Description | Price |
Wedding Ceremony (with 4 song requests) | £200 |
Wedding Reception or Wedding Breakfast (2 x 60m sets) | £300 |
Wedding Ceremony and Wedding Breakfast (2 x 60m sets) | £450 |
Private Event or Function (2 x 60m sets) | £300 |
Hire an ensemble of up to five musicians, which can be a duo, trio, or quartet, with proportional pricing, all for the total cost of £1800. | £1800 |
Meet Thomas McBrien, the jazz prodigy reigning supreme in south east London! With TWO jaw-dropping decades of experience and degrees from prestigious music schools, he's the real deal.
Get ready for mind-blowing performances and captivating piano compositions that span hits, blues, jazz, and classical pieces fit for royalty! Thomas comes equipped with top-notch gear, delivering an audio experience like no other.
When you choose Thomas as your pianist, expect a personally tailored repertoire, seamless planning, and top-tier professionalism. Working with him is a breeze, thanks to his easy-going nature and impeccable style.
Buckle up for an unforgettable musical journey with Thomas McBrien – a true marvel in the world of jazz!
Here’s what you can expect when you choose me as your pianist:
1. A personally tailored repertoire, adaptable to suit your vibe - I welcome all kinds of song requests!
2. An extensive collection of popular hits, soulful blues, enchanting jazz, and even delightful classical pieces.
3. The highest standard of professionalism with a top-notch electric piano and sound system, ensuring exceptional audio quality.
4. Seamless planning through email, phone, and video consultations to discuss and finalize all event details.
5. Efficient logistical coordination directly with the venue, providing you with peace of mind on your special day.
6. A warm and friendly smile from a happy pianist, ready to create a musical ambiance that leaves lasting memories for you and your guests.
Based in Chislehurst, Kent
- Pop Repertoire -
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie
All of Me - John Legend
All This Love That I'm Giving - Gwen McCrae
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
At Last - Etta James
Big Poppa - The Notorious B.I.G.
Blackbird - The Beatles
California Dreaming - The Mamas & The Papas
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Cream - Wu-Tang Clan
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Half the World Away - Oasis
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Heart of Gold - Neil Young
Hotel California - Eagles
How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Imagine - John Lennon
Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G.
Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers
Let It Be - The Beatles
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Make You Feel My Love - Adele (Originally by Bob Dylan)
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Michelle - The Beatles
Ms. Jackson - OutKast
Mumma Mia - ABBA
Pastime Paradise - Stevie Wonder
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Rotterdam - The Beautiful South
Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Stand by Me - Ben E. King
Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
The Truth - Handsome Boy Modeling School
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Wonderwall - Oasis
You Are the Reason - Calum Scott
Your Song - Elton John
- Jazz Repertoire -
A Child Is Born - Thad Jones
A Grand Night for Swinging - Gerry Mulligan
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin
Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, and Andy Razaf
All Blues - Miles Davis
All Of Me - Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons
All Of You - Cole Porter
All The Things You Are - Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Anthropology - Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Armundos Rhumba - Chick Corea
At Last - Mack Gordon and Harry Warren
Au Privave - Charlie Parker
Autumn in New York - Vernon Duke
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer
Beatrice - Sam Rivers
Billie's Bounce - Charlie Parker
Black Nile - Wayne Shorter
Black Orpheus (Manhã de Carnaval) - Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria
Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham
Blue Concept - Billy Taylor
Blue In Green - Miles Davis and Bill Evans
Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
Blue Skies - Irving Berlin
Blues for Alice - Charlie Parker
Blues On The Corner - McCoy Tyner
Body And Soul - Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton
But Not For Me - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Bye Bye Blackbird - Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon
C Jam Blues - Duke Ellington
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Celeste - Miles Davis
Celia - Bud Powell
Cheek To Cheek - Irving Berlin
Cherokee - Ray Noble
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Concerto De Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo
Confirmation - Charlie Parker
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Countdown - John Coltrane
Cry Me A River - Arthur Hamilton
Dance Of The Elders - Max Roach
Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça
Dig Dis - Hank Mobley
Dolphin Dance - Herbie Hancock
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington and Bob Russell
Donna Lee - Charlie Parker
Doxy - Sonny Rollins
Emily - Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer
Eternal Triangle - Sonny Stitt
Everybody's Song But My Own - Kenny Dorham
Everything Happens To Me - Matt Dennis and Tom Adair
Everything I've Got Belongs To You - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Exactly Like You - Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
Eye Of The Hurricane - Herbie Hancock
Feel Like Makin' Love - Gene McDaniels
Five - Bill Evans
Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
Footprints - Wayne Shorter
Four - Miles Davis
Four on Six - Wes Montgomery
Freddie Freeloader - Miles Davis
Funkerello - Horace Silver
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You - Don Redman and Andy Razaf
Georgia On My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
The Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes (English lyrics by Norman Gimbel)
Groovin' High - Dizzy Gillespie
Have You Met Miss Jones? - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller and Andy Razaf
How Deep Is The Ocean - Irving Berlin
How High The Moon - Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton
How Insensitive (Insensatez) - Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes (English lyrics by Norman Gimbel)
I Can't Get Started - Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin
I Fall In Love Too Easily - Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
I Wish I Knew... - Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
