2 x 1 hour sets |
8-piece band: from £1860 |
11-piece band: from £2535 |
Roaming Brass New Orleans Group: £1888 |
Piano & Vocal Duo: £500 |
DJ service/background music between sets through PA at no extra cost. |
The Swing Stakes are a 10-piece Dixieland/Dance band based in London. Formed in 2016, The Swing Stakes specialise in playing traditional Dixieland, Danceband and
New Orleans music of the 1920s and 30s, mixed in with new and exciting arrangements of pop covers in a vintage style, plus some of our own original music. The band are flexible, every member being a classically trained musician, and can provide package deals, events, or functions. This includes a small band reduction, cocktail piano background, jazz quartet, and classical solos for incidental or entertainment purposes- as well as the full 10-piece party band line up.
The band have performed for many private weddings and celebrations, as well as cooperate events for clients such as Chestertons property specialists and the International Make Music Day, and a number of successful shows in venues around London. The Swing Stakes also offer a bespoke music service – have a song that you are desperate to be played that we don’t have in one of our sets, or have a first dance request? The Swing Stakes will create a unique custom arrangement specifically for your event, crafted by a professional arranger. 1 free song request with every booking, multiple songs available for an additional fee.
Get in touch for a quote for a day of multi ensemble/personalised music, or just an individual set.
Lineups:
Based in North London
1. A Little Less Conversation
2. Ain't Got Nobody
3. Ain’t Misbehavin’
4. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
5. Banana Split For My Baby
6. Buona Sera
7. Can’t Help Falling In Love
8. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
9. Cheek to Cheek
10. Choo Choo Ch' boogie
11. December 1963
12. Don’t you know?
13. Down By The Riverside
14. Everybody Loves My Baby
15. Everybody Needs Somebody
16. Everybody Wants To Be A Cat
17. Fidgety Feet
18. Gimme Gimme Gimme!
19. Give Me The Time Of Day
20. Go Down Moses
21. Greased Lightin’
22. Great Balls Of Fire
23. Hallelujah I Love Her So
24. Here Come the Girls
25. Hips Don’t Lie
26. Hot Stuff
27. Hotter Than That
28. I Got Rhythm
29. I Kissed a Girl
30. I Like To Move It (Will I Am)
31. I Wanna Be Like You
32. It Wasn’t me
33. Jailhouse Rock
34. Joe Avery's Second Line
35. Johnny B. Goode
36. Jump Jive and Wail
37. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
38. L – O – V - E
39. Ladies Night (Kool and The Gang)
40. Lazy River
41. Little Brown Jug
42. Livin’ On A Prayer
43. Lonesome Heart Bandit
44. Love Fool
45. Lovesick Blues
46. Mess Around
47. Mr Go
48. Oh When The Saints Go Marching In
49. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
50. Ory’s Creole Trombone
51. Reet Petite
52. Roar
53. Senorita
54. Seven Nation Army
55. Shake Rattle and Roll
56. Sing Sing Sing
57. Slow Walker
58. St James Infirmary
59. Straighten Up And Fly Right
60. Sway
61. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
62. That Man
63. The Bear Necessities
64. The Black Bottom Stomp
65. The Charleston
66. The Heebie Jeebies
67. The Old Wooden Cross
68. This Little Light of Mine
69. Uptown Funk
70. Window Shopping
71. Ya Move Ya Lose
Power, dressing room/band room.
Arrival 1.5 hours before performance time, evening performance arrival time is 5pm/6pm to finish at midnight. 40 minutes to set up and pack down.
Chestertons property
Barbican Basement Bar
Squires Garden Centre