Lorraine and The Flames 5 piece jazz band

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Description Price
5 Piece band Fri - Sun 2 x 45 min sets£1400
5 Piece band Mon-Thurs 2 x 45 min sets£1340
Jazz Trio Fri - Sun 2 x 45 mins Sets£890
Jazz Trio Mon - Thurs 2 x 45 mins Sets£810
Duo 2 x 45 min sets Fri - Sun (Cheaper Mon - Thurs)£620
Our prices include VAT and we charge 60p per mile travel expenses.

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Lorraine & The Flames is a 5 piece Jazz Band, headed by Lorraine Heavey on lead vocals. She has honed her sound into a smooth soulful sound and blended together with The Flames, they make a wonderfully mellow, easy-listening sound, whether delivering a rendition of old-world or contemporary jazz. They perform Songs of The Great American Song Book from legendary composers such as Porter, Gershwin, Rogers and Hart regularly at London venues and clients include QEII, The Crazy Coqs, Soho, The Pheasantry, Chelsea, Pizza Express, Holborn, The Bull's Head, Barnes, as well as private and corporate clients.

THE BAND

Pianist, Robert Webb has played and recorded for many artists such as Cliff Richard, The Supremes, Kim Wilde and Rietta Austin.

Guitarist Pete Roth has performed with international artist like, Alec Dankworth, Vasilis Xenopolis, Laurance Cottle, Rob Fowler, Steve Vintner, Brian Dee, Rosemary Squires (Sammy Davis Junior, Les Paul) The London Gala Orchestra, Teatro, Maria Friedmann (Stephen Sondheim, Michael Legrand), Nick Meier (Jeff Beck group), Giorgio Serci (Naim, Antonio Fortione), Bill Bruford, Tim Sanders (Eric Clapton, The Who), Sam Flynn (Roachford, Eurythmics, Steve Wonder), Terl Bryant (John Paul Jones) among many others.

Double bass and bass guitar, Mike Pratt has written and performed country artist and TV presenter Laura Evans, West End musical star, Oliver Tompsett and 90's soul band Curiosity Killed the Cat.

Drummer, John Martin has performed internationally with numerous jazz, fusion, soul and rock groups in some thirty countries around the world, with a recent 6-year stint with Asian band Graveyard Shift.

Lorraine And The Flames is available for your private, corporate, and wedding functions.

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10 / 101

Location

Based in South West London

Will travel up to 50 miles
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Fascinating Rhythm

The Man I Love

It Had To Be You

Stardust

Puttin’On The Ritz

You Took Advantage Of Me

I Wanna Be Loved By You

How Long Has This Been Going On

Makin Whoppee

You Do Something To Me

All Of Me

As Time Goes By

Dream A Little Dream

Night and Day

It’s Only a Paper Moon

Moonglow

Bluemoon

Cheek To Cheek

Summertime

Zing Went The Strings of My Heart

Pennies From Heaven

I’ll Be Seeing You

All The Things You Are

Undecided

Moonlight Serenade

Besame Mucho

Taking A Chance On Love

That Old Black Magic

La Vie En Rose

Every Time We Say Goodbye

Don’t Explain

You Make Me Feel So Young

Too Darn Hot

Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend

I’m Gonna Live Til I Die

Unforgettable

Lullaby of Birdland

Sway

Fly Me To The Moon

Smile

The Boy From Ipanema

I Will Wait For You

The Shadow of Your Smile

Spooky

Something

Oh Lori

Damn U

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Technical Rider for 5 piece line up 1 Female Voc, Piano, Guitar, Upright Acoustic Bass, Drum Kit.
Let us know if the following can be provided: Pro Drum Kit inc 3 cymbal stands, cymbals, Ride, 2 crashes of diff. sizes, 88 Note fully weighted acoustic or digital piano, Amp/Speaker for Guitar Combo and Bass Combo, Full-range PA with a minimum of 4-floor wedges (Ideally 5) 1 radio handheld vocal mic for singer, suitable DI’s and mic for 5-pce line up inc 3 guitars


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

Yes we can


What information do you require about a venue?

Venue Capacity:
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Parking:
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Food availability at or near venue:
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Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

Yes, we can play music from Spotify that either we can choose or the client can choose.


Do you need a sound Engineer?

We can provide a sound engineer if you need one

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best gig you've ever done and the best venue you've ever played at?

We played to 600 people at the QEII
We love playing at The Crazy Coqs in Soho and we have loved playing for people's private special occasions.


Which artists have you been most influenced by, who is your favourite artist and what is the greatest song of all time?

We love Latin jazz songs such as Sway and Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald up tempo jazz songs which people love to dance to.


What's your previous experience and how did you start gigging?

We have been gigging together for 4 years and we keep expanding our repertoire. The band members have a wealth of experience before coming together.


What's your favourite type of event to play at?

We love entertaining any live audience whether cabaret, club, corporate or private.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

We usually do 2 x 45 mins sets but occasionally we have been asked for 3x 35 min sets


Are you happy to perform outside?

We will perform outside as long as we are covered and the drummer has a hard stable surface/stage for the drums and we need power supplied to the stage area.


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

If we are given a couple of months notice we can add a few requested songs to our repertoire


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

Dear Lorraine,
Please find attached some photos of your wonderful performance at our British Society for Heart Failure Charity Conference.
Lorraine, you, and the band blew us away!!! Thank you for the most wonderful entertainment we could have imagined! You are amazing. You look fantastic!
Janine Hogan ( British Society for Heart Failure Charity Conference)

Recent Clients

Lorraine and The Flames has performed for these clients:

Peter Cuckow

Tamara Williams

Sarah Jarvis

Janine Hogan

Freya Scott

Pete Duncan

Lindsey Mackay

Heidi Taylor

Sofia Paste

Emma Estcourt

Nina

Lauren Williams

Venues

Lorraine and The Flames has performed at these venues:

QEII

The Pheasantry, Chelsea

Pizza Express Holborn

The Wentworth Club

Queenwood Golf Club

The Crazy Coqs

The Plough Inn

The Waverley Inn

The West Surrey Golf Club

The Bull's Head, Barnes

The Lounge South End On Sea

The Berkeley Group

Twickenham Rowing Club

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