We are a vocal and guitar folk-jazz duo, who love to share our passion for music with our audiences! We have performed at house concerts, libraries, restaurants, bookstores and clubs, in and outside of the NYC area. We do both originals and cover material, including your favorites in both genres, and will adjust our fee with regard to the gig length and/or travel time. We will personalize our show to best suit YOUR occasion and give you an event to remember!
Ed and Carol did a wonderful house concert here in Florence, OR in July 2017. Attendees loved their combination of original and cover music. Several people had glowing comments at the intermission and when they left, so I hope Ed and Carol will be able to return for another concert soon.
Response from Ed and Carol Nicodemi :
We were thrilled at the response of the audience; some actually expressed tears of joy and looked for those songs that moved them most when they stopped by our merch table:) It couldn't have gone better; we can't wait to do our next house concert!
Price Range: $250 and up
Gig Length: 30 - 90 minutes
Languages: English
When you hire us, you will get the highest level of preparation, enthusiasm, and professional commitment. We want to connect with our audiences, give them our musical best, and make them happy.
We will be punctual and respectful to you and your guests, or clientele.
We are a New York City folk-jazzy duo of vocal and guitar. We do covers and write our own songs, and are always available for bookings. Born and raised in the Bronx and Brooklyn, we met on the lawn outside of the Music Building in Queens College, started to jam... and have been playing music together ever since! We love sharing what we do:)
When we told people that we were going to create a duo based on 7-string Guitar , Classical Guitar, New Age Piano and Female Jazz Vocals, they thought we were crazy! But it’s been working! The Barnes and Noble Event in NY was a huge success, with CD sales and a wonderful live audience. Our recent House Concert at the home of Kathy Parsons, piano reviewer, in Oregon was fantastic, with audience members in tears with the emotion our music brought to them. CD's were sold, and we were asked to return. The combination of classy, well-chosen standards and original material has blended together to give us our unique sound, a little jazzy, a little samba, remnants of folk, classical/new-age/ambient- all under one umbrella. And, as veteran music teachers, parents and grandparents...we also created a terrific original Children's Cd, "It Goes This Way", available online and placed in more than 100 Public Libraries nationwide!
Ed’s new-age piano/film-score music has been heard on Dateline, NBC and The Today Show. Jazz piano great Kenny Barron has recorded one of Ed’s original tunes, “Trouble in Paradise.” Kathy Parsons, a well-known reviewer of Solo Piano Publications, has given “Parallel Solitudes” a 5-Star rating. His piano piece, "Toy Piano", can be heard in the movie “Fully Loaded.”
I’ve honed my jazz singing with Lennie Tristano, Jackie Paris, Marian Cowings ,Judy Niemack and Barry Harris. Our duo has been the hit of numerous parties and events. Our original songs are based on people or events that are meaningful to us, and we select our cover song material with the same connection in mind. Our CD’s are available on CD Baby and we are always available for live performances and venues.
Sound should be as natural as possible, lighting the same. Staging would depend on the type of show. For a children's performance, we tend to seat the children in a semi-circle, for maximum participation and movement, with caregivers either next to them or close nearby. Generally a stage is not necessary, to foster the interaction with the children, unless the venue is larger, such as a school auditorium.
For the adults, again, it depends on the intimacy of the venue. A small club would require a different level of lighting, staging and sound from , for example, an outdoor farmer's market or large stadium.
