The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn are the leading swing, jazz and retro blues band for all celebrations! This inimitable band presents an impressive and eclectic repertoire including burning jazz, New Orleans swing, and catchy pop hits of the 1920's & 30's. They blend nostalgic blues favorites, gritty 1950s R&B, Dixieland, high energy dance floor-packing jump blues, rockabilly, plus a bit of vintage country western for truly one-of-a-kind entertainment.
Great sounds...will be bringing them back to our community
Response from The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn:
Thank you so much for inviting us back again this year to be a part of your celebrations! Can't wait till next year!
Best wishes,
Chris Pistorino
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The Blue Vipers
They did so well and we requested them to change up their music style and they were so accommodating! They play EXACTLY what we are looking for and come with a smile everytime!!
Band was prompt, professional, and helped make my event special for all. Would highly recommend booking them for your next party. Wish I had them another 30 mins as people just started dancing about 1 1/2 hours into their 2 hour set and we really would have loved to keep them later into the evening.
Response from The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn:
We had such a good time playing for you guys. Thanks so much.
The Blue Vipers were great - exactly what our client was seeking for a fun, outdoor Fat Tuesday promotional event on the streets of NYC. They braved the cold weather with smiles and played a good variety of New Orleans style jazz, including a last minute client requested song. Very easy to work with and would definitely recommend/hire again! They literally had New Yorkers of all ages dancing in the streets.
Price Range: $500 and up.
Gig Length: 60 - 360 minutes
Languages: English
Depends on the gig/venue.
The Blue Vipers are a top-choice band for weddings & events, and will work closely with you to make sure your party is not only incredibly unique, but memorable for guests and downright fun for you! The Vipers were featured in the winter issue of New York Magazine Weddings "Ultimate New York Wedding Planner" as one of the select few "Best Bands.” Check them out on the knot, and follow on Facebook. Contact today for extraordinary music at your party!
"I Love them! They set a great tone for any event." BETTE MIDLER 5/2010 (New York Restoration Project Gala, hosted by Nathan Lane).
"The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn provided fantastic entertainment." WILLIE NELSON 6/2007 (Farm Aid Event).
The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn have played weddings, events, and festivals all over New York City and up & down the East Coast. Some highlights include headlining Lisa Loeb's nuptials in New York City, playing with Bette Midler, and opening for Elvis Costello. They have performed with Margot Bingham (Daughter Maitland) and Stephen DeRosa (Eddie Cantor) at HBO's Boardwalk Empire Finale Parties. They've provided entertainment for Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and the Farm Aid board of directors. Corporate clients include Bergdorf Goodman, NYC Wine and Food Festival, HBO, The Food Network, and The Village Voice Obie Awards. in 2007 the Blue Vipers of Brooklyn were voted the winners (by studio audience and viewers) as the “Subway Idol” contest winners. The contest was month long live television performance feature on FOX's nationally syndicated “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet.”
This is a just a small sampling of The Vipers' events, festivals and accomplishments. The Blue Vipers perform every Monday from 8-11pm at Chez Oskar in Fort Green, Brooklyn. Visit them every Tuesday 7-10pm at Bar Tabac in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
“Just want to thank you for the lovely performances on Friday and Saturday. The men's team really was impressed. It's the first time they've ever complimented any band that I've booked!”
BERGDORFF GOODMAN Cannon H, Special Events
“Ethan and I are back from our honeymoon and wanted to thank you and the rest of the band for coming all the way up to Queensbury to play at our wedding. You all looked and sounded perfect! I can't even begin to tell you how many compliments we got on the music. Thank you for making it the most amazing evening for us - it was everything we had hoped for!”
Elizabeth S, Wedding Queensbury NY
“Just want to send a quick thank you for Sat. You guys are the BEST! Our guests were blown away-they absolutely loved you guys. It was so great to have you play our wedding- and every time we listen to you we will always remember what a fun and special time you made it. Thanks again for the "customized" Margie...the song will always hold a sweet memory for me.”
Andrea and Jim, Wedding Rye NY
“Adam and I are back from our honeymoon and I just wanted to thank you again for helping to make our wedding so fantastic. You guys were so awesomely professional and I don't know HOW many people said you were the best band they'd heard in a looooong time. We thank you for your hard work and for making it such a special day for us.”
Amanda G, Wedding New York Botanical Gardens
“You guys were just incredible and gave the wedding and cocktail hour the exact vibe we had hoped for...what luck we were walking through Central Park that day to stumble upon you guys.
