Swing Soleil is an all-acoustic swing-jazz manouche band based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Quartet members include Patrick Longmire playing lead and rhythm guitar, Hilary Schacht playing violin and on vocals, Charlie Freeman playing rhythm guitar, and Alan Kapulski playing upright bass and on vocals.
Swing Soleil has been impressing audiences in New Mexico with enthusiastic performances, unique arrangements and virtuoso musicianship since 2012.
This band plays diverse compositions ranging from 20th century jazz to swing standards by composers such as Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli, Louis Bonfa, Neil Andersson, and others.
Members of Swing Soleil have performed professionally in the southwestern and northeastern United States since the mid 1980s.
Band members have also shared the stage with many notable performers including David Grisman, Paul Anastacio, Gonzalo Bergara Quartet, Tony Rice, Mark O’Connor, Vassar Clements, Alison Krauss, Le Chat Lunatique, and Hot Club of Phoenix.