| Description | Price |
| Jazz Duo (Piano + Vocals, Upright Bass) - Compact and classy jazz, swing and soul | £450 |
| Smooth Trio (Piano + Vocals, Upright Bass, Saxophone) - A popular jazz ensemble for a smooth jazz and latin vibe | £650 |
| Classic Trio (Piano + Vocals, Upright Bass, Drums) - Versatile and upbeat for background or dancing | £650 |
| Swing Quartet (Piano + Vocals, Upright Bass, Drums, Saxophone) - Classic feel good jazz, latin and soul for background or dancing | £850 |
| Swing Quintet (Piano + Vocals, Upright Bass, Drums, Saxophone, Trumpet) - Dynamic and up-beat, perfect for dancing or background | £1050 |
Olly's House of Jazz offers a versatile mix of jazz swing, soul and latin to delight all ages.
With Olly Wedgwood on piano and vocals, this professional band is available in a variety of formats ranging from a smooth background duo up to a classy quintet for dancing, to add the perfect jazz feel to any event.
They have performed for hundreds of delighted clients since the band was formed in 2005 and continue to be a popular band for events throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire in the UK.
Hire Olly House of Jazz and you're guaranteed fabulous live music performed by some of the UK's top jazz musicians.
Based in Tring, Hertfordshire
= areas covered (up to 30 miles)
= free travel (up to 30 miles)
We have over 250+ jazz, swing, latin and soul songs in our repertoire, including:
A foggy day (Gershwin)
A nightingale sang in Berkley Square (Sinatra)
Ain't misbehaving (Fats Waller)
Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers)
All blues (Miles Davis)
All of me (Louis Armstrong)
All the things you are (Kern / Hammerstein)
Alright ok you win (Peggy Lee)
As time goes by (Louis Armstrong)
Autumn leaves (Erroll Garner)
Bare necessities (The Jungle Book)
Beautiful love (Chet Baker)
Beyond the Sea (Bobby Darin)
Black coffee (Peggy Lee)
Blue bossa (Joe Henderson)
Blue juice (Jimmy McGriff)
Blue monk (Thelonius Monk)
Blue moon (Billie Holiday)
Blue skies (Sinatra)
Buena sera (Louis Prima)
But not for me (Harry Connick Jr)
Bye bye blackbird (Julie London)
Caledonia (5 Guys Named Mo)
Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock)
Chantilly lace (The Big Bopper)
Cheek to cheek (Ella Fitzgerald)
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire (Bing Crosby)
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (5 Guys Named Mo)
Come away with me (Norah Jones)
Come fly with me (Sinatra)
Cry me a river (Ella Fitzgerald)
Days of wine and roses (Mancini)
Didn't he ramble (Harry Connick Jr)
Don't get around much any more (Tony Bennett)
Don't know why I didn't come (Norah Jones)
Dream a little dream (Louis Armstrong)
East of the sun (Diana Krall)
Easy (Lionel Richie)
Englishman in New York (Sting)
Everybody loves my baby (Barbra Streisand)
Feel like makin' love (George Benson)
Fever (Peggy Lee)
Fire & rain (James Taylor)
Five foot two (Gene Austin)
Flip flop and fly (Big Joe Turner)
Fly me to the moon (Sinatra)
Four (Miles Davis)
Georgia (Ray Charles)
Girl from Ipanema (Stan Getz)
God bless the child (Billy Holiday)
Goody goody (Frankie Lymon)
Green Dolphin Street (Ella Fitzgerald)
Have I told you lately (Van Morrison)
Have you met Miss Jones (Sinatra)
Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Michael Bublé)
Honeysuckle rose (Fats Waller)
How high the moon (Sarah Vaughan)
I can see clearly now (Jonny Nash)
I can't get started (Lester Young)
I could have danced all night (Julie Andrews)
I get a kick (Cole Porter)
I got rhythm (Gene Kelly)
I love you for sentimental reasons (Nat King Cole)
I saw her standing there (Beatles)
I thought about you (Sinatra)
If I were a bell (Guys & Dolls)
I'll remember April (Erroll Garner)
I'm an old cow hand (Harry Connick Jr)
I'm beginning to see the light (Ella Fitzgerald)
I'm glad you're mine (Al Green)
In the mood (Glenn Miller)
Is you is or is you ain't (Louis Jordan)
It don't mean a thing (Duke Ellington)
It had to be you (Harry Connick Jr)
It might as well be spring (Sarah Vaughan)
It's alright with me (Harry Connick Jr)
It's only a paper moon (Nat King Cole)
I've got you under my skin (Sinatra)
Jeeves & Wooster theme
Jumping with Symphony Sid (King Pleasure)
Just Friends (Charlie Parker)
