It Had To Be Jazz
Starting Price
The advertised starting price represents the act's minimum fee in their local region.
Travel expenses are not included, and factors such as the day of the week, time of year, and duration of the performance may affect your final quote.
For an exact price, please fill out the enquiry form with your event details.
From £595London
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Highlights
- Performed in front of Felipe VI, King of Spain
- Extended jazz repertoire from the 1920s to modern times
- Available as a trio line-up for more intimate settings
- Able to swiftly move locations between sets for flexible event planning
- Can learn up to three special requests to personalise your event
- Suitable for all types of events, ensuring versatility and adaptability
About
With years of experience performing at events, It Had To Be Jazz are a staple for smooth & sultry background jazz.
Available as a duo, trio or quartet, the band will learn any special request that falls under the jazz genre to help provide a unique & tailored experience.
The musicians have performed collectively or individually at the London Jazz Festival, Musique en Eté Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, The Antibe Festival, The Ronnie Scott's, The Jazz Café, and The 100 Club. The group have also had the great honour of performing in front of Felipe VI, King of Spain, in Barcelona.
It Had To Be Jazz have performed at prestigious venues such as the Savoy Hotel London, The Law Society's Hall London, Alfred's Members' Club Mayfair, Chelsea Physic Garden, The Lanesborough Hotel London, The Honorable Society of the Middle Temple and many others.
On behalf of the whole choir, I just want to thank you for helping to make our Summer concert a success. The Jazz ensemble really did help bring the evening together, there were a lot of smiling faces as the audience were leaving. Sorry I did not get the opportunity to meet any of you.
Sheila - Concert
Watch
- Beatrice
- Love for Sale
- Sweet Georgia Brown
Listen
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Song List
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- So Nice, Marco Valles
- Willow Weeps For Me,Ann Ronel
- Round Midnight,Thelonious Monk
- Girl From Ipanema,Antonio-Carlos Jobim
- Night and Day,Cole Porter
- Beautiful Love,Victor Young
- Softly As A Morning Sunrise,Sigmund Romberg
- Blue Bossa,Kenny Dorham,
- You don't know What Love Is,Raye-DePaul
- Emily,Johnny Mandel
- Recado Bossa Nova,Djalma Ferreira
- Take the A Train,Billy Strayhorn,
- Autumns Leaves,Joseph Kosma
- Just Friends,John Klenner
- There Will Never Be Another You,Harry Warren
- Body And Soul,Johnny Green
- All of Me,Gerald Marks,
- This Mascarade, Leon Russel
- How Deep Is The Ocean,Irving Berlin,
- Moon River,Henry Manciny,
- St Thomas, Sonny Rollins
- Fly me to the moon,Bart Howard
- Sunny, Bobby Hebb
- Sway, Luis Demetrio
- How high the moon, Morgan Lewis
- At Last, Mack Gordon
- Lover Man, Jimmy Davis
- Summertime, George Gershwin
- Black Coffee, Sonny Burke
- It had to be you, Isham Jones
- All the things you are, Jerome Kern
- Out of nowhere, Johnny Green
- My little suede shoes, Charlie Parker
- I thought about you, Jimmy Van-Heusen
- There is no greater love, Isham Jones
- Dig Dis Hank, Mobley
- Alone together, Arthur Schwartz
- Billie’s bounce ,Charlie Parker
- Stella by Starlights, Victor Young
- When the saints go marching in (traditional)
- Bye bye blackbird, Ray Henderson
- It could happen to you, Jimmy Van-Heusen
- Love for sale, Cole Porter
- The nearness of you, Hoagy Carmichael
- Solar, Miles Davis
- How insensitive, Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Mac the knife, Bobby Darin
- Beatrice, Sam Rivers
- Blue Skies, Irving Berlin
- The way you look tonight, Jerome Kern
- Tequila( The Champs)
- Happy, Pharrell Williams
- Nature Boy, Nat King Cole
- On the sunny Side of the Street, Jimmy McHugh
- Doxy, Sonny Rollins
- Sweet Georgia Brown, Ben Bernie
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Reviews
Read 6 reviews for It Had To Be Jazz.
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Julian
Thank you guys for your wonderful music. It was just right and made our evening very special. Everyone loved it. Just what we had hoped for.
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Narns & Bee
We’re a week on from what was the most perfect day for us, and we wanted to say thank you so much for playing so well! You guys really brought...Read More
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Rachel
Lovely to meet you all last Friday for our event. Our guests said that you were effortlessly good. I will most certainly keep you in mind for anymore private parties...Read More
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Paul
It Had To Be Jazz were fantastic! All our staff thoroughly enjoyed their performance. They provided the perfect atmosphere for our Summer Ball and they really delivered some high quality...Read More
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Suzanne & Joe
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of you for all the lovely music on Saturday evening. It suited the venue perfectly and we had so many...Read More
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Sheila
On behalf of the whole choir, I just want to thank you for helping to make our Summer concert a success. The Jazz ensemble really did help bring the evening together,...Read More
Key Information
Learn more about what's included when booking It Had To Be Jazz for your event. If you have requirements that differ from the below, please let us know when making your enquiry.
Standard Package
- 2 x 60 minute sets over a maximum 3 hour time period
- Professional sound equipment
- Playlists between sets if required
- Arrival one hour prior to performance
- Travel expense
- Dedicated member of our team assigned to your event
- PAT certified equipment and Public Liability Insurance
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