Our band plays Standards, Swing, Show Tunes, Romantic Melodies, The American Songbook. Melodic Jazz and Blues is our specialty. Classic songs with Heart and Soul. Duo, Trio, Quartet. Singer, Pianist, Sax, Drummer, Upright Bass
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Gig Length: 60 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
We are interested in performing music at your location. We do Outside or Inside Concerts. The band plays Standards, Swing, Show Tunes, Romantic Melodies, Jazz & Blues. Melodic & Romantic Music is our specialty. Classic songs with Heart and Soul. We can play as a Duo, Trio, or Quartet with optional Drums, Saxophone, depending upon your space and budget requirements. We have a huge songbook and can play a variety of tunes for your occasion. Let me know far ahead if possible and all performances will require doing a performance contract which can be done by email.
Hello: My name is Bill Coones, Song Stylist Singer/Upright Bass. We are interested in performing music at your location. We do Outside or Inside Concerts. The band plays Standards, Swing, Show Tunes, Romantic Melodies, Jazz & Blues. Melodic & Romantic Music is our specialty. Classic songs with Heart and Soul. We can play as a Duo, Trio, or Quartet with optional Drums, Saxophone, depending upon your space and budget requirements. The band has several player combinations available as seen in the videos below. We have many years of experience and can play a variety of situations (Concert, Restaurant, Winery, Festival). I always advertise our concerts & make flyers and post in local music guides & social media to invite people to your location. I post on several Facebook local pages, Jazz & Beyond on Meetup, Jazz Society of Oregon, Jazz Near You (National & Local Publication online) and others. Duo, Trio, or Quartet We are based in Portland Oregon and can travel to your place of business. Please email or text me and I can answer your questions. Bill Coones,
Music Locations the Band has performed at in the last 5 years: The Allison Inn & Spa (Newberg), Wilfs (Union Station), Skamania Lodge (Stevenson Wa), Spirit Mountain Casino (New Years Eve Five years events), The Blind Ox (Pdx), Birch St (Camas), Social Goods (Newberg), Salud (Camas), Night Market (Vancouver), Hillsdale Farmers Market (Hillsdale) Happy Valley Farmers Market (Pdx), , Sidewalk Shindig (Silverton), Willamette Ale & Cider House (West Linn), Nicoletta's Table (Lake Oswego), The Venetian (Hillsboro), Bigfoot Growlers (Sandy), OHSU Market (PDX), Woodlawn Farmers Market (PDX), Happy Valley Farmers Market (PDX), Elk Cove Winery (Gaston), Eola Hills Winery (Rickreal), Lange Estate Winery (Dundee), Hawthorne Farmers Market (Portland), Mosier Fest (Mosier,Or), The Blue Hour (Portland), Oregon Public House (PDX), Mekong Bistro (Portland), Buffalo Gap (Portland), Cascade Blues Assoc Catfish Lou's (Portland), New Seasons (Woodstock), Paradise Harley (Tigard), Orenco Station (Hillsboro), Produce Row (Portland), Hillsboro Library (Hillsboro), The Jazz Station (Eugene), Patton Valley Vineyard (Gaston), Channels Edge (Portland), Celilo Inn (The Dalles), Woodstock New Seasons (Portland), Ledding Library (Milwaukee), Hillsboro Library (Hillsboro), Cask N Keg Taproom (West Linn), Dobbes Family Estate Winery (Dundee), Music Millennium (Portland), Artichoke Music (Portland), Muddy Rudder (Portland), BORC (Portland), Poshettes (Portland), , Prosperity Pie (Multnomah Village), The Big LeGrowlski (Portland), Oregon Public House (Portland), Many More..
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Bill Coones (Vocalist, Upright Bass) Bill has lived in the Portland Oregon area for many years and played music at local Night Clubs Restaurants, Winerys, and special occasions. He has a way of presenting the romantic side of the Standards uniquely his own and is a real crowd pleaser in his soulful delivery of classic tunes from Broadway Shows and the Jazz and Blues scene. Bill has appeared at the Mt Hood Festival of Jazz in 1988, Rose City Blues Festival and Waterfront Blues Fest numerous years among others in the area, and many local night clubs and restaurants. He also has played music Internationally in Canada and England. Only performs with the best in the genre as a Duo, Trio or Quartet. Bill has performed with many of the best: Tom McFarland, Pete Karnes, Dan Perz, Larry Adair, Janice Scroggins, Dan Donahue, Dave Howell and many more in past years.
