The Violet Jive

The Violet Jive are a U.K based trio comprised of Guitar/Vocals, Double bass & Drums. A swing sound with feverish latino edges and a cool dark alternative twist! Somewhere between The Jungle Book, Wes Montgomery, Soundgarden and Portishead...perhaps? Not content with either the often self indulgent face of modern jazz or mundane, uninspiring indie/rock band clones, but a lover of that 50's swing sound, grungy guitar riffs, Trip-Hop/Hip-Hop beats, latin flavours, spontaneous musicality and 'proper songs', Steve Spall (Guitar/Vocals) began creating as THE VIOLET JIVE.

A swing sound with feverish latino edges and a cool dark alternative twist! Somewhere between The Jungle Book, Wes Montgomery, Soundgarden and Portishead...perhaps?

Not content with either the often self indulgent face of modern jazz or mundane, uninspiring indie/rock band clones, but a lover of that 50's swing sound, grungy guitar riffs, Trip-Hop/Hip-Hop beats, latin flavours, spontaneous musicality and 'proper songs', Steve Spall (Guitar/Vocals) began creating as THE VIOLET JIVE. Joined by Paul Beeching -Double Bass and Matt Wilson -Drums for live shows, the bands sound appeals to a wide range of music lovers and bridges gaps between fans of different musical genres.