Solo with backing tracks: £390 |
Duo - Piano or Guitar and Vocals: £640 |
Trio - Piano or Guitar, Saxophone and Vocals: £900 |
Melisma Jazz has been a popular band on the UK Jazz scene for many years. Lead by Sarah-Jane they have performed at many prestigious venues in the UK. She has also performed in India.
It's Vintage Glamour all the way with Sarah-Jane and her band.
A graduate of the Guildhall Music in London with distinction she has worked in all spheres of singing alongside artists such as Jimmy Tarbuck, Wayne Sleep, Dame Peggy Mount, Julian Lloyd Webber and Vince Clarke (Erasure and Yazoo).
She has appeared on BBC and ITV television and on radio.
You can choose from a large repertoire ranging from Cocktail and Jazz Swing to the American Songbook standards from the 1920's onwards.
She can offer a solo with backing track option for small venues but also works with bigger band options including pianists Jonathan Vinten (George Melly's pianist), Kit Massey, Roger Hind and Bruno D'Ambra. All of her musicians have played at the famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.
She also has the wonderful Conchord Big Band at her disposal making the evening go with an even bigger Swing!!
Based in Reigate, Surrey
A foggy day
A nightingale sang in Berkeley square
Ain't misbehaving’
All of Me
Anything goes
As time goes by
At last
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
Blue Skies
Bye Bye Blackbird
Boogie, woogie Bugle Boy
Come fly with me
Don’t get around much anymore
Don’t sit under the Apple tree
Dream a little Dream
Embraceable You
Feeling Good
Fever
Fly me to the Moon
Forty second street
Get Happy
Girl from Ipanema
I got rhythm
I won’t dance
It don’t mean a thing (if it ain’t got that
swing
It had to be you
It might as well rain until September
I’ve got you under my skin
Lady is a Tramp
Let there be love
Let’s call the whole thing off
Let’s face the music and dance
Love walked in
Lullaby of Birdland
Lullaby of Broadway
Mad about the boy
Mack the Knife
Makin whoopee
Moondance
Moon River
Mr Bojangles
Mr Sandman
My baby just cares for me
My Funny Valentine
Our love is here to stay
Over the rainbow (Judy Garland)
Over the Rainbow (Melody Gardot version)
Paper moon
Puttin’ on the Ritz
Recipe for Love
Sentimental Journey
Someone to watch over me
Stormy weather
Summertime
Sway
Swinging on a Star
The Man I love
The way you look tonight
They all laughed
They can’t take that away from me
Til there was you
What a difference a day made
What a wonderful world
One or two plug sockets
Sound equipment provided , no lighting
How far it is to carry equipment and if there is a sound limiter
Yes
I have sung at lots of beautiful venues , it's difficult to choose one but Limewood in Hampshire was lovely and the most spectacular was the Mysore Palace in India.
Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Doris Day are all favourites
I have been singing for many years and was encouraged to start singing jazz when someone heard me in a concert singing Gershwin. I am also an opera and folk singer so have vast experience of different genres of music
I love all sorts of events, but especially the events where people are really relaxed and just enjoying the atmosphere
It takes me about 30 minutes to set up. Performance times are usually 2 x 45 minute sets in a 2 hour period
Yes, no problem as long as there is shade, no rain and minimal wind.
Yes, absolutely. I will always chat through the favourites list and always happy to learn new songs too.
Amazing, what a beautiful voice, I love the fact you are just enjoying yourself in your performing. Wonderful, I can't wait to hear you again.
The Dorchester, Park Lane
The Montcalm, London
Royal Albert Hall, London
La Manoir aux quatre saisons (Raymond Blanc)
Mysore Palace, India
The Savoy Hotel, London
The Royal Berkshire Hotel
Pennyhill Park
Great Fosters
Dorking Halls
Camberley Theatre
Chewton Glen Hotel, Hampshire
Horsley Towers, Surrey
The Wisley Golf Club, Surrey
Brands Hatch Hotel, Kent
Chilston Park, Kent
Woodlands Park Hotel, Surrey
Nutfield Priory, Surrey
Denbies Vineyard, Surrey
Beaverbrook, Surrey
The Millhouse Hotel, Reading
Clock Barn , Hampshire
Wasing Park
Hotel Du Vin , Tunbridge Wells