We've been working together as professional musicians for over 16 years; Perfect for upbeat, sunny music! We are specialists in a few musical fields, such as Latin, Salsa, Brazilian music, jazz, party music, uplifting music for parties and weddings! We often get asked to play parties and celebrations where our love of playing music and large repertoire & experience means we are popular across ages and musical tastes! Either for reception slots, to help create a sunny vibe, or to get people dancing with our rhythmic latin music. Between us we play several instruments and percussion, both sing and often people say we sound like a larger band than we are! (Check out our videos!).
Past clients/ venues include; Hard Rock Café, London; Regents Street Xmas Lights; Dublin Carnival; Royal Horticultural Society Show, Cardiff; Trees/ ParksFor Life, London; RICS Annual Party, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Met University; Hilton Hotel Park Lane; Belfry International Golf Course; Indigo @ O2 Arena; Emirates Stadium; British Medical Association (BMA); opening ceremony of new BBC building; Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Hull Truck Theatre; Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Kent; Quay Arts Centre Isle of Wight, Grassington Arts Festival; Jersey World Music Festival; Miri International Jazz Festival Borneo, Cork Jazz Festival, plus many many weddings and private parties!
Based in Hull, East Yorkshire
La Bamba
Guantanamera
Chan Chan (Buena Vista Social Club)
Bamboleo (Gipsy Kings)
Volare (Gipsy Kings)
Tequila
Oye Como Va
Mambo Italiano
Besame Mucho
Cailito Lindo
Havana
Lambada
El Cuarto de Tula (Buena Vista Social Club)
El Bodeguero (ChaChaCha)
La Colegiala
La Negra Tomasa / Bilongo
Son De La Loma
Mas Que Nada (Samba)
La Cucaracha
Mambo Jambo
Patricia
Sway
Corcovado
El Cumbanchero
Lola Catula
Desafinado
Sonho Meu
Maracangalha
Marinheiro So
Andrei de Sapato Novo
Corcovado
Doralice
Girl From Ipanema
Brazil
Sway
Urubu Malandra
Eu Luxo So
El Que Sabe Sabe
Sonho Meu
Maracangalha
Marinheiro So
Tico Tico
Bucks Polka
Pantalon Blue Jean
Corrida
Shake Your Body
Anabacoa
JAZZY
Take Five
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Charleston
Sentimental Journey
The Pink Panther
In The Mood
Chatanooga Choo Choo
Minnie The Moocher
The Girl From Ipanema
Stranger on the Shore
Night and Day
Paper Moon
Honeysuckle Rose
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
Straighten Up And Fly Right
Flat Foot Floogie
Swing 39
Desafinado
Bim Bom
Blue Moon
Sweet Georgia Brown
I’m In the Mood For Love
Sweet Sue Just you
Nuages
OTHER COVERS
Brown Eyed Girl
Tell Me Ma
La Vie En Rose
BOOGIE SKA CALYPSO
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
Kansas City
Jump Jive & Wail
Yellow Bird
Don’t Stop the Carnival
Back to Back Belly to Belly
Mary Ann
Jamaica Farewell
Angelina
One Love
Jamming
We need about 2 metres by 2.5 metres. One socket.
We prefer parking for our high top van (3.1m high, 5.7m long)
We are self contained and have our own sound system for our music.
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. We'd need to know we can access the loading-in area in our high top van. We are more than happy to liaise with the venue, if there's any info that the venue needs about us for instance, once we've had initial discussions with the client.
The client would need their own sound system. We can put on a background level music in between our sets, but not at the volume level expected of a DJ.
We've had many memorable gigs and fantastic weddings and parties we've played at. We enjoyed playing in Havana, and weddings in Tuscany and near Bearcelona. The Borneo Jazz Festival in Miri was exciting, and being filmed by MTV Asia, plus playing for the arrival of the Olympic Torch in front of a crowd of 15,000 people.
We've been influenced by a large range of musicians! From Jazz , world, folk, pop and many more styles! If the music moves us we'll give it a listen; and we also love music that makes us move!
We started playing through a love of sharing music, and people's keen interest in our oerformances! Since then we've loved playing all sorts of parties, weddings, events, venues, etc
We love playing at all sorts of events; we particularly enjoy weddings and private parties where our upbeat mood and style of music seems to help make a joyous atmosphere!
Yes, of course! Usually lots of details get organised by email, but if the client wants to also have a chance to speak to us, or for us to get an idea fo them as a couple (for weddings) we're more than happy to arrange a phone call!
No! You don't need to choose all the songs for us to play at all, in fact with our years of experience of playing, we can 'read the room' and respond to the mood or vibe accordingly, that's the beauty of live musicians! Of course if you have a favourite, or a few favourites, from our list, do let us know!
About one hour to one hour 15 for set up of our full PA.
We usually are asked to play for two 45 minute sets, however some people prefer one set of an hour or an hour and 15 minutes. We're happy to talk through details.
Yes, with protection, ie. a marquee. but we ask for a plan b in case of wet weather.
We have an extensive repertoire and are happy for clients to let us know which of our songs on the repertoire are ther favourites.
'Upbeat' 'Fantastic' 'Lovely atmosphere'
BBC
British Medical Association
Regent Street Christmas Lights Turn On
Boots PLC
Royal Horticultural Show
Cork Jazz Fesival
Manchester Jazz Festival
Hull Jazz Festival
Borneo International Miri Jazz Festival
Henley Festival
Indigo @ O2
Excel
Emirates Stadium
Hard Rocl Cafe, London
Edgebaston Cricket Ground
Park Lane Hotel London
Hilton, London & Manchester
Epsom Derby
Belfry Golf club
Leeds Art Gallery
Leeds Met University
University Of Kent
Quay Theatre, Isle of Wight
Jersey Arts Centre
Royal Naval College, London