Our band specializes in both modern and traditional jazz music: American swing band music made popular by Benny Goodman and Charlie Christian; the sophisticated style of Billie Holiday; Parisian 40's jazz a'la Django Reinhardt; and the modern sounds of Chet Baker and Pat Martino, to name a few. We can mix and match instrumentation across guitar, bass, drums, vocals, clarinet, trumpet, and violin. Our professional musicians have performed at venues like the Green Mill, Andy's Jazz, Crown Rooftop at the Tribune building, and the Joffrey Ballet. Our music is perfect for weddings and private events. We can cater our style and song choice to make for a meaningful and memorable performance.
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Languages: English, Spanish
We typically perform in the following scenarios but can also modify based on the event:
1. Traditional jazz (1930s-1940s) - Mid-century style guitar(s), drum kit, standup acoustic bass, (optional) clarinet, and (optional) singer with a classic-looking microphone. We dress professionally and in the style of the time period.
2. 1960s to modern sounds- Hollow-body jazz guitar, drum kit, standup acoustic bass, (optional) trumpet, (optional) clarinet, and (optional) singer. We dress appropriately to the performance, whether formal or business casual or other.
3. Parisian swing / gypsy jazz - 1930s/40s style guitars, standup acoustic bass, (optional) clarinet, (optional) violin, and (optional) singer with a classic-looking microphone. We dress professionally and in the style of the time period.
Our group is made up of a mix of full-time musicians and people who are business professionals by day and passionate musicians at all other times. Some of us met each other while playing 1940s jazz music, while others of us met while playing modern jazz. We stay together not just because we respect each other's playing but because we respect each other on a professional and personal level. We treat each client and performance with the utmost respect and love creating great memories for our clients and listeners.
Requests also welcome!
1. Afro Blue - Mongo Santamaria
2. Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
3. Airegin - Sonny Rollins
4. All Blues - Miles Davis
5. All Of Me - Gerald Marks
6. Alone Together - Arthur Schwartz
7. Along Came Betty - Benny Golson
8. Angel Eyes - Matt Dennis
9. Anniversary Song - Jolson-Chaplin
10. Anouman dfb - Django Reinhardt
11. Anthropology - Charlie Parker
12. Artillerie Lourde dfb - Django Reinhardt
13. Ask Me Now - Thelonious Monk
14. At Last - Harry Warren
15. At Sundown - Walter Donaldson
16. Au Privave - Charlie Parker
17. Auld Lang Syne - Traditional
18. Beautiful Love - Victor Young
19. Begin The Beguine - Cole Porter
20. Belleville dfb - Django Reinhardt
21. Bemsha Swing - Thelonious Monk
22. Beyond The Sea - Charles Trenet
23. Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham
24. Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
25. Blue Skies - Irving Berlin
26. Blues En Mineur dfb - Django Reinhardt
27. Blues For Ike - Reinhardt-Grapelli
28. Body And Soul dfb - Johnny Green
29. Bohemia After Dark - Oscar Pettiford
30. Boplicity - Cleo Henry
31. Bossa Dorado - Dorado Schmitt
32. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Harry Warren
33. Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) - Ary Barroso
34. Brazil (Django) - Unknown Composer
35. C'Est Magnifique - Cole Albert Porter
36. The Charleston - James Johnson
37. Cheek To Cheek - Irving Berlin
38. Cherokee - Ray Noble
39. Chez Jaquet - Django Reinhardt
40. Chez Jaquet dfb - Django Reinhardt
41. Chinatown dfb - Jerome Schwartz
42. Clair de Lune - Joseph Kosma
43. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Harold Arlen
44. Comes Love - Lew Brown-Stept-Tobias
45. Conception - George Shearing
46. Confessin' (That I Love You) - Daugherty-Neiberg-Reynolds
47. Coquette 1 - Green-Karn-Lombardo
48. Corcovado - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
49. Crazy He Calls Me - Carl Sigman
50. Crazy Rhythm dfb - Wolfe-Kahn-Meyer
51. Cry Me A River - Arthur Hamilton