Duncan Branom (Drums) Duncan has studied with Joe Morello, Ed Thigpen, Ray Mosca ,Roy Brooks, Jim Chapin and many more. A graduate of the Advanced School of Contemporary Music, Duncan has played with The Oscar Peterson Trio, Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Pepper Adams, Red Garland, Major Holly, Wilber Ware, Doug Wakins, Barney Kessell, Leroy Vinnegar, Peter Appleyard, Gap Mangione, Geoff Lee, Lou Perrine and many more. He is featured on many YouTube videos and is a well known Drum Teacher in the Portland Oregon area. “After going to the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto, Ca..I stayed in NY for a year and played with and hung out with, Pepper Adams, Doug Walkins, Billy Taylor, Wilber Ware, Red Garland, Joe Morello, Major Holly, and many more. Playing Jazz was the heart and soul of my life and it is still so. came to Portland and played with Leroy Vinnegar and made his last recording in 1999. Still playing Jazz and I still have the same love for it.”
Dave Howell (Piano) Started learning piano when he was six years old in Toledo Ohio, home of jazz greats Art Tatum and Stanley Cowell. After banging his head against classical music for a few years, Dave studied trumpet, piano, jazz theory, and early music at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the 1980s. When the West Coast called out to him with its siren song, he moved to Half Moon Bay, California to write seminal MIDI music apps for the Apple IIgs and Mac. Dave has played in bands with a variety of styles loosely centered around jazz, including bebop, Afrocuban, funk, big band, and blues.
Jason “Goose” Gersing (Saxophone) was born and raised in Miami. He picked up alto sax in 6th grade and by 11th grade was sharing the stage with the great trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, who directed the Broward’s All-County Jazz Band, in which Jason played lead alto sax. While attending college in Pennsylvania, Jason began playing tenor and was active in the Lancaster and Philadelphia jazz scenes and formed a band called Funk ‘n A, which - among other performances - opened for the GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. The summer before his junior year, Jason joined the Hershey Park band, and it was there that he acquired the nickname “Goose.” After college, Goose moved to New York City and studied jazz and improvisation with Manhattan School of Music professor and pianist Garry Dial. Jason also took lessons with Broadway musician and saxophone guru Eddie Salkin. Goose was active in the NY scene, collaborating with a new generation of jazz musicians, including Danny Fox, Matt Parker, and Mike Campagna. He formed the Goose Gersing trio with bassist Peter Brendler and drummer Ben Cliness and played regularly with the Americana band Yarn and the Andrew Hendryx Ensemble. Also, he spent four months playing in the jazz orchestra of Holland American’s Maasdam cruise ship. In 2008, Goose moved to Paris where he played with the band UFO (Unidentified Funky Object) and in 2011 landed in Portland, Oregon. Since arriving, Goose has played with local bands, including the ska-punk band Smash Bandits, the Mel Brown septet, Baby and Pearl Blowers, as well as internationally renowned artists, such as The Temptations
We would like to be undercover if outside and if possible not directly on grass or earth. If that is not possible just lay down some plywood on the ground so we are not directly in contact with the ground...safety measure.
Vocal Standards: A Blossom Fell(G), A Sunday Kind Of Love(Eb-), All Of Me(C), Almost Like Being In Love(G), Angel Eyes(Eb), At Last(G), April In Paris(Bb), Autumn In New York(F), Beyond The Sea(C), Blues In My Heart(G), Born To Be Blue(C), But Beautiful(G), But Not For Me(C), Cherokee(Eb), Candy(F), Come Rain or Come Shine(F), Cry Me A River (Eb), Darn That Dream(F), Deep In A Dream, Dinah(G), East Of The Sun(G), Easy Living(D), Ebb Tide(Bb), Fever(Em), Foggy Day(A), Foolish Heart(Bb), First Time I Saw Your Face(F), God Bless The Child(Eb), Girl From Ipanema(F), Girl Talk(Eb), Georgia(F), Gee Baby Aint I Good To You(Eb), Green Dolphin St.