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Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s
- Oakland, CA
- Pianist
- Travels up to 90 miles
- $50 - $500
Overview
🎹 Patrick Liddell - Versatile and Cocktail & Lounge Piano
Serving up a smooth blend of jazz, pop, rock, R&B, classical, tv/movies, and more. With a massive playlist of over 2000 songs, I've got your event's soundtrack covered. Whether it's a chic reception, lively party, or romantic restaurant, my piano ambiance will add that special touch. No piano? No problem, my keyboard sounds great and travels with me. Let's make your next event not just memorable, but musically magical. Book now!
23 Reviews
We had the pleasure of Patrick playing for our Bridgerton themed mixer last night and he brought a very special touch to the event. He was dressed very professional and had a great set list of pop hits played classically. We have a baby grand piano that is rarely played and he showcased the beautiful instrument. We look forward to brining him back for future events.
Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Thank you so much Christina, I had such a good time!
Our guests loved having Patrick at our holiday party!
Pianist
Patrick was wonderful. He was super easy to work with when setting up the gig and sorting out all the logistics. Patrick played holiday music and added to the festive atmosphere of our event. He played beautifully and even stayed late so he could play some of his favorite tunes. Look forward to hiring him again. A true professional and a lovely person.
Pianist
Patrick arrived early, was well-prepared, and delivered an excellent performance. I will definitely hire him again!
Pianist
Couldn’t have had a better fit for our party, very friendly with our guests, would definitely hire him again
Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Thank you Stephen, I had a great time with you and your guests, what a fun party!
Patrick did a very nice job of playing a few songs during my mother's funeral mass. He played Ave Maria, Amazing Grace, Bread of Life & On Eagles Wing. He did it very beautifully.
The service whole service was done so beautifully and Patrick's performance really capped it off.
I highly recommend his service!
Funeral Music, Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Thank you so much Emily, it was an honor to be a part of your mother's celebration!
Patrick played at our holiday party and it was exactly what we needed to make it a festive mood. He was a pleasure to work with. He came a little early to get set up, stayed a little later than planned, and played all the holiday pop songs we asked for.
Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Thank you so much Lily, I had so much fun! I look forward to next time!
We asked Patrick to come and play jazz music at our mom's 80th birthday and Patrick was just amazing. Not only did he perform all sorts of different Jazz songs, but he had an incredible repertoire of popular songs as well. Most impressive though was his solo piano rendition of Take Five by Dave Brubeck. He asked prior to the party if we had any specific requests and that was the only one I could think of. I was worried a single piano couldn't pull it off, but he did! Highly recommend for any occasion. Thanks Patrick!!!
Jazz Pianist, Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
I am honored to be a part of your mom's celebration and I had a great time! Thanks so much, I look forward to next time!
Patrick was absolutely fantastic for our corporate holiday market event. He arrived on time and set up quickly. His attitude and demeanor was very cheerful and pleasant. We needed loungey background music while people shopped around at vendors. Patrick played a great mix of holiday and non-holiday music that very appropriately set the mood. We would use him again!
Keyboard Player, Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Wow thank you so much Sarah!
Patrick was such an amazing addition to our corporate event. He was professional, kind, reliable, showed up on time, and stayed even longer than our contract required. Patrick was responsive every step of the way as we planned the event and made things so easy. Our guests were entertained and so impressed with his talent. He knew how to read the crowd and keep everyone engaged. We can’t say enough about how great a job he did. In a nutshell, Patrick is talented, friendly, and extremely professional – and we would hire him again in an instant!
Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Wow thank you Vicky! I look forward to next time!
I hired Patrick to play music at my mother's memorial and also to accompany singers during the service. He came prepared and was responsive and responsible through the planning process.
He even took time out of his week to rehearse with one of my singers, which I really appreciated.
The music was the centerpiece of our memorial, and he played beautifully.
Pianist, Funeral Music, Keyboard Player
Patrick was an absolute delight - the music was fun, and made our event very special.
Pianist
Easy to work with..you won't go wrong securing him..
Pianist
Patrick played his first memorial service for us. I think he was a little nervous, but he did a great job! He's professional, kind, flexible, a good communicator, and he really knows how to play the piano! I spoke with Patrick on the phone and then emailed him almost daily with updates and changes to our program. I asked him to play songs that were not too happy, but not too sad either. He did exactly what we asked of him. I hope to be able to hire him for a fun event in the future.
