You’d be forgiven for thinking that hiring a jazz band will guarantee your event sounds awesome. But not all jazz bands sound the same. There's lots of confusion around what constitutes jazz. Jazz was born over a century ago, and (for better or worse) continues evolving today. If you book a band without knowing a thing or two, you could be in for anything from Ella Fitzgerald to Kenny G. And that's no way to get a party started. Jazz connoisseurs spend a lifetime understanding the music. But you don’t need encyclopaedic knowledge just to hire a band for a night. All you need is a live band that looks great and sounds amazing - entertainers that know how to please a crowd and keep things classy. When you figure out what type of jazz suits your event, finding the right jazz band is easy breezy. By the end of this article, you’ll know exactly how to do it. Let’s get started! |
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There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind. |
Once they called it ragtime |
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There’s no tellin’ what can happen, I can start your toes a tappin’. |
Like a hardware store in an earthquake. |
Jazz began to lose a significant portion of its audience - notably because the new bebop style was not created as a vehicle for dancers, but for listeners. |
Playing ‘bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. |
Robbie Williams presented a sanitised version of the Rat Pack for mass consumption... Bublé and Cullum take it a step further, effectively presenting a sanitised version of Robbie Williams.