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JEAN LENKE
A Sophisticated Fusion of Classic Jazz, Latin, Blues & Mid-Century Classics
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Both Retro & Modern ~ Jean curates music ensembles into the perfect prescription to fill a room with vibrant sound. There is a tongue-in-cheek nostalgia to this unique Jazz group's repertoire. It’s fun. It’s modern. It’s unexpected. Jean 's Jazz ensembles can be configured in combos of various sizes per the venue, budget & theme of the event.
Gatsby, Coltrane, Ella, & Steely Dan - we've got you covered.
Everyone needs a little ~ Jean Therapy!
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Price Range: $400 - 6500
Gig Length: 60 - 360 minutes
Languages: English, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Single Day Insurance
Full Band & Bespoke Combo Services!
Jean Therapy performs as a 6-piece jazz, rock, latin, pop cover band as well as in various other smaller duos, trios, and combos.
Looking for a great club or event band? The full 6-piece Jean Therapy band offers a refreshing alternative to your average cover band.
Both Retro & Modern ~ the band's complex rhythms and vocal styling bring home a retro style pop & jazz-rock sophistication… the perfect prescription to fill a room with vibrant sound and get everyone up and dancing. With tongue-in-cheek nostalgia and a unique repertoire ~ It’s fun. It’s adult. It’s unexpected.
Need something smaller? An unplugged set with Dan & Jean or a small jazz combo is perfect for dinner music, private parties, wedding ceremonies and other smaller venues. Classic cocktail standards, unplugged rock & pop, bossa novas to dance to, or the perfect custom set - we have what you need for your next event.
Getting Hitched? For weddings the band can provide cocktail hour music or a full evening of eclectic dance music. The band can also be parterned with D.J. & M.C. services for a traditional late night dance party. Set lists have a multigenerational appeal and can be tailored to the venue and to include your special requests.
We're happy to work with you, creating something delightful together that meets your budget and your needs.
Everyone needs a little ~ Jean Therapy.
JEAN LENKE
A Sophisticated Fusion of Classic Jazz, Latin, Blues & Mid-Century Classics
(link hidden)
Both Retro & Modern ~ Jean curates music ensembles into the perfect prescription to fill a room with vibrant sound. There is a tongue-in-cheek nostalgia to this unique Jazz group's repertoire. It’s fun. It’s modern. It’s unexpected. Jean 's Jazz Fusion ensembles can be configured in combos of various sizes per the venue, budget & theme of the event. Gatsby to Coltrane, Ella, even some Steely Dan - we've got you covered.
Crossover jazz-fusion artist Jean Lenke has been creating diverse live music for many years in the Philadelphia area and is now starting new adventures in Washington’s great northwest. As a performing artist, composer, lyricist, and bandleader she brings the joy of her parent’s music of the 1940’s together with the spirit of the Folk & Jazz-Rock Fusion soundtrack of her own youth in an eclectic mix ~ familiar, yet slightly off center, with haunting appeal.
Musically, Jean’s approach is free spirited and bold, crossing boundaries and mixing genres with a wild and creative hand. Artfully blending the magic of the past with the energy of the future Jean's delivery is transportive, melting hearts with her a crystal clear tone and sultry warmth.
The Jean Lenke Combos & Jean Therapy West Band is available for club, community & social events, corporate entertainment, and benefit concerts. Versatile and adaptable with a large catalog of music, Jean Therapy West Band offers a six-piece group of vocals, guitar, bass, keys, percussion, and saxophone or trumpet. Instrumentation can be configured in combos of various sizes as needed based on the venue and budget. Song selection includes Classic Jazz, Jazz-Folk, Jazz-Rock Fusion, Blues & a little "Dazz" along with contemporary West Coast Swing favorites!
We also play straight ahead Jazz and Jazz-Folk Fusion as an acoustic Duo, Classic Jazz Combos, and we can pull together a Gatsby, Speakeasy, or New Orleans style band for your special theme event complete with period songs and wardrobe.
