Jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist Robert Dimbleby has been making a name for himself with his original blend of jazz, funk and soul music from a young age. His videos online have amassed millions of views and he has performed across Europe, Australia, and at venues and festivals in the UK such as Ronnie Scott’s, BBC Studios, Abbey Road Studios, The Blue Note, The Apex, Camden Assembly, Notting Hill Arts Club, Westminster Park Plaza Hotel, Bestival, YNOT festival, The Leadmill, Oxford Union, The Royal Institute, Olivier’s Jazz Bar, The Fox and Firkin, MAP café, Deda Theatre, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, The Sage Newcastle, Norwich Arts Centre and many more with a huge variety of bands ranging from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, to Mercury Prize nominee Sam Lee, to NME top 100 band Patawawa.
Robert holds a distinction in Grade 8 piano and a DipABRSM in classical piano performance and he is now working as a professional jazz pianist in London, performing at jazz clubs, private events and weddings, guests to which have included such names as Liam Neeson and Daniel Day-Lewis. His versatility and love of many genres allows him to put together exciting sets of music to cater exactly to the tastes of what is required on each occasion. Whether it's relaxed background jazz, lively pop to get those feet moving, or a set of elegant classical music, Robert's breadth and depth of repertoire will bring the setting to life!
In addition to being a regular performer, Robert is an avid composer and has released over 6 albums worth of original music in which he plays all instruments, as heard on BBC radios across the country. Inspired by pianists such as Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly, Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller, Erroll Garner, Herbie Hancock, Jason Rebello and Joe Sample, Robert is known for his strong rhythmic feel, lively touch, and soulful improvisational chops on the piano.
Whatever the context, Robert's aim is always to play with soul and feel and share his love of music with the world.
Based in South East London
JAZZ STANDARDS
After You've Gone
Ain't Misbehavin'
All Blues
All Of You
All The Things Your Are
Almost Like Being In Love
Alone Together
Anthropology
April In Paris
Ask Me Now
Au Private
Autumn Leaves
Backlash
Bag's Groove
Beatrice
The Best Things In Life Are Free
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Billie's Bounce
Billy Boy
Blue In Green
Blue Moon
Blues For Alice
Blue Skies
Blue Train
Body And Soul
Bouncin' With Bud
Broadway
But Not For Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Cantaloupe Island
Can't We Be Friends
Celia
Ceora
Chameleon
Cheek To Cheek
Cheesecake
Chega De Saudade
Cherokee
Chi Chi
The Chicken
C jam Blues
Come Dance With Me
Come Fly With Me
Comes Love
Confirmation
Corcovado
Crazy He Calls Me
Darn That Dream
Days Of Wine And Roses
Dolphin Dance
Donna Lee
East Of The Sun
Easy Does It
Everything Happens To Me
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Exactly Like You
Fantasy In D (Ugetsu)
Fascinating Rhythm
A Gal In Calico
Gentle Thoughts
Georgia On My Mind
Gertrude's Bounce
Get Happy
Giant Steps
Girl From Ipanema
Give Me The Simple Life
Green Dolphin Street
Have You Met Miss Jones
Hollywood Swinging
Honeysuckle Rose
How Deep Is The Ocean
How High Is The Moon
Hymn To Freedom
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
If Ever I Would Leave You
If I Should Lose You
If I Were A Bell
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
I Got Rhythm
I Hear A Rhapsody
I Love You
I'll Be Seeing You
I'll Close My Eyes
I'll Remember April
I'm In The Mood For Love
I'm Old Fashioned
In A Sentimental Mood
In Walked Bud
I Should Care
It Could Happen To You
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
I Thought About You
It Never Entered My Mind
It's De-Lovely
It's Easy To Blame The Weather
I've Got The World On A String
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Never Been In Love Before
I Want To Be Happy
I Want A Little Girl
I Was Doing All Right
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
I Wish You Love
Jive At Five
Jordu
Joy Spring
Jumpin' At The Woodside
Just Friends
Just One Of Those Things
K.C. Blues
L-O-V-E
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Lester Leaps In
