Hopscotch

Hopscotch is very accomplished and versatile. The band is designed to be able to fit any budget, and requests for repertoire, any size audience. We are a jazz band, meaning most of what we play is recognizable as jazz, but we play songs from a surprisingly wide range of styles. For example, in our hilarious selections, we cover "Material Girl" by Madonna. In our blues selections we cover "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by the Clash, a real crowd pleaser. Of course we cover songs from the "The Great American Songbook", and we take requests.
In a larger venue with a decent budget, we like to go out with a full band of 7: Vocalist, piano, drums, bass, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax. The three horns are beautifully arranged and add a real kick to the sound, giving the band the feel of a little big band. For smaller venues we are fine with 2, 3, 4, or 5 players.
Jeanie and Charlie are the core group. We hire the best sidemen we can find. The amount of experience and musicianship on the stage for any given gig is daunting, with the 7-piece band we have easily over 200 years of professional experience.
Don't skip on Hopscotch!!

HOPSCOTCH is the brainchild of pianist/composer Charlie Hiestand and singer/songwriter Jeanie Mishler. They've teamed up with a great collection of Seattle sidemen to bring to life songs they've co-written and arranged in the jazz genre. Influenced by bands like Pink Martini and traditional big bands, this smaller jazz band serves up both standards and original swing, latin, and blues tunes with a touch of quirky comedy and tap dancing thrown in.

Grand Piano (if possible)

If no acoustic piano is available:
Stereo DI for Electric Piano

DIs for Stand Up Bass
Microphones/Microphone Stands:

2 piano mics

3 or 4 Drum mics (kick, snare/high hat, stereo overhead) - depending on house needs

1 Vocal mic
3 Horn mics
1 Guitar mic
1 Floor mic for tap board

Sufficient extension cords and cables

4-5 music stands

BACKLINE
Bass Amp
Guitar Amp
Small Drum Kit-Bass Drum, Floor Tom, Tom, Hardware(stands and pedals)

For gigs local to Seattle we can negotiate just what we need to bring and what the house has available. If necessary we have a full, but small, public address system.