Just the two of us (Bill Withers)
Just the way you are (Billy Joel)
King of the swingers (The Jungle Book)
Knocks me off my feet (Stevie Wonder)
L.O.V.E. (Nat King Cole)
Lean on me (Bill Withers)
Let it snow! (Dean Martin)
Let the good times roll (Louis Jordan)
Let there be love (Nat King Cole)
Let's face the music & dance (Nat King Cole)
Let's fall in love (Diana Krall)
Look of love, the (Diana Krall)
Love for sale (Cole Porter)
Love potion No.9 (The Clovers)
Lullaby of Birdland (Sarah Vaughan)
Lulu's back in town (Fats Waller)
Mack the knife (Bobby Darin)
Mambo Italiano (Dean Martin)
Mercy Mercy Mercy (Cannonball Adderley)
Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway)
Misty (Erroll Garner)
Moanin (Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers)
Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Moonlight in Vermont (Ella Fitzgerald)
Moonriver (Audrey Hepburn)
More (Harry Connick Jr)
Mr Bojangles (Sammy Davis Jr)
My baby just cares (Nina Simone)
My blue heaven (Harry Connick Jr)
My funny valentine (Rogers & Hart)
My romance (James Taylor)
Nature Boy (Nat King Cole)
Nearness of you, The (Norah Jones)
New York, New York (Sinatra)
Night & Day (Sinatra)
Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie)
Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)
No Strings (Fred Astaire)
Nothing can be done (Diana Krall)
Now's the time (Charlie Parker)
Old Devil Moon (Jamie Cullum)
On Broadway (George Benson)
On the Achison, Topeka & the Santa Fe (Harry Connick Jr)
On the street where you live (Harry Connick Jr)
On the sunny side of the street (Louis Armstrong)
Oo-Bop-Sh-Bam (Dizzy Gillespie)
Our love is here to stay (Natalie Cole)
Pencil full of lead (Paolo Nutini)
Pennies from Heaven (Bing Crosby)
Perfect (Fairground Attraction)
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps (Doris Day)
Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits)
Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
Putting on the Ritz (Gregory Porter)
Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson)
Route 66 (Al Jarreau)
S' Wonderful (Gershwin)
Satin Doll (Duke Ellington)
Secret Love (Doris Day)
Seven Days (Sting)
Shake, Rattle & Roll (Bill Haley & His Comets)
Sheik of Araby, the (Fats Waller)
She's the one (Robbie Williams)
Singing in the rain (Jamie Cullum)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Sittin on the dock of the bay (Otis Reading)
Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael / Johnny Mercer)
Smile (Charlie Chaplin)
Softly as in a morning sunrise (John Coltrane)
Some Day my Prince... (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
Somewhere, over the rainbow (Eva Cassidy)
St Thomas (Sonny Rollins)
Stella by Starlight (Ella Fitzgerald)
Stompin at the Savoy (Ella Fitzgerald)
Straighten up & fly right (Nat King Cole)
Street Life (Randy Crawford)
Strike up the band (Gershwin)
Summer Samba (Astrud Gilberto)
Summertime (Ella Fitzgerald)
Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
Supercalifragilisticexpialidoshus (Mary Poppins)
Sway (Dean Martin)
Sweet Georgia Brown (Count Basie)
Take the 'A' train (Duke Ellington)
Tenderly (Sarah Vaughan)
The More I see you (Chet Baker)
There will never be another you (Tony Bennett)
There's ain't nobody here but us chickens (Five Guys Named Mo)
These foolish things (Louis Armstrong)
They can't take that away from me (Jamie Cullum)
This guy's in love (Harry Connick Jr)
This masquerade (George Benson)
Unchain My Heart (Hugh Laurie)
Under the sea (The Little Mermaid)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
Very thought of you, the (Tony Bennett)
Watch what happens (Sinatra)
Way you look tonight, the (Sinatra)
What a difference a day makes (Dinah Washington)
What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong)
What is this thing called love (Sinatra)
When you're smiling (Michael Bublé)
Work song (Nat Adderley)
You and the night and the music (Jamie Cullum)
You are the sunshine of my life (Stevie Wonder)
You make me feel so young (Chet Baker)
You stepped out of a dream (Nat King Cole)
Your song (Elton John)
Minimum space requirements:
Duo: 2.5m x 2m
Smooth Trio: 3m x 2m
Swing Quartet: 4m x 2m
Swing Quintet: 4m x 3m
We required two normal mains 230V sockets (nearby within 10m).
