Jazz Bands

Melbourne · Wedding band

Settle on a theme for your evening and this band becomes a much stronger booking than it looks on paper, because themed events are the work they...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Burlesque and cabaret sit alongside jazz singing here, and the costume changes that come with the first are the reason she needs a private room t...

Melbourne · Acoustic duo

Bookings come as a solo voice or with her guitarist alongside, and the gear is included in the price rather than added as a separate line. The so...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Horns and drums rather than guitars, which gives the covers a sharper edge than a four piece rock band tends to manage. Current material fills th...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Canapes and the slower half of a wedding dinner are where a Brazilian-leaning duo does its clearest work, warm and unhurried. Romance, a bit of m...

Melbourne · Acoustic duo

The high notes land first, then you notice the guitar underneath is being stacked in real time on a looper rather than played over a recording. S...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Couples who want jazz that is genuinely played rather than approximated will find the line-up decision does most of the work here. The compact ac...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Couples after one instrument holding the whole day together, without volume, should stop here. It's violin over backing, and the backing is negot...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Couples planning a long lunch or a garden ceremony where guests still want to hear each other talk should look at this one. Peppercorn Jazz Band...

Melbourne · Acoustic duo

Slow songs first, most likely. Marry You, All Of Me, Hallelujah, Thinking Out Loud and My Girl all sit in the wedding half of the book. Further d...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Think about the hour after the plates are cleared, when a wedding either turns into a party or quietly winds down. That is the stretch a funk and...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Four players, all of them singing, working out of Melbourne and willing to travel anywhere in the country. The material wanders across jazz, vint...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Dinner is where this one earns its keep, when guests are seated and talking and you want jazz and swing holding the room together. Rick Correnza...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Piano and voice together, from one person, on jazz standards. Sharon Davis pitches it to sit underneath a room rather than run it, which is exact...

Melbourne · Acoustic duo

A duo out of Newport in Victoria, on keyboard, guitar and vocals, travelling statewide. Sicilian Honeymoon carry an eclectic list of around three...

Melbourne · Acoustic duo

Couples who want their wedding music to travel across the decades rather than settle into one era will find plenty here. SideBySound work out of...

Melbourne · Wedding band

The wedding first dance and everything after it is where this booking earns its money, because Spooky will keep playing past the last agreed song...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Six players and a stage full of odd instruments: recorders, ukuleles, clarinet, saxophones, accordion, washboard, drums, sousaphone and piano, wi...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Alto saxophone, guitar and double bass, playing the Great American Songbook the way it was meant to sound. The Alice Bisschops Trio is led by car...

Melbourne · Acoustic duo

Violin and guitar, with hot club jazz sitting underneath songs you already know. The Breath Aways take pop, rock and standards and bend them some...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Roaming minstrels one day, a full function band the next. The Jackson Combo covers blues, soul, jazz, rock and disco, with Van Morrison, Ella Fit...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Swing and crooner material, played straight and played well. Vocalist Rory Newman fronts the JC Little Big Band through songs made famous by Fran...

Melbourne · Wedding band

Jazz, blues and a bit of alternative colour, played at a level that fits the room. The Lounge Detectives suit cafes, clubs, bars and lounge venue...

Melbourne · Pianist

The Sugarfoot Ramblers came out of a New Orleans trip. Trumpeter Travis Woods and drummer Daniel Berry went, came home, and put together a band t...