Articles

Our articles section is designed to provide you with more information and advice. We will update this section frequently so be sure to check back often.

Venues, some observations.
With two hundred and seventy plus musical engagements a year under our belts, we feel well qualified to offer a few obse...

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Live band revue Historically speaking.
Live Band Music Battle At The Savoy This was a show that was everything it was built up to be for jazz fans and...

Jazz band more history
In the first of two articles on the history of our look at the history of jazz bands leading up to the Big B...

jazz band history
Here is a well written article on the early history of the jazz band. On this page we focus on pre Big Band Era jazz ...

jazz band interview
Here is a lovely interview between English jazz and studio trombonist Don Lusher and Henry Coker who played trombone in ...

live band stories
This is a facinating article of when George Chisholm, world class trombonist was playing in a live band with Louis Armst...

jazz band stories from George Chisholm
Here is another set of tales from George Chisholms jazz band days in the thirties. At this time he was playing in a jazz...

live band stories from George Chisholm
George Chisholm was probably one of the finest jazz musicians ever, anywhere in the world. He played with many legends o...

gay wedding music services
Now that same sex unions are fast coming the norm, wedding music suppliers, as are all wedding services suppliers, geari...

string quartet for wedding
String quartet. Perfect for a wedding reception. As your guests make there way from the church to your wedding reception...

jewish wedding
Most Sundays through the year find myself and many of my musician friends playing for a Jewish wedding or Barmitzvah at ...

Jazz Band what size?
Jazz Band what size? Why do people need different sizes of jazz band? Four main reasons. Cost, space, number of guests a...

Rat Pack Band
Jazz not Jazz has been searching for a suitable Rat Pack Band for sometime now. It would be easy to take on a guy with b...

A complete one stop shop for corporate entertainment music solutions
We at Jazz not Jazz pride ourselves on putting the right band into your event. Properly briefed, totally professiona...

Wedding Music for a Gay Marriage
My wife and I were out with gay friends the other night who, in the course of the evening, invited us to their wedding. ...

Music Entertainment Agency
Why use one? Why use a music entertainment agency ? A better question might be “why use a good music entertainment ag...

Listen to wedding music
We at Jazz not Jazz know how important it is to get a chance to listen to wedding music before making that final decisio...

Rat Pack Music from a Rat Pack Band
I’m very lucky having seen the Chairman of the Board himself, the boss of the Rat Pack...Frank Sinatra..live on a number...

Wedding Reception music
Deciding a theme or style for your wedding from the opening to the reception can be driven by any number of aspects to t...

Soul band for a party
Was the request six months ago, a sixtieth birthday party, the client said. It got me thinking. There is a whole untappe...

Choosing a Christmas party band
Choosing the Roadhouse Five Can you believe it? We are talking about Xmas already! Well the high street shops have Ea...

Music for Corporate Entertainment
For many years I have supplied music for and played in bands that provide music for corporate entertainment. Clients hav...

Choosing a Jazz Band for Your Party
In many years of arranging jazz bands for all sorts of events I am struck by the similarity of how the request is made b...

Thoughts on choosing wedding music or “what type of wedding band is right for us?”
also, see our Wedding Section in this site.

We are delighted to be able to present a number of fascinating articles by top New York jazz author and radio host Bob Bernotas. They give a wonderful insight into the lives and times of some of the finest jazz artists of yesterday and today. These and many others can be seen in his excellent publications, available direct from Boptism Music Publishing: www.boptism.com.

AN HONORABLE PROFESSION: BENNY POWELL
A DAY IN A (DOUBLE) LIFE: CLAUDIO RODITI
“THE DEFINITION OF JAZZ”: THE BASIE BAND AT ITS BEST
THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN: J.J. JOHNSON
BRASS FANTASIES: LESTER BOWIE