We use our own discreet PA system which suits a variety of venues from rooms to small halls.
We do not bring staging with us.
We'd be grateful if you could let us know where would be best to unload, and what the parking arrangements are.
We very often use a CD player / iPod to play through the PA during our breaks. Some folks like to compile their own cds or iPod for us to play, or just let us know the kind of ‘vibe’ you would like (e.g. easy listening / jazz / R ‘n’ B / pop / disco…)
We've played at many prestigious venues from Blenheim Palace to Syon Park. However, many of the best gigs we play are usually at weddings, parties and events where our audience and us simply enjoy the music and have a great time!
Ooh, lots!.. Gregory Porter, Sinatra, Nina Simone, Chet Baker, Nat King Cole, Al Jarreau, Oscar Peterson, Harry Connick Jr., Earth Wind & Fire, Jamiroquai, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Huw Laurie (yes - that's right, he's also an amazing pianist and singer!)... and many more.
At Cambridge University, I directed and performed in ensembles ranging from pop and rock ‘n’ roll outfits, to jazz trios and big bands.
In 2004, I went 'pro', playing frequently with the Oxford Jazz Quintet, one of Jamie Cullum's previous ensembles.
In 2005, I formed the Jazz Soul Boogie Band, a top notch wedding jazz band on the professional gig circuit in the UK, performing a variety of music styles from jazz swing, pop, Latin to funky soul.
From 2024, The Jazz Soul Boogie Band became Olly's House of Jazz, a versatile 2-5 piece ensemble performing well known jazz swing, latin, soul in Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.
We have fun performing for all sorts of events from weddings to birthdays, theme evenings, to any-excuse-for-a-party! As long as the audience are enjoying our music, then that's our favourite event!
Yes. We also provide an instrumental option for each of these ensembles if you would prefer not to have vocals, e.g. for a gentle background vibe.
It normally takes us between 30-60 minutes to set up.
Our performances are usually 2 x 60 minute sets
Yes absolutely, as long as there is protection from the elements (i.e. under cover) and we're on a flat level surface. We'll also need a standard 230V mains power supply within 10m.
Yes! We're happy to accommodate any songs that you would love to hear from our 250+ repertoire. We'll fit these in during our sets. For a set list, please get in touch.
Our clients describe us as thoroughly professional, friendly, and excellent musicians and performers who communicate the joy of our playing to everyone listening! People also appreciate that we perform well known jazz songs, e.g. from the American Songbook and standards from the shows.
No problem! As long as it's only a minor change, we should be able to accommodate you.
Yes, that's no problem and we can provide this for free. We have several background music playlists on our iPod, or you are welcome to plug in your own phone/iPod etc.
Yes! You are most welcome to choose songs from our repertoire that you would like us to perform. We'll design a set list that fits them in during our sets.
We provide a small PA that will suit most small to medium sized venues.
We're very happy to learn a song that isn't in our repertoire, as long as it is in the same kind of genre (e.g. jazz, latin). This is included in our fee.
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