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"Excellent professional who brought us mellifluous sounds!! "

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"I think it's safe to say that an evening with Ma Bessie & The Pig Foot Band proves that jazz is good for the soul. Reading Fringe Festival goers were treated to a journey through the music of Bessie Smith, empress of the blues at Shehnai in London Street. It was an evening of all things diva and jazz, and it was smooth and soulful, and had guests swaying in their seats and tapping their toes. Reading’s own Julia Titus (Ma Bessie) has such a rich quality to her voice - it's almost like velvet. When she hit some of those notes and showed off her vocal skills, I wanted to let out a 'whoop' or a 'yeah'! She really does revive the great divas of jazz, blues and soul. Everything just flowed and there was a really relaxed, almost informal vibe to the whole performance where it felt like there wasn't a divide between the audience and the band. We were all just hanging out listening to an evening of great music. Queen Bee was my favourite song - there was something quite sexy about it, I felt like I should have been wearing a red dress. Julia also sang a few songs off of her album called 'Life is Too Short', which were great. When you have a powerful singer like Julia, sometimes bands can get lost in the performance but that wasn't the case at all. The band are very much part of the Ma Bessie experience and are all very talented - they all need each other to complete the ultimate jazz show for the audience. I really enjoyed the solo with Matthew Foster on the guitar and Chuck Lloyd on the saxophone. "

Reply by Ma Bessie - Prohibition Blues and Jazz
Thank you so much Francesca for your review. So glad you enjoyed it.

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"Hi Andrew, thank you so much for making my birthday so special. The performance was amazing and everybody was saying how they enjoyed themselves. You were also all so professional to deal with all throughout the booking process! Please say big thank you to all of the band members and I will be definitely in touch with you again. "

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"Very professional service. Absolutely amazing The Vintage Singer, our guests were raving about her performance."

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"While I’m here, a quick word of thanks for Trip for Biscuits. The music at our wedding at Maunsel House was amazing as was the energy from the band. We have received so many compliments from our guests and everyone had a great time (as you can see from the videos now posted on the website!!!)"

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"Thank you to Martin who we booked very last min to play at our wedding ceremony and reception. It was lovely to have some live music that created a wonderful atmosphere in the venue. Thank you for playing those lovely bossa nova style songs for us. We had a lovely day. All the best to you."

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"Slav was absolutely incredible, our guests loved Slav and truly did make our evening. Extremely, professional, kind, thoughtful and fantastic. I cannot recommend Slav highly enough. I will definitely be booking Slav again as will a lot of my guests. Thank you so much Slav "

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"I just wanted to thank you soooo much for Saturday. The band were amazing, everyone loved them! I remember looking towards the end of the night dancing, and looking out at the venue and EVERYONE was on the dance floor. That’s a sure fire sign that you’ve picked the right band."

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"I just wanted to say thank you so much for playing at our wedding. The music you played was beautiful and all our guests commented on how wonderful you sounded. The music really enhanced the surroundings on the day and created a lovely atmosphere. I was so moved by how beautiful the balcony scene piece you played sounded that I nearly started crying before I even got to the aisle! Thank you for being so flexible - we were really impressed and will certainly recommend you to other people."

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"Raphael entertained us at my husbands 30th party. He got all the guests up dancing and created such a fun atmosphere! Thank you so much! We will definitely be having you back at The Venue Ashbourne!"

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"We had a small get together for our 30th wedding anniversary, we had a mixed age group celebrating, we decided to have a musician, and we was not disappointed with Chris, very professional from start to finish. His voice is amazing and guitar skills second to none, we left it all to him, he did not disappoint, we would highly recommend him, lovely guy ! "

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"Incredible band, very communicative and made our wedding reception so memorable. The band were so fun, upbeat and professional. I would recommend them to anyone! I hope to see them perform again in the future. Thank you all so much! Our wedding guests have been raving about them ever since!"

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"Just wanted to say thank you so much for playing at our wedding reception my Wife and I really enjoyed it and it made our day that little bit extra special. The music played was fantastic and to every guests taste. "

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"Hector was brilliant. He helped plan and make the evening. Our party went mental when Hector piped the cake in. Hector played throughout the night and was so entertaining. We would highly recommend Hector to anyone."

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"Emily truly helped make our day special, a true professional, she had people enraptured with her playing. Thank you Emily!"

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