Solo |
| 2 x 45-min sets (with backing tracks or DJ): £489 |
Duo |
| 2 x 45-min sets (with guitar or piano): £808 |
Trio |
| 2 x 45-min sets (with double bass): £1212 |
Quartet |
| 2 x 45-min sets (with drums): £1556 |
Quintet |
| 2 x 45-min sets (with trumpet): £1946 |
Sam is a versatile and experienced saxophonist and singer who has performed at weddings all over the UK, and has taken her jazz group to venues and festivals across the world, from Ronnie Scott's in London to Snug Harbor in New Orleans.
With her band, she performs a mixture of jazz and soulful pop in various styles throughout the decades (from traditional New Orleans and wartime standards, to Latin jazz, and upbeat jazz house) and also plays "Ibiza" style sax with DJ on the dance floor.
Whether she sings you down the aisle, plays in the background of your drinks reception, or hits the dancefloor alongside the DJ, she's the perfect live music for fun and stylish events.
Depending on your budget, she can come with more or fewer musicians. If your budget is higher, she can bring a full, swinging jazz quintet including trumpet, double bass and drums, or if the budget is lower, she come as a duo (with keyboard or guitar), or solo with backing tracks.
Based in Crewe, Cheshire
= areas covered (up to 305 miles)
= free travel (up to 70 miles)
Soulful pop includes:
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
You Sent Me Flying / Cherry - Amy Winehouse
Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones
Baby I’m A Fool - Melody Gardot
Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Wonderful Life - Katie Melua
Just The Two Of Us - Bill Withers
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
Traditional jazz includes:
Summertime
Autumn Leaves
Beatrice
In A Sentimental Mood
I’ll Be Seeing You
Georgia On My Mind
Misty
New Orleans music includes:
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
Two Sleepy People
When The Saints Go Marching In
Latin jazz includes:
The Girl From Ipanema
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
Algo Contigo
Brazilian music includes:
Carinhoso
Tico Tico No Fuba
Ponteio
Outra Vez
African music includes:
Tezeta - Mulatu Astatke
Malaika - Miriam Makeba
We will bring all of the sound equipment we need.
Unless you’ve specified that you’d like us to play roaming or outdoors without power, we’ll need access to a couple of plug sockets.
We’ll need one or two parking spaces, depending how many musicians you’d like.
Yes, we’ll bring our own sound system. We don’t provide lighting.
Please give us any helpful directions to the venue to help us find the right place to load-in our equipment.
Please let us know in advance if there’s a sound limiter at the venue.
Yes. We can play our own playlist, or a playlist provided by the client.
Really difficult to answer! We’ve played on some huge stages including Green Man Festival and at the Royal Albert Hall, but I particularly love playing to an intimate crowd who are really listening in a tiny jazz club. It’s always a real honour to sing someone down the aisle or provide music in the background of a wedding or funeral, because you’re having a memorable impact on a really special day.
Another impossible question.
As a saxophonist, I love Stan Getz’s tone and also his period playing Brazilian music. I play lots of different genres so he inspires me a lot.
I also love Paul Desmond’s tone.
As a singer, I love Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones and Melody Gardot.
I started busking at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival when I was 18 and so outdoor music, roaming bands, and street performance are very close to my heart. Since then, I’ve played at dozens of weddings and at festivals and venues across the UK, as well as internationally. I also record sax for different artists.
I love playing anywhere that people are listening and enjoying the music, whether it’s on the streets of New Orleans, on a big festive stage, or at someone’s wedding.
We need half an hour to an hour to set up, depending on the size of the band.
We usually play two, three or four 45-minute or 60-minute sets.
Yes
Of course! When we’re being hired, we’ll play what the client wants. Let us know your favourite songs and we’ll make sure to include them.
A friendly bunch of musicians who create the perfect atmosphere.
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Wedding venues including:
The Anglesey Barn, North Wales
Grangefields Barn, Derby
One Garden, Brighton
Kingston Manor, Isle of Wight
The InterContinental, Park Lane
The Royal Albert Hall, London
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London
Regent Theatre, Stoke on Trent
Green Man Festival, Wales
Gottwood Festival, North Wales
Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
Great Exhibition Road Festival, London
Great Escape Festival, Brighton
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Recording Session
Cruise
Charity Event
Theatre Show
Burns Night
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
1920s Music
1930s Music
1940s Music
1950s Music
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Jazz
Dixieland / Ragtime
Latin Jazz
Swing
Christmas
Church Music
House
Ibiza Club
Easy Listening
Background Music
Soul
African Music
Brazilian
Caribbean
Latin
Samba
Instrumental
100% acoustic (no power)
Female vocalist
Can provide battery amplifier
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
Will travel internationally
PA / sound system included
Uses backing tracks