Jazz & Swing
“Life is a lot like jazz. It’s best when you improvise.”
– George Gershwin
Get your party swinging and the champagne popping with one of our great Jazz & Swing bands and create an infectious atmosphere from the off!
The Cotton Club Trio/Quartet
Irresistible rhythms, sultry sax, and moving bass, The Cotton Club have an unique and appealing sound that is just perfect for any drinks reception, party or launch, where you just want to … warm up the room!
Featuring the music of Django Reinhardt, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin, this quartet serves up a gourmet menu of good mood music, perfect for creating conviviality and good vibes!
In demand in such venues as Farmleigh House, Iveagh House, the National Gallery, the K Club and Mount Juliet, these are sophisticated Gentlemen of Jazz!
Bourbon Street
When only the real “pros “ will do – guys who have lived and breathed this music – when you want to hear Jazz, Dixieland and Swing played by musicians who grew up with it, then it’s gotta be Bourbon Street.
Featuring the crème de la crème of Dublin’s Jazz & Swing scene, these are true professionals who understand this genre. Serving up classics from Cole Porter to Irving Berlin, Frank Sinatra to Nat King Cole and of course the great Satchmo, this band evokes memories of a bygone era and will bring you on a Sentimental Journey!
Bourbon Street Video from Dial M for Music on Vimeo.
Tom Harte Duo
This suave 2-piece ensemble (guitar and clarinet/saxophone) have been playing together for over 20 years and create the perfect ambiance with their laid back soundscape.
This versatile and compact duo generates a convivial atmosphere that gets feet tapping and people talking. When there’s music, a glass in your hand and canapés, people don’t feel they have to do anything with themselves – they can just relax! The Tom Harte Duo do “chill” par excellence!
Putting On The Ritz
Sheik Of Araby
Walking My Baby Back Home
Drazen Duo
Croatian born guitarist Drazen Derek partners the Russian virtuoso violinist Oleg Ponomarev in a fusion of music that encompasses Jazz and Hotclub, Gypsy and Klezmer. This brilliant duo has toured Europe performing on many concert platforms with such acts as Yehudi Menuhin, Jools Holland, and the Three Tenors.
Think “Gypsy Kings meet Django Reinhardt”
“Gypsy music…as it has never been played before” Gara Vogue
Lullabye of Birdland