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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 observations and suggestions about what must be one of the biggest outlays of any we...

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jazz band interview
Here is a lovely interview between English jazz and studio trombonist Don Lusher and Henry Coker who played trombone in jazz legend Count Basies big band. Lusher: It's very nice to see you again, ...

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 of jazz. Below are some of his stories from his live band playing days of the thi...

live band stories
This is a facinating article of when George Chisholm, world class trombonist was playing in a live band with Louis Armstrong. My marriage to Ella survived the war, but not the peace. It goes witho...

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 music as recorded before 1935. We use this date and classification of this perio...

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 Band Era we discussed some of the early big bands, hotel bands, and advances and ...

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 swing dancers of the day. One of many "battle of the bands" at the Savoy Ballro...

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 band with Fats Waller one of the great legends of the jazz world. Mention Th...

string quartet for wedding
String quartet. Perfect for a wedding reception. As your guests make there way from the church to your wedding reception there to greet them is that most beautiful of sounds, the string quartet. There...

gay wedding music services
Now that same sex unions are fast coming the norm, wedding music suppliers, as are all wedding services suppliers, gearing up to offer their sevices to a new client base, namely the gay wedding market...

jewish wedding
Most Sundays through the year find myself and many of my musician friends playing for a Jewish wedding or Barmitzvah at some top London hotel or other. With many years experience in the business I am ...

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 and the job to done. You cannot play a Glen Miller Big Band tribute with a banjo ...

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 backing tracks but this is not what we do here at Jazz not Jazz. We always prefer...

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. If you are gay and reading this you will know that from December the 5th you can...

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 professional in every way, looking the part, playing music to the highest of standards and ...

Music for Corporate Entertainment
For many years I have supplied music for and played in bands that provide music for corporate entertainment. Clients have included Audi, The Evening Standard, Sainsburys, P.C. World, Safeways, Large c...

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 of occasions. Most people, especially the younger ones came to the music of the...

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 decision on which wedding music to book. That is why we give our clients the chance to ...

Music Entertainment Agency
Why use one? Why use a music entertainment agency ? A better question might be �why use a good music entertainment agency�. The difference between the two questions is enormous. A bad music enterta...

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 untapped market out there for people who lived as teenagers and twenty somethings throu...

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 the event. Some brides start with the dress selection, then build the theme aroun...

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 Easter Eggs in the windows so it must be the Christmas party lead up! Why think...

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 by most of our clients. It goes something like this: "We are looking for a jaz...

Wedding Jazz Band
Wedding Jazz Band Wedding Jazz Band. As the year progresses people in the music business are finding an increase in the number of enquiries for a wedding jazz band. �It has come later, this interes...

Jazz Band London
Jazz band London Article Jazz band London punched into search engines will bring out a range of results, some suitable some not. If you require a jazz band in London to play for you it is as good a...

Jazz band hire
Jazz band hire is beset with obstacles and questions. It is worth getting it right. To hire a jazz band you should expect to be asked various questions. These are, in no particular order: 1. Do you...

live jazz band hire in Cheshire
Jazz band in Cheshire Jazz band hire in the Cheshire area can best be covered by a national live music hire specialist rather than a local company using local bands. Most professional musicians and...

New Orleans Funeral Jazz band
New Orleans Funeral Jazz Band In New Orleans the Funeral Jazz Band has long been part of the traditional New Orleans Funeral. As many of you will know New Orleans was the birth place of Jazz a hund...

New Orleans Jazz band
New Orleans Jazz is a term that has lost a lot of meaning to many people wanting to book a band. As an agency we are innundated with requests for a New Orleans Jazz band or a traditional jazz band or ...

dixieland band
Dixieland band is a perfect band for a summer afternoon. For a wedding reception or a corporate fun day, a garden party or a birthday party, dixieland bands can be heard swinging along over the whole ...

Covers bands
Covers band requests rallying well. After a slow start to the year Jeff Williams of Jazz not Jazz Productions reports that interest in covers bands is strengthening for most areas of party work. "...

amateur bands NO
Amateur bands are thriving in this current economic climate. As clients try to find a way of cutting back on costs right across the board it is inevitable that they will look for a way to cut costs wi...

covers band
Covers Band, The Roadhouse Five, has long been at the top of their profession. Delighting party guests at weddings, birthday celebrations and corporate functions. Based in the London area and made up ...

Swing Band
Swing band requirements vary from client to client. Corporate entertainment require swing bands mainly for background listening. This means three or four piece bands are perfect. The clients want to n...

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