With more than a century of collective musical performance experience, Peace of Cake offers top level keyboard/piano, guitar, bass, and trumpet/flugelhorn and amazing female and male vocals. We feature multiple three and four part harmonies that emphasize quality over volume and make your event a truly special one. Our song list offers a variety of music that will delight and entertain a guest list that runs from the Greatest Generation through Baby Boomers to Gen X and Millennials. It features recent and classic hits from Broadway, Jazz, Swing, Pop, Rock and Roll, Latin, and Broadway.
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Gig Length: 45 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
Peace of Cake are seven New Orleans area musicians who play an incredibly wide variety of music ranging from traditional pop, jazz, and swing standards to country, rock and roll, and even show tunes. We can provide a great musical background for cocktails and conversation and follow with a mix of high energy hits and soothing ballads that will have young and old alike dancing all night long! If you're interested in a band that will enhance, energize, and complement, but not overpower your event, check out Peace of Cake.
We understand most folks are limited by their budgets. If you have a fundraiser for a good cause we will do everything we can to be part of it. We believe in families and if you have a special family event, we won't let a few dollars stop us from helping you celebrate that love. We can work with you on the number of people you should hire from a single pianist, to a jazz duet, trio, and all the way up to the full group.
Peace of Cake is a group of seven New Orleans area musicians who play an incredibly wide variety of music ranging from traditional pop, jazz, and swing standards to country, rock and roll, and even show tunes. We can provide a great musical background for cocktails and conversation and follow with a mix of high energy hits and soothing ballads that will have young and old alike dancing all night long! We cover a very broad spectrum of musical styles and genres. Many events have a wide range of guests, with some ready to dance the night away to a pounding bass line and others who only hope they can enjoy some familiar songs and converse at dinner without leaning across the table and yelling. There are no guarantees that any band is the perfect fit for a specific occasion. Whether your event is an annual one or happens only once in a lifetime, it’s crucially important to you and a mismatched band can be a disaster. (It’s no fun for the band, either.) First, take a look at our song list to see if we play the kind of music you want. Second, watch and listen to our clips. There are lots of good bands out there and most of them will deliver acceptable music, but you still need to confirm that by checking out sound clips and videos of live performances. However, the most important thing for both the band and the hosts is to meet and make sure the personal connection is positive. If your event is a private one, it's likely also an intensely personal experience and you need to feel good about making us a part of it. Similarly, even if you’re setting up a corporate function and it’s not so personal, your reputation is on the line and you don’t want to have to worry about what impression the band might make. The same is true from our point of view — we can only play so many gigs and want to make sure the ones we do are for people we have a connection with. That means it’s fun for us, fun for you, and fun for your guests.
If you’re interested in making us a part of your event, we will do our best to invite you to a gig or a practice with the whole band. If that’s not possible, we’d still like you to meet you in person, so we can make sure we’re all singing off the same sheet of music!
There are no guarantees that any band is the perfect fit for a specific occasion. Whether your event is an annual one or happens only once in a lifetime, it’s crucially important to you and a mismatched band can be a disaster. (It’s no fun for the band, either.) First, take a look at our song list to see if we play the kind of music you want. Second, watch and listen to our clips. There are lots of good bands out there and most of them will deliver acceptable music, but you still need to confirm that by checking out sound clips and videos of live performances.
However, the most important thing for both the band and the hosts is to meet and make sure the personal connection is positive. If your event is a private one, it's likely also an intensely personal experience and you need to feel good about making us a part of it. Similarly, even if you’re setting up a corporate function and it’s not so personal, your reputation is on the line and you don’t want to have to worry about what impression the band might make. The same is true from our point of view — we can only play so many gigs and want to make sure the ones we do are for people we have a connection with. That means it’s fun for us, fun for you, and fun for your guests.