Keyboard Player
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Extremely kind of you, thank you Robyn! I hope to play for you again sometime too!
Patrick was the perfect addition to our surprise party! He was so great about communication from start to finish. He was very adaptable and tailored the set list according to our taste and the atmosphere. His music really connected with the crowd and added a classy and fun vibe. I had many guests comment how Patrick really was a perfect addition to the party. Would definitely book again!
1930s Era Entertainment, 1940s Era Entertainment, 1950s Era Entertainment, Jazz Pianist, Keyboard Player, Pianist
Patrick is kind and extremely professional. He elevated our event to the next level and we would love to have him at our future events. Patrick was able to smoothly adapt to requests, time changes, and helped make the night go smoothly when other aspects were delayed. If you want a truly remarkable and memorable event, have Patrick at your event.
Keyboard Player
Hired Patrick for a small dinner party to celebrate my wife's birthday and he was stellar. Patrick's communication and up to the event was fantastic. Open, responsive, and very professional. He arrived early, dressed perfectly BTW, set up and melted perfectly into the background helping to elevate and add some add't class to our evening. His playing was great. Just what we needed. My twin six year old girls were fascinated when Patrick played a few of their requests early on. Complete flexibility. But what my this night great for us is a we devolved (due to excessive wine), Patrick went along for the ride. By the end of the evening it turned into TV show karaoke, silly adults screaming requests and singing at the top of their lungs. Once we got a hold of ourselves, we settled down for dessert and was so comfortable with Patrick that we invited him to join us for a dessert wine and a cupcake. Just a great experience and now all the neighbors are looking for reasons to have Patrick come back again. Delightful.
Jazz Pianist, Keyboard Player
This guy is the real deal. I had a little party with about 20 guests and Patrick exceeded all my expectations. He invited my guests to make requests throughout the night and he seemingly knew how to play anything: classics from the American Songbook, jazz standards, funk. He was funny, charming, and well-dressed, keeping to himself most of the time but he chilled with us a bit afterwards. Highly recommend!
Jazz Pianist, Pianist
We had Patrick play for our big annual event, and he was fabulous! He was so easy to work with, and really fun and had great ideas for how to meet our group's interests (we're a bunch of game designers). The music was great—he even took some requests and put some great spins on familiar tunes. I absolutely loved having him and will absolutely hire him again next year!
Jazz Pianist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Thanks Rose! You were so welcoming, I felt like family being a part of your event! I look forward to next time!
Thank you for providing our gathering with such a beautiful atmosphere. Your charm and talent were such a pure joy. Thank you!!
Keyboard Player, Pianist
Response from Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s:
Thank you for including me in your joyous event! I hope to play for you again sometime!
Residents in the nursing home had a wonderful time with this keyboard player during our Thanksgiving dinner. He played an interactive and lively music which made the patients keep on asking for more. Definitely will have him in our building on next month.
Keyboard Player
I couldn’t have been more pleased! It was a Halloween party and my piano was very old. Patrick was flexible and even dressed in costume. The music was fantastic and adjusted to the theme of the event. I will definitely work with him again. Great person and true talent!
Pianist
Booking Info
Price Range: $50 - $500
Gig Length: 60 - 300 minutes
Languages: English
What to Expect
When you hire me, you can expect a professional experience at all levels: communication, preparation, playlist, event integration, and performance. You'll get a live, versatile pianist who tunes into the heartbeat of your event. Guests will be transported with the elegance of live piano melodies that dance between the clinks of glasses and the warmth of conversation. My music isn't just heard; it's felt, enhancing the mood from serene to celebratory on cue.
I will bring a seamless blend of background tunes matching every moment, from the soft whisper of keys during a heartfelt reunion to a jubilant group rendition of anthems that get everyone singing. My performance is a chameleon, adapting to your event's pulse—unobtrusive when you need subtlety, or front and center for your sing-along highlights.
I arrive with a massive playbook ready to fulfill on-the-spot requests, ensuring each attendee leaves with a memory, a tune, or a moment that's just theirs. It's not just a service; it's an experience tailored to bring your vision of the perfect event to life.
About
Patrick Liddell – Lounge & Cocktail Piano
Hits of the 1920s to the 2020s and beyond!