I'll Remember April - Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, and Don Raye
Impressions - John Coltrane
In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington and Manny Kurtz
In A Mellow Mood - Duke Ellington
In A Mellow Tone - Duke Ellington
In Walked Bud - Thelonious Monk and Jon Hendricks
Infant Eyes - Wayne Shorter
Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Israel - John Carisi
It Could Happen To You - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
It's Only A Paper Moon - Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Jordu - Duke Jordan
Joy Spring - Clifford Brown
Just A Gigolo - Leonello Casucci and Irving Caesar
Just Friends - John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis
Kind Folk - Kenny Dorham
L-O-V-E - Bert Kaempfert and Milt Gabler
Lazy River - Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin
Let's Get Lost - Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser
Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard
Long Ago and Far Away - Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin
Lonnie's Lament - John Coltrane
Love For Sale - Cole Porter
Lover Man - Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, and James Sherman
Lucky To Be Me - Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Lullaby For Helen - Bill Evans
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
Manhattan - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Milestones - Miles Davis
Misty - Erroll Garner (with lyrics added later by Johnny Burke)
Moanin' - Bobby Timmons
Moon River - Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Mr. PC - John Coltrane
My Favorite Things - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Naima - John Coltrane
Nardis - Miles Davis
Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez
Never Will I Marry - Frank Loesser
Night and Day - Cole Porter
Night Dreamer - Wayne Shorter
Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli
Night Train - Jimmy Forrest, Lewis Simpkins, and Oscar Washington
No Blues - Miles Davis
Now's The Time - Charlie Parker
Oleo - Sonny Rollins
Oliloqui Valley - Herbie Hancock
On Green Dolphin Street - Bronisław Kaper and Ned Washington
On The Street Where You Live - Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
Once Upon A Summertime - Michel Legrand, Johnny Mercer, and Eddie Barclay
Ornithology - Charlie Parker and Benny Harris
Out of Nowhere - Johnny Green and Edward Heyman
Parisian Thoroughfare - Bud Powell
Passion Dance - McCoy Tyner
Peace Piece - Bill Evans
Peel Me A Grape - Dave Frishberg
Penthouse Serenade - Will Jason and Val Burton
Perdido - Juan Tizol, Hans Lengsfelder, and Ervin Drake
Poinciana - Nat Simon and Buddy Bernier
Polkadots and Moonbeams - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
Pure Imagination - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Recorda-Me (Recuerdame) - Joe Henderson
Rhythm-A-Ning - Thelonious Monk
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Johnny Mercer
Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker
Second Balcony Jump - Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine, and Don Redman
Secret Love - Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
So What - Miles Davis
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II
Solar - Miles Davis
Some Other Time - Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Someday My Prince Will Come - Frank Churchill and Larry Morey
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Song For My Father - Horace Silver
Spartacus Love Theme - Alex North
Speak Low - Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash
Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Star Eyes - Gene de Paul and Don Raye
Stella By Starlight - Victor Young and Ned Washington
Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
Summer Time - George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Take Five - Paul Desmond
Take the "A" Train - Billy Strayhorn
Tea For Two - Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar
Teach Me Tonight - Gene De Paul and Sammy Cahn
Tell Me A Bedtime Story - Herbie Hancock
The Days of Wine and Roses - Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
The Kid From Red Bank - Neal Hefti
The Nearness Of You - Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington
The Peacocks - Jimmy Rowles
The Song Is You - Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields
There Is No Greater Love - Isham Jones and Marty Symes
There Will Never Be Another You - Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
This I Dig Of You - Hank Mobley
Time Remembered - Bill Evans
Tune Up - Miles Davis
Unsquare Dance - Dave Brubeck
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Waters Of March (Águas de Março) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
When Lights Are Low - Benny Carter and Spencer Williams
What Is This Thing Called Love - Cole Porter
Windows - Chick Corea
Yesterdays - Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cole Porter
500 Miles High - Chick Corea
- Classical Repertoire -
Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
Children's Corner - Claude Debussy
Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
Comptine d'un autre été - Yann Tiersen
Fantaisie-Impromptu - Frédéric Chopin
Fantasia in D minor (K. 397) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Für Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach
I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi
Impromptu in G-flat major (Op. 90) - Franz Schubert
La fille aux cheveux de lin - Claude Debussy
Liebesträume No. 3 - Franz Liszt
Moment Musical No. 3 in F minor - Franz Schubert
Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven
Nocturne in C-sharp minor (Nocturne Op. 27) - Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat major - Frédéric Chopin
Now
Pavane pour une infante défunte - Maurice Ravel
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major (K. 331) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prelude in C major (WTC Book 1) - Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in C-sharp minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in D-flat major (Raindrop Prelude) - Frédéric Chopin
Prelude in G minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Partita No. 1 in B-flat major - Johann Sebastian Bach
Reverie - Claude Debussy
River Flows In You - Yiruma
Rondo Alla Turca - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Heart Asks Pleasure First - Michael Nyman
Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
Traumerei - Robert Schumannk
Power supply needed.
Set up time 15 minutes.
Standard booking are 2 x 60m sets. Extra sets can be arranged for a fee.
L'Oreal
Ronnie Scotts
AstraZeneca
Lauderdale House
The Hotel Continental
The Magnet
Boyles' Bar
Guildhall School of Music and Drama