“SWING”, written in capitals: The Deep River Quartet. Dutch close harmony group, that played swing, jazz, soul, blues and more. In this clip we see founder, bass vocals (and contrabass player) Sybrandus ‘Siebe’ Finck, 1st tenor vocals Dick Rietveld, 2nd tenor vocals Kees Hendriks, and baritone vocals and guitar, Wout Bijker. They were inspired by “The Ink Spots”, “The Golden Gate Quartet” and “The Mills Brothers”, and in the ‘90’s they were extremely popular in the Netherlands and abroad. At the “Platengala” at 13-10-1984 in the AHOY concert center in Rotterdam, they brought a very swinging version of “Mr. Paganini”, written by Sam Coslow, that became a key song for Ella Fitzgerald. The Deep River Quartet performed from 1971 - 2014.
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