19-Feb-04

Andy Cooper ""Hot Jazz Festival"" Available on DVD March 23, 2004

Through Music Video Distributors

Music Video Distributors and Inakustik are pleased to announce the home viewing release of Andy Cooper ñ Hot Jazz Festival for North American distribution on DVD. If It Ain't Got That Swing was not only Duke Ellington's motto; Andy Cooper and his Euro Top 8 have made it their own as well. The best example: the live recording made at the Rust Europapark in May 2002. Playing to an ecstatic audience, the octet offered an unsurpassed mix of Dixieland, mainstream and jump & jive, interspersed with blues classics including the saga of the legendary ""C.C. Rider"" in a completely new interpretation. The result is breathtaking swing, irresistible to even the most die-hard modern jazz aficionado. As Andy Cooper puts it: ""Music should be fun to play. That's the feeling I want to share with the audience. There should never be a dull moment when I'm performing."" What more could one possibly add?! Musicians: Andy Cooper - Clarinet Mike Cotton - Trumpet Bert Boeren - Trombone John Barnes - Clarinet / Saxophone Dirk van der Linden - Piano Peter Meyer - Banjo Tucker Finlayson - Bass Nick Millward - Drums Recorded at the 2002 ""Hot Jazz Festival"" which took place in the city of Rust, Germany: Royal Garden Blues Someday You'll Be Sorry C.C. Rider Preacher From Monday On Savoy Blues I Maybe Wonderful But I Think You're Wrong Creole Love Call Sweet Georgia Brown Sheik Of Araby I Wanna Be Like You