Imagine hearing In the Mood for the first time, it must have been electrifying. We want to play it and have the same impact today. Music like that doesn’t belong in a library or a museum; we take wildly swinging jump-jive-rhythm-and-boogie kicking and screaming into the next millennium. We play old school jive tunes in a new and contemporary way that we call New Breed Swing. - Bandleader Simon "The Duke of Kemp"
The Dr Teeth Big Band have been playing non-stop-jump-jive-rhythm-and-boogie for 6 years. In that time they have developed a loyal following as they have swung through Jazz Festivals (Birmingham International Jazz, Chichester Jazz and Real Ale, Leamington Jazz Showcase), Traditional Jazz clubs (Tamworth Jazz Club, Burton-on-Trent, The Waterworks) dance events (TRDC Swing, Jive Party, London Swing Dance Society) and nightclubs (The Jam House, The 100 Club, The Marrs Bar) all across England, the UK and Europe and, just this past spring, the USA.