Let's Call One
Let's Cool One
Let's Do It
Let's Fall In Love
Let There Be Love
Like Someone In Love
Lil' Darlin
Little Old Lady
Love For Sale
Love Is Here To Stay
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
Lulu's Back In Town
Mack The Knife
Maiden Voyage
Makin' Whoopee
The Man I Love
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Milestones
Misterioso
Misty
Moanin'
Moment's Notice
Monk's Dream
Moon River
Moose The Mooche
The More I See You
Moten Swing
My Blue Heaven
My Favourite Things
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My Old Flame
My One And Only Love
My Romance
My Shining Hour
Naima
The Nearness Of You
Nice And Easy
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Night And Day
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
A Night In Tunisia
No Greater Love
Now's The Time
Nutty
O Grande Amor
Old Devil Moon
Old Folks
Oleo
On A Clear Day
On Green Dolphin Street
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
On The Trail
Ornithology
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Out Of Nowhere
Over The Rainbow
Parisian Thoroughfare
Passion Dance
Passport
Pennies From Heaven
Pfrancing
Recorda Me
Relaxing At Camarillo
Remember
Rhythm-A-Ning
Round Midnight
Ruby My Dear
Satellite
Satin Doll
Scrapple From The Apple
Second Balcony Jump
September In The Rain
Sermonette
Shiny Stockings
Skylark
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Solar
Someday My Prince Will Come
Someone To Watch Over Me
Sometimes I'm Happy
Song For My Father
The Song Is Ended
So Sorry, Please
So What
Spain
Spiral
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
Stardust
Stars Fell On Alabama
Stella By Starlight
Stompin' At The Savoy
Stormy Weather
Straighten Up And Fly Right
Straight, No Chaser
Strasbourg / St. Denis
St. Thomas
Summertime
Sunny
Surrey With A Fringe On Top
Sweet Georgia Brown
Sweet Lorraine
Sweet Pumpkin
Take Five
Take The A Train
Taking A Chance On Love
Teach Me Tonight
Tea For Two
Tenderly
That Old Feeling
Them There Eyes
There Is No Greater Love
There Will Never Be Another You
These Foolish Things
The Can't Take That Away From Me
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
This Here
This I Dig Of You
Thou Swell
Tiny's Tempo
The Touch Of Your Lips
Triste
Two Bass Hit
Ugetsu
Up Jumped Spring
The Very Thought Of You
Waltz For Debby
Watermelon Man
Wave
The Way You Look Tonight
Well You Needn't
We See
What A Difference A Day Makes
What Is This Thing Called Love
When I Fall In Love
When Lights Are Low
When You're Smiling
Willow Weep For Me
Will You Still Be Mine
Without A Song
Woody N You
Work Song
Yardbird Suite
Yes Or No
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home Too
You Go To My Head
You Make Me Feel So Young
Young And Foolish
You're A Weaver Of Dreams
You're My Everything
You Taught My Heart To Sing
You Took Advantage Of Me
FUNK/SOUL/POP/ROCK/OTHER
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
ABC
Africa
Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Ain't No Stopping Us Now
Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
All Of Me (John Legend)
All This Love That I'm Givin'
Amazed
Amen
Are You Ready For Love
As
Baby I Love Your Way
Bedda At Home
Beggin'
Bennie And The Jets
Best Of My Love
Biggest Part Of Me
Bitter With The Sweet
The Bitch Is Back
Blackbird
Blame It On The Boogie
Boogie On Reggae Woman
Boogie Wonderland
Both Sides Now
Bus Stop
Bust Your Windows
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Candle In The Wind
Can't Help Falling In Love
Can't Wait
Canned Heat
Carolina On My Mind
Celebration
Change The World
Charlene
Chasing Cars
Cissy Strut
Cold Sweat
Come Down
Come Together
Concrete Schoolyard
Crazy In Love
Creepin'
Crocodile Rock
Dancing In The Moonlight
Dancing In The Street
Daniel
December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)
Deja Vu
Do I Do
Do It Again
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Easy
Empire State Of Mind
Endless Love
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Eternal Flame
Every Breath You Take
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Everything I Do I Do It For You
Ex Factor
Fallin'
Feel Like Makin' Love
Feelin' Alright
Fly As Me
For Once In My Life
Forget You
For Once In My Life
Free Fallin'
From This Moment On
G's And Hustlas
Get Here
Get Lucky
Gettin' In The Way