🎹 Transform Your Event with the Magic of Live Piano
Imagine your event underscored by the perfect music —where your guests are not just attendees, but participants in a musical journey. Where their laughter is intermingled with jazz and popular classics, and your custom playlist evolves to include their requests and tastes as well. From the first note to the last, allow me to take your event from memorable to legendary!
🎼 The World of Music in Every Set
My repertoire is a cornucopia of style and genre, offering a treasure trove of over 2,500 tunes and growing. Dive into a rich tapestry of background music for any event, spanning from an upbeat restaurant setting, to private party with a few good friends, to joyous wedding ceremony, to the refined elegance of a corporate gala. If I don't already have it, I'll find it and learn it!
🎵 🎶 Your Personalized Musical Narratives: Your event's story is told through your music. With an expansive repertoire from classical to pop hits, the soundtrack of your soirée is only limited by your imagination. Need a slow and sultry version of 'YMCA' for your mom's birthday? Consider it done. Dying to hear some Radiohead played in the style of Elton John? Just ask. Want to hear 'Bohemian Rhapsody' as a honky-tonk rag? Not sure why you would, but I got you.
🧩 Seamless Integration: Fast response time and professional communications at all stages in the process. After I'm booked I'll take care of all the necessary logistics. No piano on-site? I can the essence of a grand piano with my state-of-the-art keyboard and Bose portable amplifier.
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Styles include:
Dixieland
Swing
Bebop
Cool Jazz
Latin Jazz
Reggae & Ska
R&B
Soul
Funk
Urban Dance
Rock N Roll
Blues
Light Rock
Hard Rock
Grunge
Alt Rock
Modern Rock
Prog Rock
Pop
New Wave
Disco
Disney
Classical
Christmas
Kids Songs
TV & Movie Themes
Video Games
Musicals
World
Requests
(((I feel I should add that I have a doctorate in music composition, and have a lot of other musical skills that you might find handy along with my piano playing: arranging, composing, songwriting, notation, recording, live sound reinforcement, DJ/VJ, mixing, mastering, and more. Write me with your questions and ideas!)))
Additional Booking Notes
Ideally there is a piano at the event for me to use. In this case I need nothing else.
If no piano is at the venue, I am happy to supply a state-of-the art piano keyboard (Yamaha CP-4), and I will also bring a Bose amplifier system, and therefore need a power source.
Services Offered
Set List
I have over 2500 songs ready to play at any moment. My go-to restaurant play-whatever-I-want list contains about 600 songs (I get through only a small portion any given performance), which is still too big to write out and list here. Instead this is just a small selection of what might appear:
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Classical:
Bach - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Sleepers, Awake, Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring
Mozart - Symphony #40, Requiem
Strauss - Blue Danube
Faure - Pavane
Debussy - Clare De Lune
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Shubert - Ave Maria
Traditional:
Danny Boy
Sukiyaki
Scarborough Fair
Shenandoah
You Are My Sunshine
Guantanamera
Hava Nagila
Rock Of Ages
Early Jazz & Dixieland
As Time Goes By
Casablanca - As Time Goes By
Nat King Cole - Night & Day
Almost Like Being in Love
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Isn’t It Romantic?
