We had a great run for 8 or 9 years and played many wonderful events. I so enjoyed arranging the music and leading this group. Here are a few demo tracks from rehearsals recorded in 2007. We did several of these sessions to try out new 7 piece arrangments. Here was the line up of musicians who played.
Vocalists: Colleen Crosson, Sally Herried
Bass: Michael Olson
Drums: John Olson (no relation to Michael), Oscar DeZoto
Keyboards: Dave Roberts, Chris Hatton
Trumpet: Mark Dorn
Saxophones: Andrew Vogt
Kevin Karrick: Guitar/Vocals