| July 14, 2018 • 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Wedding Reception |
CHILDREN'S SONGS (0-5)
1-The More We Get Together
2-It Goes This Way
3-I'm Glad I'm not A Monkey
4-Three Billy Goats Song
5-If You're Happy and You Know It
6-The Itsy Bitsy Spider
7-The Wheels on-the Bus
8-Marching,Marching
9-Up,Up in the Swing
10-Butterfly
11-Make a Happy Face
12-Going to the Zoo
13-Twinkle,Twinkle little Star
14-Mickey Mouse March
15-Hokey Pokey
16-Head,Shoulders Knees and Toes
17-Mr.Bubbles
18-Feelings Feelings,Feelings
19-Vincent Van Gogh
20- Cuddle up
21-It Goes This Way reprise
FOR OLDER CHILDREN (Ages 6-12) Kids In The City
1)Dance All Over The Map- G
2)I Love To Dance Ballet -E
3)Two Kids In The City. -A
4)Feelings, Feelings, Feelings- D
5)What a Wonderful World- A
6)I'd Like To Teach the World to Sing- D
7)Sing, Sing a Song- G
8)It's a Small World - E (capo)
9)De Colores- A
10)This Land is Your Land- C
11)Lean on Me- C
12)Stand By Me- A
13)Coming to America- - G
14)If I Were A Kite
15)Everybody Loves Saturday Night- C
16)Gonna Build a Mountain -C
17)He's Got The Whole World In His Hands-G
18)Do a Deer(Sound of Music)-C
19)Tomorrow- D
20)It's Okay to Make Mistakes- G
21)Titanic Theme- D
22)Tingaleo- G *
23)Freres Jacques -round
24)A Ram Sam Sam - round
25)Row, Row Your Boat- round
26)Hey, Ho, Nobody Home- round
27)Blowing In The Wind- A
28)This Little Light Of Mine- D
29)Mr. Bubbles- C
30)Windows- G
SAMBA (THE FEEL OF BRAZIL)
1)Call Me - F
2)Wave- Db
3)A Day In the Life Of a Fool-E minor
4)So Nice (Summer Samba) E
5)Brazlian Rosewood-E minor
6)The Boy From Ipanema -Db
7)Besame Mucho-B minor
8)Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars-C
9)Meditation-G
10)Desafinado-Eb
11)The Look Of Love- B minorl
12)How Insensitive-A minor
13)Night is- G mino
14)Misty Roses- A minor
15)Fool on the Hill- G
17)Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White- Bb
18)California Evenings-G
19)Love Comes Around- C
20)Blame It On The Bossa Nova-C
THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK:
1)Falling In Love With Love-
2)My Funny Valentine - Gminor
3)Embraceable You -C
4)Send In the Clowns-D
5)Summertime-Amin
6)Blues In The Night-F Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen
7)Jazzlife
8)Between The Lines
9)This Masquerade
10)Moon River
11)Moonlight Serenade
12)Put On A Happy Face Bb
13)What The World Needs Now
14)Heart and Soul
15)Some Other Time
17)What'll I Do
18)Wonderful World
19(I've Got You Under My Skin-Ab
20)Here's That Rainy Day
21)Somewhere Over The Rainbow-G
22)Make Someone Happy-C
23)Our Love Is Here To Stay
SWING TUNES (Jazz)
1) Bye Bye Blues - C
2)I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write..F
3)Autumn Leaves -A minor
4)Take The 'A' Train - C
5)Heart and Soul - A
6)In The Mood - G
7)But Not For Me- Ab
8)Moonlight Serenade -C
9)Easy Living -G
10)There's Nothing Like An Old Friend -F
11)Savoy- 7-String guitar instrumental-Db
12)I'm A Fool To Want You- A minor
13)Honeysuckle Rose- C
14)I've Heard That Song Before- G
15)Solitude- F
16)Dream a Little Dream Of Me- C
17)You Make Me Feel So Young- F
18) Do You Know What It Means- G
19) Bye Bye Blackbird- Bb
20) It Don't Mean A Thing -D minor
LET'S GET ON WITH THE SHOW (Broadway Show Tunes)
1) Lullaby of Broadway
2)Getting To Know You
3)I Could Have Danced All Night
4)Sunrise, Sunset
5)Cabaret
6)Make Someone Happy
7)Put On a Happy Face
8)The Impossible Dream
9)Fascinating Rhythm
10)Send In The Clowns
11)Don't Blame Me
12)Embracable You
13)Soon It's Gonna Rain
14) Where Or When
15)I Don't Know How to Love Him
16)There's No Business Like Show Business
17)Edelweiss
18)Tomorrow
19)Some Other Time
20)Give My Regards To Broadway
FOLK SONGS:
1) I'll Never Find Another You
2)April Come She Will
3)Leaving On a Jet Plane
4)Both Sides Now
5)Michael Row The Boat Ashore
6)Let a Flower Grow
7)Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
8)Colours
9)Anji (guitar solo)
10)Dream a Little Dream of Me
11)This Land is Your Land
12)Blowin' in The Wind
13)Suzanne
14)Puff, The Magic Dragon
15)Windows
16)If I Had a Hammer
17)Country Roads
| Duo- Ed and Carol Nicodemi | Ed-guitar/piano, Carol-vocals |
OUR MUSICAL INFLUENCES:
Children's Music: Raffi and Ella Jenkins
Jazz-Samba: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Diana Krall, Joe Pass,Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Folk-Celtic-Americana: Peter, Paul and Mary, Judy Collins, Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, and Pentangle
Ed's original New Age piano music is influenced by George Winston, Egberto Gismonti, and his Classical Guitar repertoire is influenced by the great Segovia.
We generally bring a guitar and/or a keyboard. We prefer a sound system in place, with two microphones, but have access to our own if necessary.
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