Jason and Melody, United Nations
"Although they've been winning awards left and right and receiving accolades from music legends like Willie Nelson, since 2007, the Blue Vipers have the kind of stuff that stardom is defined by. The group's percolating soup of swing, New Orleans jazz, vintage jazz, and country is not only timeless but actually revolutionary in a sense; to a younger generation this will be seen as new, freshly scrubbed." LESLIE CONNORS, JAZZTIMES Feb. 2011
"There are old souls in the young bodies of the Blue Vipers of Brooklyn. They play the best kind of roots music, one that explores the various sounds that turned on the youth in pre-and-post WWII America. Unifying it all is the band's dazzling jazz chops." ROBERT SUTTON, JAZZCORNER Feb. 2011
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| September 05, 2021 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Birthday Party |
| April 26, 2018 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Corporate Event |
| February 13, 2018 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm | House Party |
| January 05, 2017 • 6:00pm - 10:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| November 18, 2016 • 8:00pm - 10:00pm | Birthday (Adult) |
| January 06, 2016 • 6:00pm - 8:30pm | Cocktail Party |
The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn
Repertoire list
Tempos are generally interchangeable. ie. Medium tempos can be Ballads or Medium Up. Etc.
A Rollin and A Tumblin (Up Blues) by Muddy Waters 1950
After You’ve Gone (Medium Tempo/Up Tempo) by Turner Layton 1918
Ain’t She Sweet (Trad Jazz instrumental) by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen 1927
Ain’t Misbehavin’(Medium Slow Tempo) by (Fats Waller)Thomas Wright Waller 1929
Alabama Jubilee (Medium Tempo) by George L. Cobb and Jack Yellen 1915
All Of Me (Medium Tempo) by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons 1931
All Night Long (Blues) by Clifton Chenier
Amazing Grace (Gospel)words by John Newton 1779 music 1835
Avalon (Up Tempo)by Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva and Vincent Rose 1920
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (Traditional Jazz) Traditional 1911
Baby Face (Medium Up Swing) by Harry Akst, Benny Davis 1926
(Back Home Again In) Indiana (Up Tempo) by Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley 1917
Backwater Blues (Blues) by Bessie Smith 1927
Basin Street Blues (Bluesy) by Spencer Williams 1926
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Up Tempo) by Jacob Jacobs, Sholom Secunda 1932
Bill Bailey (Won't You Come Home) (Medium Up Tempo) by Hughie Cannon 1902
Blue Drag (Medium Up Tempo) by Fletcher Allen 1935
Blue Monday (Classic New Orleans Style R&B) by Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew 1954
Blue Moon (Medium Tempo)by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart 1934
Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Slow Country 2 Best Feel) by Bill Monroe 1946
Blue Skies (Medium Tempo, Medium Slow Tempo)Irving Berlin 1926
Blues In My Heart (Bluesy)Irving Mills, Benny Carter 1931
Bright Lights Big City (Blues) Jimmy Reed 1961
Bring It On Home To Me (R & B)Sam Cooke 1962
Burn Your Playhouse Down (Country) by George Jones, Lester Blackwell
Bye Bye Blackbird (Medium Tempo)by Ray Henderson 1926
Bye Bye Blues (Medium Up Tempo) by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray 1930
Chinatown My Chinatown (Up Tempo) by William Jerome, Jean Schwartz 1910
Crazy (Medium Country)Willie Nelson 1961
Crazy ‘bout My Baby (medium up tempo swing) by Fats Waller 1935
Cross The Room (BV original Medium Swing) by William Nemec
Cupid (R & B)by Sam Cooke 1961
Dedicated To You (Ballad) Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret 1936
Diga Diga Doo (Up Tempo)by James Francis McHugh, Dorothy Fields 1928
Dinah(Up Tempo) by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young 1925
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (Ballad)by Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter 1946
Don’t Leave Me Now (New Orleans Style R&B/Early Rock and Roll)recorded by Elvis Presley written by Aaron Schroeder, Ben Weisman 1957
Don’t Pretend (Blues original) by William Nemec
Down By The Riverside (Gospel) traditional
Dream a Little Dream Of Me (Medium Slow) by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn 1931
Evening (Medium Tempo) by Cadell Meryn
Everybody Loves My Baby, but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me (Medium/Up tempo swing) Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams 1924
Exactly Like You (Medium Up Tempo) by Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields 1930