(C), Gone With The Wind (Eb), Here's That Rainy Day(F), How Long(Bb), Have You Met Miss Jones(F), How Deep Is The Ocean(C), How High The Moon(G), I Could Have Told You (Eb), I Wonder(Eb), I Only Have Eyes For You(G), Is You Is(Eb), I Thought About You(F), It Could Happen To You(Eb), I'd Love To Make Love To You(C), In The Dark(C), I'm A Fool To Want You(G). Just Friends(G), The Late Late Show(D), Laura(C), Lil Darlin (F), Love Walked In(Bb), Lovewise(Eb), Moonlight In Vermont(Eb), Mam'Selle (D), My Funny Valentine(Eb), My One and Only Love(C), Moonglow(G), Moanin(Fm), Mood Indigo(Ab), Midnight Sun(C), Mister Sandman(Bb), Misty(Eb), Nature Boy(C), New York State Of Mind (C), Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You(Eb), On A Clear Day(F), Orange Colored Sky ( ), Our Day Will Come(G), Pretty Women(F), Ruby(Bb), Our Love Is Here To Stay(Bb), Round Midnight (Eb), Save Your Love For Me(D), Stormy Weather(G), Strange Fruit(G), Sentimental Journey(C), Send Me Someone To Love(G), September In The Rain(Eb), Same Old Blues(G), Poinciana (F), Pretty Women(Eb), Quando (F), Say It Isnt So(G), Summertime(Fm), Satin Doll(C), Stormy Weather(G), St James Infirmary(Em), Since I Fell For You(C), Skylark(Eb), Sugar(Eb), Stardust(Db), Soft Winds(G), Strange Fruit(C-), Tenderly(Eb), That Sunday That Summer(C), The Nearness of You(F), There Will Never Be Another You(Eb), The Best Is Yet To Come ( ), The Days Of Wine & Roses(Eb), Too Close For Comfort(C), The Late Late Show(D), The Nearness Of You(F), Trouble In Mind(F), Try A Little Tenderness(C), Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Eb), Unforgettable(G), When Lights Are Low(Bb), Wave(D), We'll Be Together Again(C), Watch What Happens(Eb), When I Fall In Love(Eb), Work song(Cm), Without A Song(C), Willow Weep For Me(G), Walk On The Wild Side(C), World Of Trouble(C), What A difference A Day Made(Eb), When The Sun Comes Up (Bb), You Dont Know What Love Is(Ab), Yesterdays(Bb), Yellow Days(D), Youd Be So Nice To Come Home to(Eb-), You Send Me(D), Youre Looking At Me (Ab),
Instrumental Standards: Autumn Leaves, All the Things You Are,
Alice In Wonderland, Affirmation, A Fine Romance, Alone Together, Anthropology, Alone Together, A Night In Tunisia, Bewitched, Beautiful Love, Blue Room, Blue Bossa, Bemsha Swing, Birks Works, Body and Soul, Black Orpheus, Bluesette, Blue Monk, Blue Dove, Ceora, Central Park West, Corcovado, Comme Ci Comme Ca, Days Of Wine And Roses, Desifinado , Dolphin Dance, Donna Lee, Dont Get Around Much Anymore, Days of Wine and Roses, Dreamsville, Donna Lee, Emily, Easy To Love, Este Seu Olhar, Embraceable You, Footprints, Falling In Love With Love, Freddie The Freeloader, Forest Flower, Four, Footprints, Feel Like Making Love, Flamingo, Fly Me to The Moon, Giant Steps, Gentle Rain, Groovin High, Goodby Porkpie Hat, Hey There, Hard Times, Harlem Nocturne, I Cant Get Started, I Got It Bad, I Love You, I Should Care, In A Sentimental Mood, I Remember You, In A Mellow Tone, In Your Own Sweet Way, I Hear A Rhapsody, I'll Remember April, I Thought About You, I Cant Get Started, It Don't Mean A Thing, I Got It Bad, I Should Care, I Hear A Rhapsody, Indiana, Its Alright With Me, It Dont Mean A Thing, It's Only A Paper Moon, I Love You, It Might As Well Be Spring, I Remember Clifford, Indiana, Jennine, Joy Spring, Journey To Recife, Jordu, Killer Joe, La Historia De Un Amor, Little Boat(C), Lucky Southern, Lullaby Of Bird-land, Lazy-bird, Ladybird, Lazy River, Love For Sale, Loverman, Menina Flor, Mercy Mercy, Misty, Meditation, My Romance, My Favorite Things, Maiden Voyage, Mr. Lucky, Mr PC, Mercy Mercy, More Than You Know, My One and Only Love, Night And Day, O Grande Amor, Old Folks, One Note Samba, Out Of Nowhere, Once I loved, Old Folks, Over The Rainbow, Prelude To A Kiss, Pent Up House, Recado Bossa Nova, Road Song, So What, Stolen Moments, The Song Is You, Sophisticated Lady, Solar, September Song, Soft As A Morning Sunrise, Sophisticated Lady, Spring Can Really Hang You Up the most, Star Dust, Satin Doll, Scrapple From The Apple, Stompin At The Savoy, St Thomas, Serenata, Seven Come Eleven, The Shadow Of Your Smile, The Man I Love, Scotch and Soda, Seven Come Eleven, Shiny Stockings, So What, Straight No Chaser, Stompin At The Savoy, Stella By Starlight, Song For My Father, Shiny Stockings, Stolen Moments, Stairway To The Stars, Stardust, Stolen Moments, St. Thomas, Serene, Sweet and Lovely, Take The A Train, The More I See You, There Is No Greater Love, The Shadow Of Your Smile, The Song Is You, The Days Of Wine And Roses, The Best Is Yet To Come, Tear It Down, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Triste, Take Five, Unit Seven, Time After Time, Unit Seven, Up Jumped Spring, Very Thought Of You, Vera Cruz, Watermellon Man, Waltz for Debby, Well You Needn't, What's New, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, You Are Too Beautiful, Yesterdays, You'd Be So Nice to come Home to, You Stepped Out of a Dream, You Make Me Feel So Young,
All sorts of Swing and Jazz bands from the past. Doing Romantic tunes our specialty. We also do classic tunes from the Swing and Jazz Era post dixieland. Cool Jazz, West Coast Jazz/Blues.
We have all our own musical Equipment, just need electricity and shelter where necessary.
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