What A Wonderful World
Charleston
Satin Doll
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
Take The “A” Train
Nice Work If You Can Get It
St James Infirmary
Swing & Bebop:
Bye Bye Blackbird
Autumn Leaves
At Last
If I Were A Bell
Come Fly With Me
Beyond The Sea
Cute
Moanin
Polkadots And Moonbeams
Yardbird Suite
Cool & Golden Era:
That’s Amore
Fly Me To The Moon
New York, New York
Round Midnight
All Of Me
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Days Of Wine And Roses
The Way You Look Tonight
Misty
Latin:
Sergio Mendes - Slow Hot Wind
Perez Prado - Mambo #5, Mambo #8
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Dindi, Girl From Ipanema, Wave, How Insensitive, Corcavado
Gentle Rain
Blue Bossa
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line, Day-O
Funk & Reggae:
Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain, Three Birds, Is This Love, One Drop
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone, Exodus
Madness - House Of Fun
Soul & R&B:
Don’t You Worry About A Thang - Stevie Wonder
Chi-lites - Oh Girl
Ray Charles - Georgia, Stella By Starlight
Aretha Franklin - Stop In the Name Of Love
Diana Ross - You Can’t Hurry Love, Baby Love
Sade - Smooth Operator,
Sam Cooke - Cupid
The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, My Girl
Smokey Robinson - Tears Of A Clown
Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us, Ain’t No Sunshine
Give Me Just a Little More Time
Jackson 5 - I’ll Be There
Rock & Roll:
Lynard Skynard - Free Bird
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever, Elenor Ridgy, My Life, Strawberry Fields Forever, Help, She Loves You, Eight Days A Week, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
The Eagles - Hotel California
Styx - Sister Christian
Metallica
Stone Temple Pilots
Maroon5 - This Love, Animals
60’s Pop:
Burt Bacharach - Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
All I Have To Do Is Dream
Elvis - Can’t Help Falling In Love,
Ms Brown You Have A Lovely Daughter
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin’
Isley Bros - Summer Breeze
Carole King - It’s Too Late
Beach Boys - So Happy Together, California Girls
Joni Michell - Both Sides Now
70’s Pop:
Elton John - Bennie & The Jets, Rocket Man, Tiny Dancer, more
Stevie Wonder - Bird Of Beauty, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, My Cherie Amore
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
Tom Jones - It’s Not Unusual
America - Horse With No Name
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams, Gypsy
Dancing In The Moonlight
Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years,
Barry Manilow - Copacabana
Village People - YMCA, In The Navy
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
Marvin Gaye - Mercy, Mercy Me, Let’s Get It On
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Minnie Riperton - Lovin You
80’s Pop / New Wave:
Billy Joel - Piano Man, And So It Goes, Just The Way Your Are, Uptown Girl, more
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Bette Midler - From A Distance
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Don’t You Forget About Me
Michael Jackson - Thriller, The Girl Is Mine, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, more
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
Phil Collins - Don’t Lose My Number, One More Night, In Too Deep
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Huey Lewis And The News - Doing It All For My Baby, Back In Time, If This Is It
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels, Everyone Wants To Rule The World, more
Duran Duran - Hungry Like A Wolf
Hall & Oates - Maneater, I Can’t Go For That
Madonna - Like A Virgin, Material Girl
George Michael - Careless Whisper
B-52s - Love Shack
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
REM - Losing My Religion
Sting - Roxanne, Don’t Stand So Close, Fields Of Gold, Seven Days, more
Sade - Smooth Operator
90’s Pop:
What Is Love? - Haddaway
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Cartigans - Lovefool
Coldplay - Fix You, Clocks
U2 - Mysterious Ways
Green Day - Wonderwall
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
Smashmouth - All-Star
TLC - Waterfalls
Cher - Believe
Stone Temple Pilots - Black Hole Sun
2000’s Pop:
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Bjork - Hunter
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Katy Perry - Firework, Wide Awake
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are, Count On Me
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why
Modern Pop:
Harry Styles - As It Was
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
John Legend - Ordinary People,
Broadway:
Tonight You Belong To Me
Cats - Memory
Fantastiks - Try To Remember
The Sound Of Music - Edelweiss, My Favorite Things, Do Re Mi
Annie -It’s A Hard Knock Life
TV:
Sesame Street - theme, Rubbie Duckie, Rainbow Connection, Sing
Laverne & Shirley
Cheers
Family Guy
Bewitched
Mr. Ed
Star Trek (OS, TNG, DS9, V)
Flintstones
The Odd Couple
Friends (I’ll Be There For You)
The Smurfs
Doogie Howser, MD
Love Boat
Jeanie
Home To Emily (Newhart)
Dozens more!
Movies:
Disney - Little Mermaid, Lion King, When You Wish Upon A Star, Let It Go
James Bond - Theme, View To A Kill, You Only Live Twice, Live And Let Die
Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Superman
Harry Potter, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Back To The Future
Eye Of The Tiger, Gonna Fly Now, Shaft, Final Countdown
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Willy Wonka - Pure Imagination, The Candy Man
Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
Henry Mancini - Midnight Cowboy, Dreamsville, Moon River
Dozens and dozens more!
Video Games:
Zelda
Mario
Mega Man
Final Fantasy
Tetris
Sonic The Hedgehog
Hip hop :
Still DRE
Rapper's Delight
Gangsta's Paradice
Variety:
George Winston - Summer, Autumn selections
James Taylor - Fire & Rain
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Holiday:
White Christmas
Angels We Have Heard On High
You’re A Mean One, Mr Grinch
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Sleigh Ride
Setup Requirements
Power source