| Description | Price |
| Solo Performance 2 x 45 minutes. | £160 (GBP) |
| Vocals & Piano 2 x 45 minutes. | £320 (GBP) |
| Vocals, piano and double bass, 2 x 45 minutes. | £480 (GBP) |
| Vocals and 5 piece band 2 x 45 minutes. | £960 (GBP) |
I studied jazz singing for a number of years with the Jazz School located in Northamptonshire.
With over 10 years singing experience I have performed across the counties of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire entertaining at open air events, cafes, pubs and private parties, bringing my unique style to jazz classics and standards.
I’m a self contained act as a solo performer I use backing tracks, with options for accompanists either additonal musician/s piano, or piano and double bass or a five peice band drums, sax, trombone, lead guitar and bass.
We perform a number of well known jazz standards and classic jazz ballads.
= areas covered (up to 75 miles)A Ghost Of A Chance - Victor Young
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeleyy Square - Manning Sherwin
Ain't Misbehavin - Fats Waller
All Of Me - Geral Marks
All Of You - Cole Porter
Alone Together - Arthur Shwartz
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma
Besame Mucho - Consuelo Velazques
Bewitched - Richard Rodgers
The Birth Of The Blues - Ray Jenderson
Black Coffee - Burke-Webster
Balin It On My Youth - Oscar Levant
Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham
Blue Moon - Richard Rogers
Blues Skies - Irving Berlin
Born To Be Blue - Wells-Torme
Bye Bye Blackbird - Ray Henderson
Caravan - Duke Ellington
Day By Day - Cahn-Stordahl-Weston
Desafinado - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
Devil May Care - Dorough-Kirk
Dindi - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington
Don't Go To Strangers - Kent-Mason-Evans
Embraceable You - George Gershwin
Georgia On My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael
The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio-Carlos Jobim
God Bless The Child - Herzog-Holiday
Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller
How High The Moon - Morgan Lewis
I Concentrate On You - Cole Porter
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Duke Ellington
I Love Paris - Cole Porter
I Thought About You - Jimmy Van-Heusen
I'm In The Mood For Love - Jimmy McHugh
Love For Sale - Cole Porter
Love Me or Leave Me - Wlater Donaldson
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Walter Donaldson
Nice Work If You Can Get It - George Gershwin
On A Slow Boat To China - Frank Leosser
Perdido - Juan Tizol
Satin Doll - Strayhorn-Ellington
September In The Rain - Harry Warren
Skylark - Hoagy Carmichael
Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
Summertime - George Gershwin
Take The A Train - Billy Strayhorn
This Can't Be Love - Richard Rodgers
Solo performance no electric required, small space needed roughly 4 sqaure meters.
Duet performance electic sockets required, medium sized space needed roughly 6 square meters
Trio performance electric sockets required, medium sized space needed roughly 8 square meters.
Band performance electric sockets required, large sized space needed roughly 10 square meters.
Parking close by or onsite to unload and leave vehicle/s while performing, directions and address including postcode or any landmarks to help identifiy building or one way systems.
Earliest time entry to the venue is permitted.
Area to sit between sets.
Any restictions on access for unloading and loading of equipment i.e. first floor no lift or narrow stairs.
Yes, I bring my own PA, the musicians bring their own equipment, I do not provide any lighting in any of the setups on offer.
Happy to play jazz backing tracks between sets or happy for the venue to play piped music.
The best gig for me in terms of venue and entertainment has been two charity garden party lunch events one of which was attended by the mayor and mayoress of Peterborough, it was an honour to be part of two worthy causes raising funds and seeing how much the patrons enjoyed the singing.
I enjoy playing at all types of events however, for preference medium sized audiences up to 100 people where the audience is close by and I can see toe tapping and chair dancing are always rewarding and where space permits some dancing to latin jazz.
I started out singing at open mics and jazz jams, leading to being asked to sing at birthday parties, charity events, a county fayre, a pub restaurant in locations across Cambrideshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
My influences have benn moulded by singers such as Julie London, Doris Day, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRea and musicians such as Waller,Ellington, Jobim, Porter and Carmichael, I love the melodies and lyrics of their works. My greatest song of all time is Georgia On My Mind.
I've been told that my voice sounds smooth and intimate as if singing to a specfic person in the audience.
I like to arrive a minimum of 30 minutes before performing to set up and sound check with the band this extends to 45 minutes, performances run for 45 minutes with a 15 minute break and then another 45 minute set, I/we are happy to play for a slightly longer or shorter period not exceeding 60 minutes.
I/we are happy to play outside but coveris needed and access to a power supply if performing with the duet, trio or band.
Clients can choose from the song list provided and may request up to 3 specific songs for me/us to learn within the jazz genre, subject to sufficient time to learn the number, unfortunately requests at the event can't be accommodated.
I think these extracts from pervious customer testimonials gives an idea of how my performances are received.
'Your performance helped make the day extra special, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed listening to you sing. Your enthusiasm and talent added such a lovely atmosphere to the event.' - Derek S
'Trudy and I would like to say a very big thank you to you for singing at our garden party on the 24th of June 26, when we hosted the June meeting of the KLPG. Your renditions of so many Jazz favourites was a delight to listen to, members were soon tapping their feet and singing along which really did put the top hat on a lovely day.' James and Trudy N.
'Lynette gave a 5***** performance singing lots of songs our residents knew without the words and putting her own beautiful personal touch on every song she sang.
Among many songs Lynette has performed for us we particularly liked ‘Blue Moon’ and found ourselves up and dancing along to this tune and many others.' Tizzy B - Activities Lead
Derek S
Jmes & Trudy N
Tizzy B
The Old Rectory, Peterborough
Charity Garden Party Lunch
Fortarva Care Home
Wedding
Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Charity Event
Jazz
Latin Jazz