About

Michael Law’s Piccadilly Dance Orchestra – owned and managed by Michael and Alan Bennett-Law, is world famous for providing superb entertainment to a very high standard and much sought-after for concert and cabaret performances as well as for private parties and corporate events.

From the Charleston of the 1920s Gatsby era through the beautiful classic songs of the 1930s, to swing and jazz hits, Michael Law’s Piccadilly Dance Orchestra performs the greatest dance music and the best tunes of the Jazz Age.

Elegant, musically immaculate and infused with toe-tapping rhythm, the PDO’s recordings have recently been chosen for the soundtracks of CSI, Gotham as well as an award-winning documentary about Stanley Kubrick…and two of the PDO’s recordings (Happy Feet and Dance Little Lady) have been heard by more than two and a half million people on YouTube.

The PDO enjoyed residencies at London’s Ritz and Savoy Hotels and have recorded eight CDs. Their sensational Café de Paris events have set a new standard for recreations of 1920s/30s high society entertainment.

At The Savoy, The PDO were the last to perform on the legendary stage where so many great bands of the past had performed, including Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Geraldo, Fred Elizalde and Debroy Somers.

Acclaimed worldwide for their spirited recreations of the music of the British Dance Bands, Michael and the PDO were especially chosen for BBC 4’s highly successful Len Goodman’s Dancing Feet and a sequel, Len Goodman’s Dance Band Days – and following their concert at John Dankworth and Cleo Laine’s Wavendon theatre: “this was probably the most entertaining evening I can remember…the orchestra is really superb”.

Catch The PDO in the Helen Mirren/Michael Caine movie Last Orders.

“It was an absolute joy to work with you and your musicians last Saturday, and what a wonderful evening’s entertainment. We had so many fantastic comments from the audience, remembering the good old days! We would love to invite you back.” Manager, The Menuhin Hall

“Astonishingly good”

– The Spectator

“absolutely terrific, wonderfully conceived and presented…the PDO is a bright spot in
showbiz…keep it up.”

– Julia McKenzie

“I am no expert at the foxtrot or quickstep, but the melodies of Jack Buchanan and Al Bowlly,
played by the miraculously authentic Piccadilly Dance Orchestra transform my tentative shuffle, at
least in the mind’s eye, into the confidence of Fred Astaire”.

– Country Life

“The musical delight of the evening was The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra, an astonishingly good
dance band… musically impeccable… libidinous elegance… much resembling Carroll Gibbons and
the Savoy Hotel Orpheans”

– The Spectator

“The sumptuous Savoy Hotel was transformed into a spectacular Speakeasy… . The Piccadilly
Dance Orchestra ensured that everyone was up on their toes …VIP guests such as Elizabeth
Hurley, Stephen Fry, Lulu, David Furnish and Tracey Emin were soon transported to a bygone era”.
– NOW magazine
“STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY: Think of a really good wedding: factor in a fantastically cheesy band
leader in a white tux, with proper, olden style microphone; throw in a couple of tables of your
friends, smirking ironists all, really enjoying the fact that they’re actually enjoying swaying to “The
White Cliffs of Dover” and you have it: completely hilarious entertainment. I could have danced all
night, I really could.”
– EVENING STANDARD
“Try the big-band sound of The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra for a night of Stompin’ in style in the
Thames Foyer of the Savoy Hotel…A seriously good night out”
*** (“excellent” rating)
– EVENING STANDARD
“Thank you so much for making the Tea Dance such a special event again! Everyone was most
complimentary – It was a most enjoyable event, all down to you and the band again!”
– SOUTH BANK CENTRE
“On behalf of the Friends of the Theatre Royal, I would like to thank The Piccadilly Dance
Orchestra for a great evening. The theatre was “jumpin’” and from the feedback I’ve received,
people felt ‘inspired and uplifted’.”
– CHAIRMAN OF THE FRIENDS OF THE THEATRE ROYAL, MARGATE
‘It was a wonderfully entertaining evening, Michael – thank you. As you know, I’ve always thought
the PDO were brilliant – but you all seem to get better and better. And you seem to be constantly
expanding the repertoire . . . with some great new tunes…there wasn’t anything that was less
than exceptional all evening.’
– ROGER KEECH – PRODUCER/DIRECTOR BBC4’s ‘LEN GOODMAN’S DANCE BAND DAYS’