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Medium Tempo) by Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis and Joseph Widow Young 1925
Five Guys Named Moe (Up Tempo) by Louis Thomas Jordan 1963
Fly Me To The Moon (medium swing or bossa nova) by Bart Howard 1954
Folsom Prison Blues (Blues)by Johnny Cash 1957
Forty Days And Forty Nights(Original) by William Nemec
Foolin’ Myself (Medium Tempo)
Gangster Of Love (Blues)by Johnny "Guitar" Watson 1957
Georgia On My Mind (Ballad) by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell 1930
Get Yourself A Job Girl (Blues) by Wynonie Harris 1947
Glory Land (Gospel) by James W. Acuff, Emmett S. Dean 1906
Good Night Irene (Waltz) traditional, popularized by Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter 1933
Half As Much (Country 2 Beat Feel)by Curley Williams in 1951
Hardheaded Woman (Blues) Elvis Presley, by Claude Demetrius 1958
Hava Nagila (Hora)traditional
Hey Good Lookin (Country 2 Beat Feel) by Hank Williams 1951
Hindustan (Up Tempo) by Oliver Wallace & Harold Weeks 1918
Honest I Do (Blues)by Jimmy Reed 1957
Honeysuckle Rose (Medium Up Tempo) by Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, Andy Razaf 1929
I Ain’t Got Nobody (Medium Tempo) by Spencer Williams 1915
I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me (Ballad) by Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill 1926
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Medium Tempo) by Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields 1928
I Found a New Baby (Traditional Jazz instrumental) by Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams 1926
I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good (Medium Tempo) by Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster 1941
I Got Rhythm (Traditional Jazz instrumental) by George and Ira Gershwin 1930
I’ll Fly Away (Gospel) by Albert E. Brumley 1929
I’ll See You In My Dreams (Medium Up Tempo) by Isham Jones, Gus Kahn 1924
I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby (Up Tempo)Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller 1931
I’m Confessin’ (Medium Slow Tempo) by Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al J. Neiburg 1930
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Medium Ballad) by Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young 1935
I’m Sitting On Top Of The World (Up Tempo) by Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young 1925
I’m In The Mood For Love (Medium Slow Tempo) by Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields 1935
I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling (Medium Tempo) by Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, Harry Link, Billy Rose 1929
Ice Cream (Up Tempo)
If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight (Medium Tempo) by James P. Johnson, Henry Creamer 1926
It Had To Be You (Medium Tempo) by Isham Jones, Gus Kahn 1924
It’s Only A Paper Moon (Medium Tempo) by Harold Arlen 1933
It’s Rainin (Bluesy)
Just A Gigolo (Medium Tempo) adapted by Irving Caesar in 1929 from the Austrian song "Schner Gigolo, armer Gigolo", written in 1928 by Leonello Casucci (music) and Julius Brammer
Lady Be Good (Up Tempo)George and Ira Gershwin 1924
Lime House Blues (Traditional Jazz instrumental) by Douglas Furber, Philip Braham 1922
Mack The Knife (Swing instrumental) by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht 1928
Margie (Up Tempo) by Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson, Benny Davis 1920
Mean to Me (Medium Tempo) by Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk 1929
Me, Myself and I (Medium Tempo) by Irving Gordon, Allen Roberts, Alvin S. Kaufman 1937
Memphis, Tennessee (Long Distance Information) (Blues) by Chuck Berry 1963
Moonlight Bay (Medium Slow) by Percy Wenrich, Edward Madden 1912
My Blue Heaven (Medium Tempo) by Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting 1928
My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It (Country 2 Beat Feel) as played by Hank Williams by Clarence Williams 1949
Nadine (Blues original) by William Nemec
Nevertheless I’m In Love With You (Medium Tempo) by Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar 1931
Nightlife (Ballad) by Willie Nelson 1960
On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Medium Tempo) by Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields 1930
Pennies From Heaven (Medium Tempo) by Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke 1936
Perdon (Spanish)
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (Medium Up Tempo) by Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare 1930
Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid (Medium Tempo) by Andy Razaf, James P. Johnson 1930
Cupid (R &B)by Sam Cooke 1961