52. Dark Eyes (Gypsy Swing) - Traditional
53. Darn That Dream - Jimmy Van-Heusen
54. Dat Dere - Bobby Timmons
55. Deep In A Dream - Sonny Clarke
56. Desafinado - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
57. Dinah (Simpler chords) - Harry Akst
58. Dinette dfb - Django Reinhardt
59. Django's Castle - Django Reinhardt
60. Dream Of You - Lunceford
61. Easy Living - Ralph Rainger
62. Embraceable You - George Gershwin
63. Embraceable You dfb - George Gershwin
64. Equinox - John Coltrane
65. Exactly Like You (Dixieland Tunes) - Jimmy McHugh
66. For Once In My Life - Orlando Murden
67. For Sephora dfb - Stochelo Rosenberg
68. Four On Six - Wes Montgomery
69. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
70. The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
71. Good Morning Heartache - Drake-Fisher-Higginbotham
72. Goody-Goody - Matty Malneck, Johnny Herndon Mercer (1936)
73. Grand Central - John Coltrane
74. Gypsy Fire - Unknown Composer
75. Have You Met Miss Jones? - Richard Rodgers
76. Helaine - J. Garza
77. Hello Dolly - Jerry Herman
78. Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller
79. Hot House - Tadd Dameron
80. How Deep Is The Ocean - Irving Berlin
81. I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Jimmy McHugh
82. I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Richard Rodgers
83. I Found A New Baby - Palmer-Williams
84. I Love You - H Archer
85. I Saw Stars dfb - Hoffman-Sigler-Goodhart
86. I Shall Be Released - Unknown Composer
87. I Surrender Dear dfb - Harry Barris
88. I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Ben Gibbard
89. I'll Be Seeing You - Sammy Fain
90. I'll See You In My Dreams - Jones-Kahn
91. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Hodges-James-Ellington
92. I'm In The Mood For Love - Jimmy McHugh
93. I've Found A New Baby dfb - Palmer-Williams
94. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider - Eddie Munson, Eddie Leonard (1902)
95. If I Didn't Care - Jack Lawrence
96. If I Had You - Campbell-Connelly-Shapiro
97. If I Had You - dfb - Ted Shapiro
98. If I Should Lose You - Ralph Rainger
99. In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington
100. In Walked Bud - Thelonious Monk
101. It Don't Mean A Thing (Dixieland Tunes) - Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (1932)
102. It Had To Be You - Isham Jones
103. It's All Right With Me - Cole Porter
104. It's Been A Long Long Time - Jule Styne
105. It's Only a Paper Moon - Harold Arlen
106. J'attendrai 1 - Dino Olivieri
107. Jardin d'hiver 1 - Zeidel-Biolay
108. Jeepers Creepers - Harry Warren
109. Jeepers Creepers dfb - Harry Warren
110. Jersey Bounce - Plater-Bradshaw-Johnson
111. Jitterbug Waltz dfb - Fats Waller
112. Jordu - Duke Jordan
113. Joseph Joseph - Trad.
114. Just A Gigolo - Leonello Casucci
115. Just Friends - John Klenner
116. La Gitane - Vidal Tchan-Tchou
117. La Mer dfb - Charles Trenet
118. La Vie En Rose dfb - Piaf-Gugliemi
119. Lady Be Good (Oh) - George Gershwin
120. Lady Bird - Tadd Dameron
121. Lazy Bird - John Coltrane
122. Let's Get Lost - Jimmy McHugh
123. Limehouse Blues - Braham-Furber
124. Long Ago And Far Away - Jerome Kern
125. Look For The Silver Lining - Jerome Kern
126. Lover Man 1 - Davis-Ramirez-Sherman
127. Lullaby Of Birdland - George Shearing
128. Lullaby Of Birdland - George Shearing
129. Lulu Swing - Lulu Reinhardt
130. Lulu's Back In Town - Harry Warren
131. Manha De Carnaval (Black Orpheus) - Luiz Bonfa
132. Manoir De Mes Rêves (Django's Castle) - Django Reinhardt
133. Matador - Grant Green
134. Memories Of You - Eubie Blake
135. Micro - Django Reinhardt
136. Midnight Blue - Kenny Burrell
137. Milko (swing 85) - Titi Winterstein
138. Moanin' - Bobby Timmons
139. Mr. P.C. - John Coltrane
140. Mr. Sandman - Pat Ballard
141. My Baby Just Cares For Me - Walter Donaldson
142. My Blue Heaven - Donaldson-Whiting
143. My Favorite Things - Richard Rodgers
144. My Melancholy Baby - Burnett-Norton
145. Naima - John Coltrane
146. Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez
147. Nica's Dream - Horace Silver
148. Night And Day - Cole Porter
