Henry Kovacevic - Founder & Manager

Following a whole swag of older brothers into learning music, Henry picked up a bugle at 8 and progressed quickly to trumpet at 9. A couple of key teachers encouraged his fascination with the Swing era greats and our lad was soon belting out Harry James with gusto. St Albans’ own ‘Young man with the Horn’ was leading Swing and Latin bands by 17, but the siren song of Uni and the corporate world drew his attention away to project management for the next 14 years.

His Swing spark was fanned again by the emergence of the international Swing dance revival in 1999, when he found he was living in one of the world’s Swingiest cities. Swing Patrol recognised his unique musicality, patience and reliability when they asked him to be one of their first teachers of the dance style in Melbourne. Now, Henry has returned to his first love - live, Big Band Swing. His skill and understanding of business strategy and event management, combined with his deep knowledge and passion for this musical genre, makes this smiling gentleman the ideal convenor of the best Big Band in town. What does he have to say about B# now? "I can’t believe it’s all coming together so well - Oh wait, yes I can!"