Ragg Mopp (Blues) by Johnnie Lee Wills, Deacon Anderson 1949
Rock Me Baby (Blues) by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) 1956
Rollin and a Tumblin (Rockin Blues) by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) 1950
Rosetta (Up Tempo)by Earl Hines, Henri Woode 1933
Royal Garden Blues (medium/Up tempo swing) Spencer Williams 1919
Runaway (Oldie) by Del Shannon, Max Crook 1961
Save The Bones For Henry Jones (Medium Tempo) by Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer 1933
Shake, Rattle And Roll (Blues)by Jesse Stone 1954 (performed by Big Joe Turner, Elvis Presley)
Sheik Of Araby (Up Tempo) by Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler, Ted Snyder 1921
Shine (Up Tempo) by Cecil Mack, Lew Brown, Ford Dabney 1910
Shine On Harvest Moon (Country 2 Beat Feel)by Dave Stamper 1908
Singin’ In The Bathtub (Medium Tempo) by Michael H. Cleary, Herb Magidson, Ned Washington 1929
Sittin’ On Top Of The World (Slow Bluesy 2 Beat Feel) by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon 1930
Skylark (Ballad) by Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael 1941
Sleepy Time Down South (Traditional Jazz instrumental) by Clarence Muse, Leon Ren, Otis Ren 1931
Slow Boat To China (Medium slow Tempo) by Frank Loesser 1948
Smile (Ballad) music by Charlie Chaplin 1936 lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons 1954
Some Of These Days (Up Tempo) by Shelton Brooks 1910
Somebody Loves Me (Up Tempo) by George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald and Buddy DeSylva 1924
Southern Can (Country 2 Beat Feel) by Blind Willie McTell 1927
St. James Infirmary (Ballad) American folksong of anonymous origin
St. Louis Blues (Blues) by W. C. Handy 1914
Stardust (Ballad) 1927 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics added in 1929 by Mitchell Parish
Stay All Night (Country 2 Beat Feel) by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan 1945
Stealin’ Stealin’(Country 2 Beat Feel) American folk song from the 1920s
Struttin’ With Some BBQ (Trad Jazz instrumental)by Louis Armstrong 1927
Summertime (Medium Slow Tempo) by George Gershwin 1935
Sweet Dreams (Ballad) by Don Gibson 1956
Sweet Georgia Brown (Up Tempo) by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey 1925
Sweet Home Chicago (Blues) by Robert Johnson 1936
Sweet Lorraine (Ballad) by Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish 1928
Sweet Sue (Up Tempo) by Will Harris & Victor Young 1928
Take Me Back To Tulsa (Country 2 Beat Feel) by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan 1940
That’s A Plenty (Up Tempo) by Lew Pollack, Ray Gilbert 1914
That’s Alright Mama (Blues)performed by Elvis Presley written by Arthur Crudup 1954
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Up Tempo) by Gene Lockhart and Ernest Seitz, 1919
The Chicken and the Hawk (Up, up and Away) (Blues) Big Joe Turner 1956
Them There Eyes (Swing) by Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, and William Tracey 1930
Tiger Rag (Up Tempo) by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1917
Turn Back Now (R & B) by Eddie Cornelius 1972
(Up A) Lazy River (Medium Slow) by Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin 1930
Washington And Lee Swing (Up Tempo) by Mark W. Sheafe 1910
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (Medium Up Tempo) by John Turner Layton, Jr. and Henry Creamer 1922
What A Wonderful World (Ballad) by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss 1967
What A Wonderful World This Would Be (R & B) Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler 1960
When You’re Smiling (Medium Tempo) by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, and Joe Goodwin 1928
When Doves Cry (Prince played in 2 Beat Feel)
You Can Depend On Me (Ballad) by Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap and Earl "Fatha" Hines 1932
You Got Me Runnin (Let it Roll) (Blues) Jimmy Reed 1959
You Send Me (R&B Ballad)by Sam Cooke 1957
| Billy Nemec | Guitar/lead vocals |
| Chris Pistorino | Upright Bass/vocals |
| David Langlois | Washboard Percussion/vocals |
| Sam Hoyt | Trumpet/vocals |
| Tom Abbott | Saxophone. Clarinet |
Here are only a few of our diverse influences:
Louis Jordan, Fats Waller, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Nick LaRocca & the members of the "Original Dixieland Jazz Band", Jelly Roll Morton, Joe "King" Oliver, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Willie Nelson.
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8 Verified Bookings Tom M. said “Band was excellent but did not appreciate that Gig salad did not give us the Trio they promised. I give the band 5 stars but Gig Salad 2 stars”
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