Gimme Shelter
Golden
Good Times
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Halo
Hard To Handle
Heaven Help Us All
Here Comes The Sun
High Heel Sneakers
Higher Ground
Hold My Girl
How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore
How Deep Is Your Love
How Long Will I Love You
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
In My Life
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
I Wanna Be Your Lover
I Want You Back
I Want Your Love
I Was Made To Love Her
I Will Survive
I Wish
I'm Still Standing
If I Ain't Got You
If You Really Love Me
Isn't She Lovely
It Ain't No Use
It Must Be Love
It's Love
Just The Two Of Us
Just The Way Your Are
Need U Bad
Never Too Much
Keep The Fire Burning
Kiss
Knock's Me Off My Feet
Le Freak
Lean On Me
Leave The Door Open
Let It Be
Let's Dance
Let's Stay Together
Lions, Tigers & Bears
Listen To The Music
Little Darling
Living For The City
A Long Walk
Lost In Music
Love Hangover
Love's In Need Of Love Today
Lovely Day
Love Song
Loving You Is On My Mind
Make You Feel My love
Master Blaster
Mess Around
Minute By Minute
Modern Love
Money's Too Tight To Mention
Move On Up
My Girl
Need You Bad
Never Too Much
Natural Woman
Off The Wall
Ooh La La
Outstanding
Overjoyed
Paint It Black
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Peg
People Say
Perfect
Perfect Day
Personal Jesus
Philadelphia Freedom
Pick Up The Pieces
Proud Mary
Put Your Records On
Reelin' The Years
Respect
Road Runner
Rock With You
Rocket Man
Roxanne
Run-in'
Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
September
Sexual Healing
Shake A Tailfeather
Shining Star
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Simple Twist Of Fate
Single Ladies
Sir Duke
Skate
Smokin' Out The Window
So In Love
Somebody Else's Guy
Someone Saved My Live Tonight
Son Of A Preacher Man
Soul Man
Soul Power
Soul With A Capital S
Souled Out
Stand By Me
Sunny Afternoon
Superstition
Sweet Soul Music
Sympathy For The Devil
Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart
That's The Way Of The World
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
There She Goes
There's Nothing Like This
Thinking Of You
Thinking Out Loud
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
A Thousand Miles
Tiny Dancer
Treasure
Upside Down
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Uptown Funk
Under The Bridge
Untitled (How Does It Feel)
Use Me
Used To Love You
Wade In The Water
Waiting For Your Love
Walking On The Moon
Wake Me Up
The Way
The Way You Make Me Feel
We Can Work It Out
Weak
What A Man
What A Wonderful World
What's Going On
Whatever
When You Say Nothing At All
Where Is The Love
Wherever You Go
Will It Go Round In Sound
Wis I Didn't Miss You Anymore
With A little Help From My Friends
Work To Do
Yesterday
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Can Leave Your Hat On
You Don't Know My Name
Your Song
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
You're Still The One
You're The First, The Last, My Everything.
All I need is a power socket and I'm good to go!
I provide all necessary sound equipment, and I have 2 Neewer lights that can be used to great a nice effect on the piano.
Just the address and which is the best entrance to use.
Yes, happy to provide an iPod / background music service.
The biggest gig I've ever done was performing on the main stage at YNOT festival, or perhaps BBC studios. It was amazing to get to perform to thousands of people, or in the case of BBC studios, the whole nation!
My biggest influences are jazz pianists Oscar Peterson and Wynton Kelly, and my favourite song is probably Skylark or Someday My Prince Will Come
I have been performing since the age of 13 and have enjoyed gigging since then at many amazing venues in the UK and beyond.
I love just creating an atmosphere at whatever the event may be. Some background jazz piano at a wedding adds a lovely touch of class!
Honestly, the time very much varies from client to client, anything from 30 mins to 3 hours I have done before.
Yes absolutely, as long as it's not raining or there is a gazebo.
Yes I'm more than happy to learn any requests.
Previous clients have described my performances as top notch and incredibly personalized to their music tastes.
Arc-Teryx
Leo Suter
Westminster Park Plaza Hotel, London
The Royal Institute
Ronnie Scott's
BBC Studios