'I Just Found Out About Love' Veronica Swift and the SC Jazz Masterworks Ensemble

SC JAZZ MASTERWORKS ENSEMBLE
Dr. Robert Gardiner, founder and director
Professor of Music at Lander University

Veronica Swift, guest artist

Saxophones
Matt Olson - Prof. of Saxophone & Director of Jazz Studies at Furman University
Tracy Patterson -Assoc. Professor and Woodwind Chair at Winthrop University
Christopher Andrews - D.M.A. student, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Mark Sterbank - Charleston Jazz Orchestra, Assoc. Prof. at Charleston Southern
Lauren Meccia - Director of Jazz Bands at USC

Trumpets
Charlie Polk, split lead - SC Philharmonic Orchestra, freelance musician
Chuck Dalton, split lead - Charleston Jazz Orchestra, freelance musician
Chip Crotts, split lead - Director of Jazz Studies/Asst. Band Director, Georgia Tech
Tim Leahey - USAF Airmen of Note, retired
Dick Goodwin - composer, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus at USC

Trombones
Michael Wilkinson - Asst. Professor of Trombone at USC
Brad Jepson - cofounder of Greenville Jazz Collective
Kevin Jones - Asst. Professor of Jazz Trombone at Florida State University
Robert Slade - Commander and Conductor of the 208th Army Band

Rhythm
Bert Ligon, piano, guitar, composer - Director of Jazz Studies at USC, retired
Amos Hoffman, guitar, oud - recording artist
Shannon Hoover, bass – co-founder of Greenville Jazz Collective
Kobie Watkins, drums - international touring and recording artist

THANK YOU to Tony Lee and Coladec Films for producing this video.

recorded at the Harbison Theatre on June 12, 2021

[TheSoulagent]

Meticulous phrasing! She is the Real Deal !! I have been listening to them all for the last 60 years, and she has brought something really special into our music!! Cheers

[jsolomonmusic]

What she does so well is incorporate R & B "blues" licks with solid jazz phrasing. The NY voices did this incredibly well too. Most singers either sing "blues" licks or stay true to jazz/swing phrasing. In my opinion, the ability to be able to put the two together so well makes Veronica very special indeed!! I am a fan for sure.

[tafttio]

MY my my my my The marvelous Veronica Swift, one of the mist talented - maybe THE most talented - singer of her generation !!!! LOVE HER

[wigstretch]

That girl can really swang! Great voice and phrasing and still so young. Amazing!

[maryannfrank]

Brilliant. Beautiful blessed. All. Of. You. Together. Magical 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

[crossleydd]

The band is playing the Count Basie arrangement, unsurprisingly, because it's the best one ever!

[saxman]

Veronica you are incredibly captivating!

[dancelli]

I finally got to hear her sing and with a great orchestra. I first heard this song by Madeline Eastman, then Diane Schuur and now Veronica Swift, I like it !

[uzettem]

AMAZING you are as always😍. Can't wait to see you in France!

[mondodave]

Veronica is the hippest, without a doubt!

[charlesr.harris]

I am alone in my office, but I am giving this vocalist and incredible band a standing ovation. What a performance! Ms. Swift is definitely an American Treasure. SC Jazz did a masterful job of performing the Count Basie arrangement. Was that chart written by Neal Hefti? To me, it has seems to have some Hefti earmarks. Thank you for the best three minutes of listening I have experienced in a long time.

[Azman.]

She the young bright sensational jazz 🌟! Grettings from Jazzman Kuala Lumpur.

[bw.]

Great playing! Does anybody knows where can I buy the score for horns?

[efanshel]

You can't go wrong with Veronica Swift...

[johnbedford]

See her at Cadogan Hall, London Sat 16 Nov 2024

[curtwesser]

I have to echo Jeff's comments they capitalize my thoughts exactly

[sherrihollister]

Musicians like a conductor. How can everyone feel a quarter note at that exact same beginning and ending? No one has the same time, we are all individuals and appreciate that someone can orchestrate and lead us all to the same place besides depending on egos.

[johndavies]

Not bad, but she's no Diane Schuur.

[dees]

WONDERFUL music. Poor collection of men;s footwear 😕

[Thouveninpascal]

Nice band, but do someone really things that such musicians need somebody beat the mesure in front of them? Did Basie or Duke made that, and thousands big bands in the history of Jazz?
Useless and ridiculous, Jazz is not Beethoven nor Wagner