| 2 x 45 minutes sets |
| Per person: £350 From solo to 11 piece |
| Background music inbetween sets provided at no extra cost. |
Nessa has been performing professionally for over 20 years, around the world, for clients corporate, public and private. With a repertoire spanning 100 years, she is equally at home playing Jazz, Folk, Pop, Soul, Latin, Western Swing or originals. A consummate professional, Nessa is experienced in intimate settings, crowd-rousing or roaming performances.
Lineups:
All lineups possible as a roaming acoustic performance, unless stated as 'in situ'
Lineup options include;
Solo - Vocals and Guitar
Solo - Vocals and Piano (in situ)
Duo - Vocals and 2 x Guitars
Duo - Vocals, Guitar and Upright Bass
Trio - 3 x Vocals, 2 x Guitars and Upright Bass
Trio - Vocals, 2 x Guitars and Piano/Accordian/Drums (in situ)
Trio - 3 x Vocals, 2 x Guitars and Clarinet/Violin/Saxophone/Trombone
Quartet - 3 x Vocals, 2 x Guitars, Upright Bass & Clarinet/Violin/Saxophone/Trombone
Quartet - 3 x Vocals, 2 x Guitars, Upright Bass & Piano/Drums (in situ)
Up to an 11 piece, including
3 x Vocals, 2 x Guitars, Upright Bass, Piano, Drums, Clarinet, Violin, Saxophone, Trombone, Accordian
Based in Folkestone, Kent
= areas covered (up to 500 miles)
= free travel (up to 20 miles)
Jazz / Latin / Soul / Blues
A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke
A Fine Romance Fred Astaire
A Foggy Day Ella Fitzgerald
A Minor Variation Billy Joel
A Night In Tunisia Charlie Parker
A Sleepin' Bee Nancy Wilson
Accentuate The Positive Dean Martin
Agua De Beber Astrud Gilberto
Ain't Misbehavin' Fats Waller
Ain't Necessarily So Jamie Cullum
Ain't Nobody Chaka Khan
Ain't That A Kick In The Head Dean Martin
Alone Together Chet Baker
Always Irving Berlin
All About That Bass (PMJ style) Meghan Trainor
All of Me Billie Holiday
All Blues Miles Davis
All Or Nothing At All Frank Sinatra
All You Need Is Love The Beatles
Apple Blossom Time The Andrews Sisters
As Stevie Wonder
As Time Goes By Louis Armstrong
Autumn In New York Diana Krall
Autumn Leaves Nat King Cole
Baby Grand Billy Joel
Baby Love Diana Ross
Basin Street Blues The Mills Brothers
Baubles, Bangles & Beads Frank Sinatra
Bear Necessities Jungle Book
Bennie & The Jets (PMJ Style) Elton John
Besame Mucho Andy Bey & The Bey Sisters
Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea Cab Calloway
Between Us Harry Connick Jr
Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered Ella Fitzgerald
Beyond The Sea Charles Trenet
Bittersweet Carmen McRae
Black Coffee Peggy Lee
Blame It On My Youth Jane Monheit
Blue Moon Billie Holiday
Beginning To See The Light Dean Martin
Body And Soul Mark Murphy
But Not For Me Harry Connick Jr
Bye Bye Blackbird Nina Simone
Button Up Your Overcoat Bing Crosby
Caravan Duke Ellington
Centrepiece Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Cheek To Cheek Ella Fitzgerald
Close Your Eyes Kurt Elling
Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra
Come Rain or Come Shine Diana Krall
Come Sunday Duke Ellington
Comes Love Artie Shaw
Corcovado Antonio Carlos Jobim
Crava é Canela Flora Purim
Cry Me A River Billie Holiday
Dance Ballerina Dance Nat King Cole
Days of Wine And Roses Matt Munro
Desafinado Antonio Carlos Jobim
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Harry Connick Jr
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree The Andrews Sisters
Dream A Little Dream Louis Armstrong
Earth Angel The Penguins
Easy Living Kurt Elling
Embraceable You Sarah Vaughan
Emily Bill Evans
Fever Peggy Lee
Feeling Good Etta James
Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra
Fools Rush In Diana Krall
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You Ella Fitzgerald
Georgia on My Mind Ray Charles
Get Ready The Temptations
(The) Gentleman Is A Dope Claire Martin
Girl From Ipanema Antonio Carlos Jobim
God Bless The Child Billie Holiday
Goodnight Sweetheart Sarah Vaughan
Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Ella Fitzgerald
Got The World On A String Frank Sinatra
Hallelujah I Love Her So Ray Charles