Our song list offers a variety of music that will delight and entertain a guest list that runs from the Greatest Generation through Baby Boomers to Gen X and Millennials. It features recent and classic hits from Broadway, Jazz, Swing, Pop, Rock and Roll, Latin, and Broadway. Our many sample videos offer a mix of studio work and live performances, because even though the sound on a live performance video is never a good as the real thing, you know it's not a product of multiple takes. You can get a good idea of what we play from the list of songs on our site. As you can tell, we cover a very broad spectrum of musical styles and genres. Many events have a wide range of guests, with some ready to dance the night away to a pounding bass line and others who only hope they can enjoy some familiar songs and converse at dinner without leaning across the table and yelling. Our goal is to make your event a thoroughly enjoyable one for both of those guests. We play music your guests can dance to or talk through. We will work closely with you to make sure the music we play and the way we play it fits the mood you're trying to create.
Our favorite songs mark the milestones of our lives. Just the first few familiar opening bars of a tune can take us back to a special time, place, or person. Whether it’s your beloved college alma mater/fight song, a song from a favorite show that brings you a smile (or a tear), or the song from your first prom dance, music is best when it touches the heart. At one of our recent engagements, an older guest with some physical problems told us that one of our songs meant so much to him and his wife that it inspired him to dance with her for the first time in almost 30 years. The couple was teary eyed, the host was delighted, and we were thrilled to be a part of it all. Your special song may be on our list already, but if it’s not, we want to make sure you have it at your event. We have accomplished musicians who can write an arrangement of your special song for our group in a minimum amount of time. We will get just as much of a kick out of the reaction of your guests to that surprise special song as you will and have worked with clients who wrote their own special lyrics to songs that were used to honor someone or tell a story. In fact, many of the songs in our library that might strike you as "unusual" are there because a host asked us to add them to enhance the theme of the event or honor someone in particular. If for some reason we can’t do justice to the song you want, we can always play a recording of it through our system, but that’s not likely to happen. Playing your special songs helps connect us to the meaning of your event and makes what we do so much more than just playing the same set list at another gig. In that regard, we’ll want to work with you to make sure our set list uses the songs from our library that you like the most and in the order that best fits your needs.
A Day in the Life of a Fool Black Orpheus
Africa Toto
Ain’t Misbehavin Aint MIsbehavin
All of Me Various
All the Things You Are Tommie Dorsey
Almost Like Being in Love Brigadoon
As time Goes By Casablanca
At Last Etta James
Bandstand Boogie Barry Manilow
Basin Street Blues Louis Armstrong
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewlidered Pal Joey
Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin
Birdland Manhattan Transfer
Blackbird Beatles
Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Andrews Sisters
Bring Him Home Les Miserables
Build me up Buttercup Foundations
But Not For Me Gershwin
Buy Me A Rose Kenny Rogers
Bye Bye Blackbird Jazz Standard
Can You Feel the Love Tonight Elton John
Can’t Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley
Candle on the Water Helen Reddy (Pete's Dragon)
Can't Buy Me Love Beatles
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Franie Valli
Catch a Falling Star Perry Como
Circle Harry Chapin
Close to You Carpenters
Color My World Chicago
Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra
Cups Anna Kendrick
Devil with the Blue Dress Miss Molly Mitch Ryder
Do You Know What it Means Billie Holliday
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Elton John
Don’t Know Why Norah Jones
Dream a Little Dream Mama Cass
Embraceable You Gershwin
Emily Americanization of Emily
