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"Marco was fantastic! Such a professional and a gentleman also. Everyone at our wedding reception thoroughly enjoyed his music and I would highly recommend to all!"

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"If groove music is your ‘thang’ this is about as good as it gets. Throughout [the performance], Ginger’s voice delivers, from fast numbers like James Brown’s Get up (I feel like a Being A) Sex Machine to love songs like Jocelyn Brown’s Somebody Else’s Guy. There’s even an excellent unexpected rap on Rose Royce’s Car Wash. There are cover bands and there are bands that cover songs with their own mojo. Project F are definitely in the latter category… [Extract from Press Review]"

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"FUN band, talented musicians and great song selection. . .. . something for everyone and every taste in music!"

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Thanks Susan. Be blessed

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"Last Sunday in the great ambiance of the Cultuurkoepel in Heiloo we visited the concert of Marcia Bamberg with her Swing Quartet. Wonderful singing by Marcia with a number of French songs in Django Reinhardt style. We really enjoyed it and the enthusiasm was obvious. In addition to Marcia's Quartet we could enjoy the virtuoso violinist Tim Kliphuis, a perfect interpreter of the music of the French jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli. Moses Rosenberg was also in shape, nice fast guitar playing for this musician from the Rosenberg family. All in all a fantastic afternoon, with nice contact with the audience. Definitely worth repeating. "

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"Un grand bravo à Marie Carrié et le groupe de musiciens pour votre prestation lors de notre mariage ! Vous avez su créer une ambiance jazzy chaleureuse et discrète qui correspondait à nos attentes. Tous nos invités ont également énormément apprécié. Merci et belle continuation ! Julia et Florian"

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"Quality music by quality musicians. What more could one ask for?"

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"What Ferdie can do that nobody else does (to the extent that he does it) is sing his heart out, and then play his heart out-- his vocal and instrumental expressions are equally strong. It's not like he's trying to get a gig at the local Holiday Inn lounge, no!--he belongs in the concert hall! Larry Coryell (from the liner notes to "Look for the silver lining" album by Ferdinando Argenti"

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"They absolutely made our wedding! Thank you thank you thank you. Very responsive, flexible and friendly as well as being super musicians."

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"The Grammofoni played at my 40th birthday in Monaco for 3 hours (two 90-minute sets). They helped create an amazing vibe — it truly felt like being transported to the Italian Riviera of the 1950s. The singer is excellent, as are the other musicians — perfect for an intimate setting. They were very professional, punctual, and extremely helpful with song selections. I strongly recommend them if you want to create a beautiful experience for your guests."

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"The guys were brilliant! Great communication beforehand and very accommodating with requests. Arrived on time and set up. Flexible as needed to fit in with speeches etc. Made a great night! I definitely recommend Blag for a wonderful band. Thanks guys! Mike"

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"This band provided the absolute best experience!! The band was better than anyone could imagine!! The music was wonderful and the musicians were amazing. They interacted with the people at the event and added so much fun to our gathering. Would recommend them wholeheartedly!!"

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"I can’t believe it’s been a week already since our wedding, finally we are catching up and wanted to send you and the band a huge thank you. You were amazing and exactly what we wanted, everyone commented on how good you were, it was perfect :) "

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"Ivan is great! He could attend the event last minute and it was amazing! I highly recommend him."

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"All of this is an admittedly roundabout way of confessing that I wasn't prepared to be as delighted as I am with Go Tell It on the Mountain (Silkheart), an album of traditional hymns and originals with heaven-gazing titles by Booker T. Williams Jr., a New York-based tenor saxophonist originally from Seattle who performs as Booker T. The obsessive soul-searching implicit in the programming suggests an affinity with John Coltrane. But unlike too many of the saxophonists who aim for Coltrane's spiritual elevation, Booker T has a devilish sense of humor best illustrated by his "Say amen, Gracie" drollery on "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," a homey little melody he elongates and fragments with the comic élan of a Sonny Rollins. In fact, the classic album that Go Tell It on the Mountain most recalls is Way Out West, Rollins's 1958 album of cowboy tunes--and not just because Booker T, like Rollins before him, finds inspiration in unlikely places. It's also because Booker T's interaction with the bassist Saheb Sarbib and the drummer Andrew Cyrille is as carefree and almost as electrifying as Rollins's with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne thirty years ago (or better yet, with Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones on A Night at the Village Vanguard, from around the same time). Despite the sarcasm implicit in Booker T's low-register bleats, his performances of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Jesus Loves Me" exude sincerity, much the way Rollins's interpretations of oddball pop tunes do. For Booker T, as for Rollins, satire is a sign of respect, not condescension. Booker T is ecumenical: one of the album's most infectious cuts is "Halle Kalle Mazeltov," a hora whose modality he cagily exploits. The Spartan trio format means that Sarbib and Cyrille have to function as soloists as well as rhythm stalwarts, and both men shoulder the added burden gracefully, maintaining melodic continuity in a manner that bassists and drummers seldom do when they solo. Despite the length of some of the tracks (the title tune, which is just over sixteen minutes, is a Booker T original, not the folk song of the same name), Booker T's solos never deteriorate into self-indulgent braying. His sense of thematic exposition is too well developed for that-another cue he takes from Rollins. (And as if to underscore his lineage, the CD-only bonus track is Rollins's calypso "St. Thomas.") He switches to alto on his own "When Mama Cries I Cry," and his phrasing is impressively speechlike on this lighter horn. "

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"We chose this pianist for our wedding reception in Siena, and it was a fantastic decision. The music created a wonderful atmosphere, and many guests commented on how much they enjoyed it. A truly professional service."

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