Happy (PMJ Style) Pharell Williams
Hey Good Lookin Hank Williams
High Hopes Frank Sinatra
I Could Write A Book Harry Connick Jr
I Feel So Smoochie Kurt Elling
I Got Rhythm Louis Armstrong
I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good Ella Fitzgerald
I Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye
I Love Paris Cole Porter
I Never See Maggie Alone Slim Whitman
I Only Have Eyes For You The Flamingos
I'll Be Seeing You Jane Monheit
I'll Take Manhattan Blossom Dearie
I’m Beginning To See The Light Dean Martin
Isn't This A Lovely Day Fred Astaire
It Had To Be You Harry Connick Jr
It Might As Well Be Spring Rogers & Hammerstein
It's Alright With Me Errol Garner
It's A Good Day Peggy Lee
I've Got A Great Idea Harry Connick Jr
Jeep on 35 John Scofield
Juice (PMJ style) Lizzo
Just The Way You Look Tonight Frank Sinatra
King of the Swingers Louis Prima
Lady Is A Tramp Tony Bennett
Late In The Evening Paul Simon
Laura Bill Evans
Life Could Be A Dream The Crew Cuts
Lil Darlin' Kurt Elling
Look At Me Now Bobby Darin
Love For Sale Ella Fitzgerald
Louisiana Fairytale Fats Waller
Lush Life Billy Strayhorn
Mack The Knife Frank Sinatra
Mas Que Nada Sergio Mendes
Midnight Sun Lionel Hampton
Misty Errol Garner
Moon and Sand Chet Baker
Moon River Paul Anka
Move On Up Curtis Mayfield
Moonlight In Vermont Frank Sinatra
Muddy Water Bessie Smith
Mustang Sally Willson Picket
My Favourite Things John Coltrane
My Funny Valentine Chet Baker
Nice Work If You Can Get It Dinah Washinton
Night And Day Sarah Vaughan
One Note Samba Antonio Carlos Jobim
Our Love Is Here To Stay Harry Connick Jr
Over The Rainbow Jane Monheit
Paper Moon Nat King Cole
Perhaps Doris Day
Polka Dots & Moonbeams Tommy Dorsey
Quatro Elementos Joyce
Recipe For Love Harry Connick Jr
Satin Doll Ellington/Strayhorn
Save The Last Dance For Me The Drifters
Skylark Mercer/Carmichael
She's Funny That Way Kurt Elling
Shiny Stockings Ella Fitzgerald
Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy Dinah Washington
Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Cher
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding
Someone To Watch Over Me Gershwin
Something's Gotta Give Ella Fitzgerald
Stardust Hoagy Carmichael
Stomping At The Savoy Duke Ellington
Stormy Weather Etta James
Stay Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Straighten Up & Fly Right Nat King Cole
Summertime Sarah Vaughan
Sunny Bobby Hebb
Sunny Afternoon The Kinks
Take The A-Train Ella Fitzgerald
Tangerine Harry Connick Jr
Tennesse Waltz Patti Paige
That Ol' Black Magic Frank Sinatra
That's Amoré Dean Martin
The Things We Did Last Summer Jo Stafford
The World Is Waiting For Sunrise Benny Goodman
They Can't Take That Away From Me Ella Fitzgerald
These Foolish Things Frank Sinatra
This Could Be The Start of Something Mark Murphy
Tiger Rag Louis Armstrong
Til There Was You The Beatles
Too Close For Comfort Dinah Washinton
Too Darn Hot Claire Martin
Tracks Of My Tears Smokey Robinson
Try A Little Tenderness Wilson Pickett
Twisted Annie Ross
Under The Boardwalk The Drifters
Uptown Girl (PMJ style) Billy Joel
What Is A Youth? Glen Weston
What's Goin On? Marvin Gaye
When You Smile Roberta Flack
Where or When Harry Connick Jr
Witchcraft Frank Sinatra
You Are My Sunshine Willie Nelson
You Don't Know What Love Is Kurt Elling
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin
You Make Me Feel So Young Frank Sinatra
You've Got A Friend In Me Randy Newman
and Pop (Multi-era)
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Adele - Rolling In The Deep, Somebody Like You
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools, Son Of A Preacher Man
Bill Medley - The Time Of My Life
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl, New York State Of Mind, River of Dreams
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69, Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
Cher - Jesse James, Shoop Shoop
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
David Bowie - Golden Years, Man Who Stole The World
Dolly Parton - 9-5, Jolene
Ed Sheeran - The A Team
Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
Elton John - Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock, Tiny Dancer
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Feist - 1234
George Michael - Fastlove,
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Hall & Oates - Kiss On My List, Sara Smile, Maneater
Huey Lewis - The Power of Love
Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi, All I Want, You Turn Me On
Journey - Don't Stop Believin
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
Katy Perry - Roar
Kings Of Leon - Red Morning Light
Kristina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Spinning Around
Lauryn Hill - Ex Factor
Lionel Richie - All night Long, Hello
Madonna - Express Yourself, Don't Tell Me
Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
No Doubt - Don't Speak
Outkast - Hey Ya
Paul Simon - Me & Julio, Still Crazy, Mother & Child Reunion
Pharell Williams - Happy
Queen – Crazy Little Thing Called Love, A Kind of Magic
Rod Stewart – Maggie May
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman, You Got It
Santana - Oye Como Va
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do, The First Cut Is The Deepest
Access to power is necessary if instruments to be amplified, dressing room/green room for band to get changed, chairs for musicians if playing in situ
We provide sound equipment, but not lighting
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 also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue
Yes, we’re happy to play music from Spotify before, and between our sets. We’re happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music.
The best gig I ever had was a three month hotel residency in Dubai Festival City where I played 4 sets per night, 6 nights per week - a real baptism by fire, but an amazing creative learning experience! The best venue I've ever played is the Green Mill Cocktail Bar & Lounge in Chicago, sitting in with legendary jazz vocalist, Kurt Elling.
I'm most influenced by amazing singer-songwriters, from Stevie Wonder to Joni Mitchell to a band like Everything Everything. My favourite artist is Billy Joel ~ his songs taught me to play piano ~ and the greatest song of all time is a toss up between A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square and Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now!
I started gigging while still at school in the 90's, discovering a passion for music and the thrill of live performance.
As a highly regarded songwriter, my vocalese rendition of John Scofield's “Jeep on 35” was arranged for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra by Jim McNeely and performed by Grammy-winning vocalist Kurt Elling.
My extensive performance history spans clubs, festivals, and events across the UK, US, Dubai, Europe, and New Zealand. Lesley Ann Jones, the renowned music biographer, praises her for "conjuring songs both mellifluous and punchy which she delivers with charm and wit".
I love a listening room, but am equally happy playing in more ambient, background settings - my intention is always the same - create an inviting, bespoke musical atmosphere for the assembled audience.
Arrival before the performance: 1 hr for smaller set ups, 1.5 - 2 hrs for larger groups
Set up / pack down: 30 minutes
We’re happy to play outside but we ask for shade, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area. If performing outside in winter months, we request access to space heaters, and a heated area to change in.
We can learn specific songs before the event but we usually limit this to 5 songs. The clients are welcome to pick a set list from our repertoire or let us choose the music for them.
Previous customers describe my performances as "cool, lyrical", engaging, and someone that loves to get the audience up and dancing.
The Ned
Ronnie Scotts
Intercontinental Hotel Group
SAGA Group
The Dorchester
The Green Room
Brasserie Zedel
Pizza Express Dean Street
Crowne Plaza, Dubai Festival City
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