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Since 1995, the musicians of 'ALL JAZZ LIVE' have been supplying superb live jazz, modern jazz and latin jazz standards/classics for weddings, birthdays, corporate events and all kinds of special occasions in London and the home counties UK.
Whether you like swing, blues, modern jazz standards, background jazz or groovy dance tunes, through friendly consultation All Jazz Live can arrange the music to meet your exact requirements.
All Jazz Live offer the following line-ups:
Duo (piano/guitar & saxophone); great for wedding receptions, greeting guests and dinner music.
Trio (piano/guitar, saxophone & double bass); suitable for garden parties and bar-b-ques etc.
Quartet (piano/guitar, sax, bass and drums): more punch and percussive variety should your guests wish to dance.
Quintet (piano/guitar, bass, drums, sax & vocals or trumpet): classic frontline combination trumpet and sax sound great together especially with full rhythm section, or alternatively vocals in place of the trumpet. Perfect for the larger event.
All Jazz Live have played in casinos, supermarkets, restaurants, at book signings, corporate events, wedding receptions, birthday parties etc. (HMS Belfast, Claridges, Tower Thistle Hotel, The Hilton, The Hurlingham Club, The Clermont Club, The Grosvenor), in Art galleries, on mini cruises (on the Thames).
The band can play recorded music during their intervals (their CDs or yours if preferred).
Testimonials
"It was not easy trying to select the live music for wedding and knowing whether it will live up to your hopes and expectations. In the case of All Jazz Live, we should not have worried. They had a great reportoire and their performance of each piece was excellent. We and our guests thoroughly enjoyed their performance and we have been subsequently asked for their contact details for other events. I would like to that you and All Jazz Live for making all the arrangements and for the superb performance".
Clive Young, Wedding, September 2007
Hi John, Just to let you know that Tim didn't speak to the customer until Friday to make sure that everything was OK and the feedback was that you guys were great and they were very, very pleased. Tim has asked me to relay this to you. He has all your details so if he needs musicians again in the future he will most definitely use you again".
Clare,
Brown Forman, April 2007
Dear John, This is just a quick note to thank you all very much for your wonderful playing on Monday. We all enjoyed it and both my Manager and the Sales Director have told me how good it was. We shall definately keep you in mind for future events. Please pass on my thanks to the other band members. Hope to be in touch soon".
Miranda, World Trade Group, January 2007
Dear John, Please convey my thanks to 'Ray' and his colleagues for their playing at my party last Saturday evening.It proved to be a very busy evening for me and I did leave the band to look after themselves. However they did say they had enjoyed it so I hope they did and that they did have enough to eat and drink.Many of my friends have since said how much they enjoyed the music and that the jazz and band were excellent so again many thanks. Also thanks to you for your prompt response to my initial enquiry and the follow up which was so helpful and friendly"
Jane, Birthday Party, November 2006
Guardian feature (excerpt from Leo Benedictus' article - "Performers seem increasingly keen to put on shows in private houses. So Leo Benedictus organises his own five-night festival - in his flat.")
'...the living room is still in its opera configuration, so I have to switch everything around and get the piano back in. The futon fits neatly in the bath, I notice. Estimated mouths to feed (performers and audience): 18.
The first thing to strike me when the musicians arrive is that I don't think they understood the sort of venue they're playing in tonight. They played Shepherd's Bush last week and have Ronnie Scott's coming up, but, like true jazzmen, they take my living room in their stride. Unlike true jazzmen, they are here on time.
It was going to be a quintet - Ray Guntrip (piano), Joe Caddy (drums), Dick Pearce (trumpet), Val Maniks (double bass), and their leader, John Worthington (sax) - but they asked along Kofi Karikari (percussion) for good measure. I'm told he plays for Jamiroquai. John has been pure cool all along. I had to call him this morning just to reassure myself that they were coming.
Everyone is lined up: performers on one side, audience on the other. A promoter called Clement is here, too. Kofi has given each of us something to shake. There is a small scuffle over the sleigh bells. "That's the percussion discussion," observes Kofi jazzily. The band begins.
Within five minutes, I'm struggling with a horrible reality: these guys are plainly too good for my living room. Fluent and expressive, thoughtful and funky: this is the best live jazz I've ever heard. Everyone should save up and hire these guys. The room is grooving openly now. Mesmerised by another of Dick's trumpet solos, I forget to stop filling my glass and pour beer all over the floor.
Some more of Kofi's friends arrive. Mike and Tracey are from Atlanta; they won a sort of songwriters' Pop Idol in Prague. Their friend Ola is a singer who turns out to live 200 yards away. I get them some chairs. Dick has been enjoying the nibbles, but shifts them out of reach. "I'm going to move the crisps away because they might catch the drips from my trumpet," he hollers at me over a drum solo.
Things turn into a bit of a party. Mike's friend Tony has turned up; he's a pianist and producer, I think. Someone called Valentine is here, too. Joe, Kofi and their mates are having a soul and funk jam session - an appropriate term in this room. My friend starts singing with them. Everybody's dancing. We have eight minutes - I made a deal with the neighbours - and 93% of dinner left. I feel, drunkenly, that I will never have a better time at work...'
Sample repertoire
Have You Met Miss Jones.
What is this thing called love.
Stella By Starlight.
One Note Samba.
Night and Day.
You've Changed.
The Girl From Ipanema.
