We play your favorite songs from the 20's to the 50's as well as modern songs done in a vintage jazz style. We provide a delightful, relaxing, and authentic live music experience for your event. Our music is suited for weddings, corporate events, cocktail parties, gallery openings, birthday parties, house concerts, fundraisers, holiday parties, and garden soirees. We can play as a duo with guitar and vocals or up to a 5-piece band that can include such instruments such as guitar, upright bass, percussion, clarinet, trumpet and vocals. We can also provide music in a virtual setting. We will work with you to develop a set-list, instrumentation, and a budget that is perfect for your event.
We had a jazz quartet with some jazz versions of Beatles songs for my mom to play as background dinner music and They were Perfect in every way! Rachel was a pleasure to work with.
Response from The Rosemary Jazz Band:
It was a great pleasure to provide music for the birthday party! Alana was one of the best hosts I’ve ever worked with. Super kind, sincere, and communicative about what she was looking for. Her mom and party guests were just wonderful! Such an honor to be asked to be part of the event.
Price Range: $200-$5000
Gig Length: 60 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Certificate of Insurance
The Rosemary Jazz Band is a vocal led jazz ensemble with guitar, upright bass, drums, and trumpet/clarinet. We play music from the 20s-50s and modern songs done in a jazzy style, covering a repertoire that includes such artists as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole, and Edith Piaf, We can play as small as a vocal/guitar duo or with the full band as 5 players.
The Rosemary Jazz Band is a New York based event band playing jazz standards from the 20's to the 50's as well as modern songs done in a vintage jazz style. We play weddings, special occasions, and corporate events. The band is led by vocalist and songwriter Rachel Lee Walsh and includes top musicians from the NYC and Hudson Valley area. Rachel studied jazz vocal performance at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and also Hunter College in NYC. She has worked as a vocalist and songwriter in the Folk Americana genre for more than 15 years and in 2017 returned to her jazz roots with The Rosemary Jazz Band. Her song "Please Come to Brooklyn" was chosen as the winner of the Brooklyn Anthem Bash.
Requirements for staging and sound include access to electrical outlets, moderate amount amount of light and we can provide the sound amplification.
| November 23, 2018 • 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Birthday Party |
| November 08, 2018 • 4:00pm - 7:00pm | Brooklyn Birthday Party Soiree |
| October 10, 2018 • 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Corporate Cocktail Party |
This is a sampling of songs we play. We can also add any songs you'd like to hear in the set.
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Sunny Side of The Street
I Could Write a Book
My Baby Just Cares for Me
My Funny Valentine
All of Me
Ain't Misbehavin
How High The Moon
Body and Soul
But Not For Me
You Go To My Head
Round Midnight
Misty
It Had To Be You
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Blue Skies
For Sentimental Reasons
Take The A Train
They Can’t Take That Away from Me
Someone to Watch Over Me
St. James Infirmary
Our Love is Here To Stay
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Stompin’ at the Savoy
Satin Doll
Blue Gardenia
Autumn Leaves
Lullaby of Birdland
High How the Moon
Black Coffee
Night in Tunisia
I Wan’t a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Summertime
I’ve Got a Crush On You
Come Rain or Come Shine
I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You
Stormy Weather
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
Sweet Pea (Amos Lee)
Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
Love Song (Adele)
Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)
Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson)
All of Me (John Legend)
Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)
The Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson)
Tea for Two
Cheek to Cheek
(I’ve got you) Under my Skin
Honeysuckle Rose
Fly Me to the Moon
Stompin at the Savoy
Paper Moon
When I fall in Love
The Nearness of You
Old Devil Moon
Autumn in New York
Embraceable
La Vie En Rose
Lush Life
At Last
Birdland
La Mer
Sunday Kind of Love
What A Wonderful World
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Feelin Good
A Tisket a Tasket
Just One of Those Things
Stella by Starlight
Witchcraft
Skylark
Girl from Ipanema
Nice Work if You Can Get It
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?
Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Norah Jones, Amos Lee, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Judy Garland, Harry Connick, Sara Vaughn, Leonard Cohen
Electrical Outlets
Public Address System (Optional)
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