Everyone needs a little ~ Jean Therapy.
We're easy - we can bring whatever equipment is needed for a great performance at any venue.
Song List
Just a sampling from the eclectic mix of songs in our repetrior:
Ain't No Sunshine [When She's Gone] (Bill Withers, 1971)
Black Crow (Joni Mitchell, 1976)
Black Magic Woman (Peter Green, 1968 Fleetwood Mac)
Blue Motel Room (Joni Mitchell, 1976)
Caravan (Van Morrison, 1970)
Carnival (Nathalie Merchant, 1995)
Clocks (Cold Play, 2002)
Different Light (Steve Winwood, 2004)
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing (Stevie Wonder, 1974)
Europa (Carlos Santana, 1976)
Evil Ways (Clarence "Sonny" Henry, 1967 Willie Bobo, 1969 Santana)
Feelin' Good (Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse, 1964 Nina Simone)
Free Man in Paris (Joni Mitchell, 1974)
Glad/Freedom Rider (Steve Winwood & Jim Capaldi, 1970)
Game of Love (Gregg Alexander & Rick Nowels/2002 Santana with Michelle Branch)
Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman, 1995)
Help Me (Joni Mitchell, 1974)
Home at Last (Steepy Dan, 1977)
I Put a Spell on You (Scream'n Jay Hawkins, 1956)
It's Too Late (Carol King, 1971)
Josie (Steely Dan, 1977)
Light My Fire (The Doors, 1966)
Listen to the Music (The Doobie Brothers, 1972)
Look of Love, The (Burt Bacharach & Hal David, 1967 Dusty Springfield)
Love Gets In the Way (Dyana Kurtz, 2003)
Love On Top (Beyonce, 2011)
Me & the Devil Blues (Robert Johnson, 1937)
Mercy, Mercy Me/What's Goin' On? (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
Mister Magic (Ralph MacDonald, William Salter, Grover Washington 1975)
Moondance (Van Morrison, 1970)
My Favorite Things (Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Sound of Music", 1959, Sergio Mendez 1968)
Never Can Say Good Bye (Clifton Davis, 1971 The Jackson 5)
One Step Ahead (Eddie Snyder & Charles Singleton, 1965 Aretha Franklin)
People Are Strange (The Doors, 1967)
Promises (Basia, Time & Tide, 1987)
Raised on Robbery (Joni Mitchell, 1979)
Rocket Love (Stevie Wonder, 1980)
Roof Garden (Al Jarreau, 1981)
She's Not There (Rod Argent, 1964 The Zombies)
Spooky (Mike Sharpe/Shapiro & Harry Middlebrooks, Jr., 1967, lyrics 1968 The Classics IV)
Strange Brew (Cream, 1967)
Suit & Tie (Justin Timberlake, 2013)
Sun Mountain (Walter Brecker & Donald Fagan, Steely Dan, 1972)
Take Five (Paul Desmond, 1954 The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
Temptation (Tom Waits, 1998)
The Look of Love (Burt Bacharach, 1967)
This Love (Maroon 5, 2006)
Time Out of Mind (The Futons, 2006, Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse, 2007)
Undun (The Guess Who, 1969)
Used to Rule the World (Randall Bramblett, 2012 Bonnie Raitt)
Valerie ((The Zutons. 2006, Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse 2007)
Venus (Robbie van Leeuwen, 1969 Shocking Blue)
Walk On By (Burt Bacharach & Hal David, 1964 Dionne Warwick)
Wild is the Wind (Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington, 1957 Johnny Mathis, David Bowie 1976)
You Don't Know Me (Ray Charles, 2004)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke, 1957)
And the standards, of course... mix, mash & twist!