149. A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
150. Nobody's Sweetheart Now - Schoebel, Kahn, Erdman, Meyers
151. Noto Swing- Lulu Reinhardt
152. Nuages - Django Reinhardt
153. On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislau Kaper
154. On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislau Kaper
155. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 1 1 - Jimmy McHugh
156. One Note Samba - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
157. Out Of Nowhere 1 - Johnny Green
158. Over The Rainbow (Somewhere) - Harold Arlen
159. Paquito - Ninine Garcia
160. Pennies From Heaven - Arthur Johnston
161. Pent Up House - Sonny Rollins
162. Petit Fleur - Sidney Bechet
163. Pinocchio - Wayne Shorter
164. Poppin - Boogaloo Joe Jones
165. Puttin' On The Ritz - Irvin Berlin
166. R-vingt Six dfb - Reinhardt-Grappelli
167. Relaxin' At Camarillo - Charlie Parker
168. Remember - Irving Berlin
169. Rose Room dfb - Art Hickman
170. Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
171. Roxanne (George Michael Version) - Sting
172. Roxanne (Police Version) - Sting
173. Ruby, My Dear - Thelonious Monk
174. Samba De Orfeu - Luiz Bonfa
175. Samba De Orfeu (alt) - Luiz Bonfa
176. Sandu - Clifford Brown
177. Satan Song - Unknown Composer
178. Segment - Charlie Parker
179. September Song dfb - Kurt Weill
180. Seven Come Eleven - Goodman-Christian
181. Shine - Dabney-Mack-Brown
182. Si Tu Vois Ma Mere (Lonely) - Sidney Bechet, Jean Brousolle (1958)
183. Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
184. Solitude - Duke Ellington
185. Some Of These Days - Shelton Brooks (1910)
186. Someday You'll Be Sorry 1 - Louis Armstrong
187. Sonnymoon For Two - Sonny Rollins
188. Spivy (Speevy) dfb - Django
189. St James Infirmary (4-4 Pete intro Major) - Exercise
190. St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
191. Star Dust - Hoagy Carmichael
192. Stella By Starlight 1 - Victor Young
193. Stompin' At Decca - Django Reinhardt
194. Stompin' At The Savoy - Webb-Goodman-Sampson
195. Stormy Weather (Last 4 intro) - Harold Arlen
196. Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
197. Summertime 1 - George Gershwin
198. Sunny - Bobby Hebb
199. Sweet Georgia Brown - Pinkard-Casey-Bernie
200. Sweet Sue, Just You - Harris-Young
201. Swing 39 - Django Reinhardt
202. Swing 41 - Django Reinhardt
203. Swing 48 1 - Django Reinhardt
204. Swing Gitan -INTRO - Django Reinhardt
205. Swing Gitan 1 - Django Reinhardt
206. Swing Guitars - Reinhardt-Grapelli
207. Só Danço Samba 1 - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
208. Take Five - Paul Desmond
209. Tchavolo Swing (Latcho Drom) dfb - Tchavolo Schmitt
210. That Old Black Magic - Harold Arlen
211. That's A Plenty (Page 1) - Lew Pollack, Raymond Gilbert (1914)
212. That's A Plenty (Page2) - Lew Pollack, Raymond Gilbert (1914)
213. Them There Eyes - Gypsy Jazz - Tracy-Tauber-Pinkard
214. There Will Never Be Another You 1 - Harry Warren
215. This I Dig Of You - Hank Mobley
216. Three Little Words - Harry Ruby
217. Three Little Words dfb - Harry Ruby
218. Till There Was You - Meredith Wilson
219. Till There Was You (Beatles Changes) - Meredith Wilson
220. Topsy 2 - Basie
221. Triste - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
222. Troublant Bolero 2 - Django Reinhardt
223. Twelth Street Rag - Euday L Bowman, James S Sumner, Andy Razaf (1914)
224. Twisted Blues - Wes Montgomery
225. Unit Seven - Sam Jones
226. Vette 1 - Django Reinhardt
227. Well You Needn't - Thelonious Monk
228. What Is This Thing Called Love - Cole Porter
229. What'll I Do - Irving Berlin
230. When Day Is Done dfb - Katscher-Desylva
231. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - Harry Barris
232. You Don't Know What Love Is - Raye-DePaul
1930s and 1940s - Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington.
1950s - Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Grant Green.
More modern sounds - John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Pat Martino, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jonathan Kreisberg, Cecile Mclorin Salvant.
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