Everything Michael Buble
Feelin’ Groovy Simon & Garfunkle
Fever Peggy Lee
Firework Katy Perry
Fly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra
For All We Know Carpenters
For Good Wicked
Girl from Ipanema Antonio Carlos Jobim
God Bless the Child Blood Sweat & Years
Grazing in the Grass Hugh Mazeka
Hallelujah Shreck
Hawaii Five O Ventures
High Hopes Frank Sinatra
Hooray for Hollywood Doris Day
How Sweet it Is James Taylor
I Can’t Make You Love Me Bonnie Raitt
I Dreamed a Dream Les Miserables
I Hope You Dance
I Say a Little Prayer Dionne Warwick
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face My Fair Lady
If You Leave Me Now Chicago
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down Pat Boone
It Don’t Mean a Thing Duke Ellington
It’s All Right with Me Can-Can
Johnny Angel Shelly Fabres
Jolene Dolly Parton
Just in Time Bells Are Ringing
Just The Way You Are Billy Joel
Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack
Landslide Stevie Nicks
Let It Go Frozen
Linus and Lucy Vince Giraldi (Peanuts)
Listen to the Music Doobie Brothers
Look to the Rainbow Finian’s Rainbow
LOVE Nat King Cole
Mack the Knife Bobby Darin
Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway
Misty Johnny Mathis
Moon River Andy Williams
Music of the Night Phantom of the Opera
My Favorite Things Sound of Music
My Funny Valentine Babes in Arms
Old Time Rock & Roll Bob Seger
On My Own Les Miserables
One Chorus Line
One Fine Day Chiffons
One Note Samba Antonio Joabim
Over the Rainbow Wizard of Oz
Perhaps Love John Denver
Pick Yourself Up Diana Krall
Pink Panther Henry Mancini
Pocketful of Miracles Frank Sinatra
Poker Face Glee
Proud Mary Tina Turner
Rainbow Connection Muppets
Rolling in the Deep Adele
Route 66 Nat King Cole
S Wonderful Gershwin
Satin Doll Duke Ellington
Save the Last Dance Drifters/Buble
Sing Carpenters
Sing Sing Sing Jimmy Dorsey
Someone Like You Adele
Someone to Watch Over Me Various
Something Stupid Frank & Nancy Sinatra
Somewhere Out There Linda Ronstadt (American Tail)
Sound of Music (medley) Sound of Music
Stand By Me Ben King
Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat King Cole
Summer Wind Frank Sinatra
Summertime Porgy & Bess
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
Sweet Georgia Brown Harlem Globetrotters Theme
Take Five Dave Brubeck
Tea for Two Various
Tequila Champs
The Boy from NYC Manhattan Transfer
The Lion Sleeps Tonight Tokens
The Look of Love Sergio Mendes
The Prayer Dion
The Shoop Shoop Song Cher
The Way You Look Tonight Michael Buble
There’s No Business Like Show Business Gypsy
They Can’t Take that Away from Me Fred Astaire
This Guy’s In Love with You Herb Alpert
This Is It Bugs Bunny
Thou Swell Nat King Cole
Tiger Rag LSU
Turn Around Harry Belafonte
Tuxedo Junction Glenn Miller
Unchained Melody Everly Brothers
Under the Sea Little Mermaid
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Ventura Highway America
Wagon Wheel Darrius Rucker
What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
When I Fall in Love Nat King Cole
When the Saints Go Marching In / Second Line Various
When Will I Be Loved Linda Ronstadt
When You Wish Upon a Star Various
Wipeout Safaris
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again Phantom of the Opera
You Can’t Hurry Love Supremes
You Raise Me Up Josh Groban
| Lindsey Piatolly | Lead Vocals |
| Ellen Rosenow | Vocals |
| Bailey Lanier | Vocals |
| John Esparros | Guitar |
| Dave Haydel | Bass |
| Randy Lanier | Drums |
| Yvette Crist | Keyboard |
| Pat Rosenow | Trumpt/Flugelhorn/Vocals |
If you need to hire an affordable group of musicians who can bring you the best in a wide variety of music without breaking your budget or your guests' eardrums, give us a call. We can play your favorite high energy tunes that get everyone dancing, but take pride in featuring sophisticated harmonies and rhythms that are more than a loud lead singer with a pounding bass and drums. Having its earliest roots in a church music ministry, the band also believes there is a emotional and spiritual aspect to all music, from the joy and laughter in rock, swing, and pop; to the love and tears in jazz and Broadway. We play for the love of the music and the role it has in making your event a special one.
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