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Favela Jazz and Soul Band
A young, versatile swing band performing a wide range of jazz, Ratpack swing and soul classics to suit any occasion. Available now for your wedding reception (full band is 9 piece or 6 piece for just jazz sets)
The Favela Jazz and Soul Band is a young, versatile ensemble, available to hire for all public and private events. Whether you’re looking for quiet instrumental background music to wine and dine to, or live vocal-led music guaranteed to keep you on the dance floor, we will do our best to accommodate your needs.
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Imagination Gallery London The Favela Jazz & Soul Band
The Favela Jazz & Soul Band is an exciting, dynamic and versatile function band performing a huge range of hits from the Jazz, Rat Pack, Soul and Motown eras. They are all you’ll need to make your wedding or corporate event go with a swing – available in different line-ups from small jazz bands to a 6- or 9-piece function band guaranteed to keep you on the dancefloor!
Every performance is planned individually to make sure the band meet your event requirements. From choosing the perfect line-up to suit your event to smaller details such as the dress code, special requests and performance times, The Favela Jazz & Soul Band aim to be completely flexible to ensure you get the perfect entertainment for your event.
Members have performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival on BBC television and are regularly employed for session work throughout the UK. The band regularly performs at corporate events and private functions all over the country including prestigious venues in London such as The Berkeley Hotel, The Imagination Gallery and Inns of Court, and at other venues throughout the UK including Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons, and Magdalen College Oxford. Previous clients include E-ON UK, Mellon Ltd, Goldcrest Land and The Royal Air Force.
Line-up
9-piece band (standard): Female vocals, piano, bass, drums, keyboards, alto sax, tenor sax, x2 trumpets
6-piece band: female vocals, piano, bass, drums, keyboard, tenor sax
Jazz bands (3-6 piece): available in any combination; i.e. quartet – piano, bass, drums, tenor sax
Previous clients/Venues
E-ON UK
Mellon Ltd
Goldcrest Land
The Royal Air Force, Bicester
The Berkeley Hotel, Knightsbridge, London
The Imagination Gallery, London
Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Great Milton, Oxford
The Oxfordshire Golf and Country Club
Gray's Inn, Inns of Court, London
The Carriage House Restaurant, Claydon House
Buxted Park, East Sussex
Enfield Chace Hotel, Middlesex
St. Michael's Manor Hotel, St. Albans
The Rose & Crown, Henley-on-Thames
Magdalen College, OxfordR32;Keble College, Oxford
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
SAMPLE SET LISTS
Our set lists are constantly changing and we will aim to learn any requests made within 6 weeks of your event.
Sample Set One: LOUNGE JAZZ & SWING
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Louis Armstrong
Straighten Up and Fly Right Nat ‘King’ Cole
'S Wonderful Shirley Bassey
Have you Met Miss Jones Rat Pack
Let There be Love Nat ‘King’ Cole
My Baby Just Cares From Me Nina Simone
Zing! Went the Strings of my Heart Judy Garland
They Can’t Take That Away From Me Ella Fitzgerald
Take The ‘A’ Train Duke Ellington
L-O-V-E Nat ‘King’ Cole
Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra
In the Mood Glenn Miller
Let’s Face the Music and Dance Nat ‘King’ Cole
Sample Set Two: RAT PACK
Luck Be a Lady
The Lady is a Tramp
Come Fly With Me
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Call Me Irresponsible
The Way You Look Tonight
Sway
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
I Get a Kick Out of You
Me and My Shadow
Mack the Knife
Fly me to the Moon
That’s Life
Theme From New York New York
Sample Set Three: SOUL & MOTOWN
I Want You Back Jackson 5
I Say a Little Prayer for You Aretha Franklin 5
Finally CeCe Peniston
Car Wash Rose Royce
I Just Wanna Make Love to You Etta James
Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
Valerie Amy Winehouse
How Sweet it Is to be Loved by You James Taylor
Blame it on the Boogie Jackson 5
Rock With You Michael Jackson
I Feel Good James Brown
Sir Duke Stevie Wonder
Think – Respect Aretha Franklin - Medley
It’s Not Unusual Tom Jones
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Aretha Franklin
September Earth Wind and Fire
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Andy Williams
JAZZ BAND REPERTOIRE
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
All of Me
All the Things you Are
Angel Eyes
Autumn Leaves
Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)
Beyond the Sea
Blue Bossa
Blues for Alice
Body and Soul
Bourbon Street Parade
Call Me Irresponsible
Cantaloupe Island
Caravan
Cheek to Cheek
Come Fly With Me
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
Cry me a River
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Don’t Know Why
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
Easy to Love
A Fine Romance
Fly me to the Moon
A Foggy Day (in London Town
Georgia on my Mind
Get Happy
The Girl from Ipanema
Have you met Miss Jones?
I Get a Kick Out of You
I’ve Got the World on a String
I’ve Got You Under my Skin
If I Were a Bell
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
It Had to be You
Just Friends
La Vie en Rose
The Lady is a Tramp
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Let’s Fall in Love
Lullaby of Birdland
Manteca
Mean to Me
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
My Romance
The Nearness of You
A Night in Tunisia
Night Train (Happy Go Lucky Local)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Old Devil Moon
On Green Dolphin Street
On the Street Where You Live
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Red Baron
‘S Wonderful
Satin Doll
Scrapple From the Apple
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Sophisticated Lady
Stella by Starlight
Stormy Weather
Sway
Take the ‘A’ Train
These Foolish Things
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Till There Was You
Unforgettable
Watermelon Man
The Way You Look Tonight
What a Difference a Day Made
What a Wonderful World
When I Fall in Love
Witchcraft
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