And I Love Her (Paul McCartney & John Lennon, 1964)
Autumn in New York (“Thumbs Up!” 1934)
Autumn Leaves (Johnny Mercer, 1945)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, 1932)
Bewitched [Bothered & Bewildered] (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart, “Pal Joey”, 1940)
Detour Ahead (John Frigo, Lou Carter and Herb Ellis, 1948)
Doxy (Sonny Rawlins, 1957 Miles Davis)
Feelin' Good (Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse, 1964 Nina Simone)
Girl From Ipanema, The (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes, 1962, English lyrics by Norman Gimbel - Amy Winehouse)
Hello Young Lovers (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, “The King & I”, 1951)
How Insensitive (Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1963)
I Could Write a Book (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart, “Pal Joey”, 1940)
Mean to Me (Fred E. Ahlert & Roy Turk, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, 1978)
Misty (Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke, 1954, Johnny Mathis 1959)
Mister Magic (Ralph MacDonald, 1975 Grover Washington, Roberta Flack)
Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf & John Blackburn, 1944)
Moon & Sand (William Engvick, Morty Palitz & Alec Wilder, 1979 Kenny Burrell)
My Favorite Things (Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Sound of Music", 1959, Sergio Mendez 1968)
Nearness of You, The (Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington, 1938)
On the Street Where You Live (“My Fair Lady”, 1964)
People (Jule Styne & Bob Merrill, “Funny Girl”, 1968)
Round Midnight (Thelonius Monk, 1934)
S’ Wonderful (George Gershwin, 1927)
Shadow of Your Smile, The (Johnny Mandel & Paul Francis Webster, “The Sandpiper”, 1965 Pieces of a Dream)
Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer, 1941)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach, “Roberta”, 1933)
Somewhere [There' a Place for Us] (“West Side Story”, 1957)
Speak Low (Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash, “One Touch of Venus”, 1943)
St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins, 1955)
Summertime (George Gershwin, “Porgy & Bess”, 1935)
Take Five (Paul Desmond, 1954 The Dave Brubeck Quartet)
The Man I Love (George & Ira Gershwin, “Lady Be Good”, 1924)
Waters of March/Agua de Beber (Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1972 per Basia)
What is this Thing Called Love? (“Wake Up & Dream”, 1929)
Where is Love? (Lionel Bart, “Oliver”, 1962)
Wild is the Wind (Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington, 1957 Johnny Mathis, David Bowie 1976)
... and the list goes on.
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| Jean Lenke | Vocalist & Band Leader |
| Dan McKay | Guitarist & Band Leader |
| CharlieX | Guitar & Vocals |
| Joe Litzi | Piano, Keys, Organ & Vocals |
| Pete Bretz | Piano, Keys, Organ & Vocals |
| Steve Bartlett | Saxophone, Flute, Congas |
| Richard Redding | Saxophone, Recorder, Vocals |
| John Ciliberto | Drums & Percussion |
| John Cassidy | Drums & Percussion |
| Karen Smith | Congas & Percussion |
| Brendon Brandt | Electric Bass |
| George Livanos | Electric & Upright Bass |
| Jim Derick | Electric & Upright Bass |
| Derek Robinson | Electric Bass |
We have our own sound engineer with the best sound equipment around. Our quotes include full sound.
Seattle, WA 
Saxophone Player
66 Verified Bookings Chris C. said “Humble personality with excellent saxophone chops also help me with Recording in my Logic DAW very knowledgeable.”
Seattle, WA
Jazz Band
11 Verified Bookings Catherine R. said “Very gregarious and fun! First to arrive was the drummer - very loquacious and outstanding guy - as were all of them. Our guests raved about the band…”
Los Angeles, CA
Jazz Band
73 Verified Bookings Peter B. said “These guys were terrific, and I intend to have them back for another party!”
Philadelphia, PA
Jazz Band
229 Verified Bookings Kiki M. said “Absolutely amazing ensemble! I am so thrilled with this group. It was everything that I could have hoped for. They go above and beyond and made it an…”
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