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"You guys were absolutely amazing last night. So many people said to me how great you were. Her voice is amazing!! I'll keep in touch as waiting for the sign-off on next year's party. Thank you so much! "

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"Excellent!!!"

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" Truly great band and really professional and fun to work with. So many thanks from the Felix Festival. If you are looking for a band - book these guys now! "

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"The ultra-stylish Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead band is now 30 years old. For this Sunday afternoon gig at the award-winning Hideaway, they performed a rollicking set of songs ranging from 1940s and 1950s jump/jive, R&B and classic rock ‘n’ roll, to jazz standards and originals, featuring the band’s core seven-piece line-up: Bandleader and composer, Kit Packham on saxophones and lead vocal, Steve Knight on guitar, Perry White on piano, Alex Keen on double bass, Kenrick Rowe on drums, Tracey Mendham on saxophones and vocals, and Simon Da Silva on trumpet and flugelhorn. Striking in a blue pinstripe suit and fedora, Packham resembled Frank Sinatra, and he introduced numbers in a clear and informative way. They opened with one of the band’s original tunes, ‘Swing It’, which immediately propelled people to the dance floor. The band’s perky theme tune, ‘One Jump Ahead’, contained one of Packham’s signature, impactful abrupt endings and deadpan Knight added even more colour to the act by performing a nose flute solo on The Blues Brothers classic, ‘Minnie the Moocher’. White nailed a stunning boogie-woogie piano solo punctuated by thrillingly deep bass notes from Mendham on baritone saxophone on ‘Choo Choo Ch’Boogie’, and they even managed to squeeze in a world premiere featuring Vera Lynn’s World War II song, ‘We’ll Meet Again’: Loosely named ‘The Last Song Of The Set’, it cleverly welded an old song onto a new one. Eventually the two tunes overlapped, bringing the gig to an impressive end. The time flew; a sure sign that Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead with its thoroughly well-written arrangements and heartfelt blend of comedy and music, had done a fine job of bringing this classy joint to life."

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"Thanks for performing at our wedding. The evening was spectacular and a large part of it was down to you guys. All our guests told Sian and I how amazing you were. Really easy speaking to you in the lead up to get everything perfect for the night as well. Cheers and good luck for the future."

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"Hi Ben Thank you so much for playing at our wedding on Saturday!! We really enjoyed it and we have heard nothing but great things from our guests!! I'm very impressed you could cater for our 3 year old through to my 93 yr old gran!! She is usually in bed most of the day so was awesome to see her up and dancing "

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"House of Chords played at our wedding on Saturday and they were fantastic! Their varied repertoire of music keeps all the different guests happy and their ability to personalise the sets according to your needs and preferences is great. The ideal combination of super-chilled and very organised = perfect! Thank you so much!"

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"Hi Ben...they were fantastic...everyone who came said they want them back to play for us again...Claire"

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"Betty and The Bootleggers had our New Years Eve party ‘a Rockin and a Rollin’ into 2017 this year with a fab set and super-duper tunes for our guests got down to. They had our guests jumping and jiving all night, and guests from all ages really loved the music. There's still nothing better than a live band!"

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"Starbound played at my 30th birthday party and were absolutely fantastic from start to finish! Super friendly guys who got the crowd dancing as soon as they started playing and I have had so many of my friends and family tell me how much they loved the band! Would highly recommend them and wish I could do the evening all over again! "

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"Christopher columbus and the eskimos played for our early Xmas event Learning Disability Adults engaged with audience lots of melodic tunes rebooked them Easter BHAVANI MANAGER"

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"Hi Ben, We really wanted to message you guys personally to thank you for being so fantastic. We could not have asked for a better band to help us celebrate, not only in terms of you all (obviously) being fantastic musicians, but for being so friendly, acommodating, and just genuinely a real pleasure to work with. Also for putting up with us stealing the microphone - we may have got a bit carried away "

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"Just wanted to say a big thank you for the fantastic music at Andy's party. So many people came up to us both during and after to say what a great band and where did we find you. Really helped create the atmosphere we were looking for - lovely blokes too and very professional customer service. Highly recommended and will be booking you again next time we have a do!"

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"Starbound were quite simply amazing. From booking to liaising with their manager via email and ultimately via phone, the process was incredibly simple. On the night they had everyone on the dancefloor, young and old(er). Vocals were great as were song choices and they even nailed our first song (which they learnt especially for the wedding). Huge thanks to the band for making our evening do what it was! "

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"Dear Ben, I would like to say thank you for your contribution at the Hydon Hobble, everyone who attended enjoyed the music immensely. And are very grateful that you were able to take time out of your schedule to entertain us all. Once again Thank you! Tammy"

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