Matt Ford is widely recognised as the UK's premier big band and swing era vocalist. Over the past 20 years he has built an unrivalled resume including four BBC Proms performances, multiple live national TV and radio broadcasts, and has appeared in over 2000 big band concerts, with the likes of the Syd Lawrence Orchestra and BBC Big Band. In this series of short podcasts Matt takes you through the essential building blocks required for solid, accurately stylistic performance of swing era/big band songs.