| Duo with backing tracks: £795 |
Session players, between them, The Sick Notes have performed, toured, recorded or shared a stage with many famous artists including: Wham, Katrina & The Waves, Andy Fairweather Low, Craig Charles, George Michael, Barry Upton, Mike Osman, King, BBC, ITV, Paul Young, Selina Jones, iQ, Dean Friedman, and even Russian concert pianist Natalia Posnova and The South Wales Male Voice Choir … though not at the same time!
Their support history involves everyone from smooth jazz legends Shakatak, 80's popster Johnny Hates Jazz, prog rockers Jadis, Paul Young, Ally McBeal's Vonda Shepherd, Zoot Money, The Novatones and more.
In addition to their musical collaborations, for nearly 10 years they've been the monthly resident duo at the world famous jazz venue Concorde Club in Eastleigh. Often asked to provide the entertainment for special occasions to the rich and famous, including the owner's annual wine society party.
Originally intended as the ultimate musical background, their performances have developed to become regularly sold out concerts. While praised for their musical virtuosity, everybody it seems, loves to hear their comedic anecdotes adventures with the famous names.
Sax and harmonica? Nah ... that'll never work. Be assured, you've never heard anything as delicious as this live. Stadium stages, red carpet events, boutique parties, boutique restaurants ... they love them all. Tony & Martin are the real deal!
Based in Southampton, Hampshire
= areas covered (up to 200 miles)
= free travel (up to 30 miles)
Songlist? Crikey ... we do about 160 as a playlist. But we can learn more given enough time and budget. But examples are:
1. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - recorded by everyone
2. Ain't No Sunshine - Al Green
3. Alfie - Cilla Black
4. Arthurs Theme - Christopher Cross
5. All Of Me - Billie Holiday
6. All The Things You Are - Ella Fitzgerald etc
7. Anything For You - Gloria Estefan
8. Baby Face - no idea, ask Tony
9. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10. Baker Street Dinner Version - Gerry Rafferty
11. Beginning To See The Light - Ella Fitzgerald
12. Bermuda Nights - Gerald Albright
13. Beyond The Sea (La Mer) -
14. Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
15. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
16. Blues slow in B - (generic)
17. Blues In A - (generic)
18. Blues slow A - (generic)
19. Blues in G - (generic)
20. Bouree - Bach/Jethro Tull
21. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka
22. Breath In The Air - Pink Floyd
23. Breezin - George Benson
24. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis
25. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
26. Careless Whisper - Wham
27. Chicago Song - David Sanborn
28. Corcovado - Tony Bennett
29. Cry Me Out - Pixie Lott
30. Dance Monkey - Tones and I
31. Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
32. Dirty Work - Steely Dan
33. Don't Wait Too Long - Madeleine Peyroux
34. Double Barrel - Dave & Ansel Collins
35. Dream A Little Dream - The Mamas and the Papas
36. Embraceable You - George Gershwin recorded by many
37. Endless Love - Lionel Ritchie
38. Europa - Santana
39. Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Earth Wind & Fire
40. Ever See The Day - Dee C Lee
41. Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
42. Every Breath You Take - The Police
43. Feel Like Making Love - George Benson
44. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Film 96) - Nina Simone
45. Feelings - Morris Albert
46. Fly Me To The Moon - Sinatra
47. Fool If You Think It's Over - Elkie Brooks
48. Fools Rush In - Ricky Nelson
49. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder / Tony Bennett
50. Garden Party - Mezzoforte
51. Georgia - Everyone!
52. Hard Work - John Handy
53. Harlem Nocturne - Earl Hagen
54. How Am I Supposed to Live Without You? - Michael Bolton
55. Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
56. I Love Your Smile - Shanice
57. If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes
58. Ipanema (The Girl From) - Astrud Gilberto
59. Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
60. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
61. Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers
62. Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
63. Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka
64. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
65. Lilly Was Here - Dave Stuart & Candy Dulfer
66. Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard
67. Long & Winding Road - The Beatles
68. Love's Theme - Barry White
69. Lullaby of Birdland - Sarah Vaughan
70. Make Me A Memory - Grover Washington Jr.
71. Many Rivers To Cross - Jimmy Cliff / Joe Cocker
72. Mah Na Mah Na (Muppet Show) - Piero Umiliani
73. Maputo - Bob James & David Sanborn
74. Mas Que Nada - Sérgio Mendes
75. Masquerade - George Benson
76. Men Behaving Badly theme - Alan Lisk
77. Midnight Cowboy - Toots Thielemans
78. Misty - Johnny Mathis
79. Moon River - Andy Williams
80. Morning Dance - Tspiro Gyra
81. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
82. My Funny Valentine - recorded by everyone
83. My Way - Sinatra
84. New York New York - Billy Joel
85. Night Birds - Shakatak
86. Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
87. No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
88. One Hundred Ways - James Ingram
89. Orange Coloured Sky - Nat King Cole
90. Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
91. Pick Up The Pieces - The Average White Band
92. Poirot theme tune - Christopher Gunning
93. Retro Funk - The Dinner Set (Yep, we woz makin’ beats!)
94. Right Here Waiting For You - Richard Marx
95. Rise - Herb Alpert
96. Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
97. Satin Doll - Ella Fitzgerald
98. Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
99. She - Charles Aznavour
100. She Could Be Mine - Dave Grusin
101. Silhouette - Kenny G
102. Smile - Nat King Cole
103. Smooth Operator - Sade
104. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
105. Spring Can Really Hang You Up - Barbra Streisand
106. Space Oddity - David Bowie
107. Stormy Weather - everyone!
108. Stone In Love With You - Stylistics
109. Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk
110. Summertime - everyone!
111. Sunny - Bobby Hebb
112. Sway - Dean Martin
113. Swonderful - Ella Fitzgerald
114. Take 5 - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
115. Tequila - The Champs
116. That’s What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick, Steve Wonder, Gladys Knight & Elton John
117. The A Team Theme - Mike Post
118. The Best - Tina Turner
119. The Good Life - Tony Bennett
120. The Hustle - Van McCoy
121. The Impossible Dream - Jack Jones
122. The Lady Is A Tramp - Sinatra
123. The Nearness Of You - Ella Fitzgerald
124. The Old Grey Whistle Test theme - Area Code 615
125. The Scientist - Coldplay
126. This Guy's In Love - Herb Alpert
127. Through The Barricades - Spandau Ballet
128. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
129. What A Difference A Day Makes - Dinah Washington
130. What A Wonderful Word This Would Be - Louis Armstrong
131. What Kind of Fool Am I? - Sammy Davis Jr.
132. Will You - Hazel O'Connor
133. Winelight - Grover Washington Jr.
134. Yesterday - The Beatles
135. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
136. You Might Need Somebody - Randy Crawford
137. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
etc...
Minimum performance footprint of 5 x 3 metres. We require 1 x 13 amp socket and 1 parking space.
Yes, we’re completely self contained. We bring our own PA system to all of our gigs as well as a simple lighting rig.
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right, or easiest place to unload our equipment. We’d also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue.
We can provide background music between sets.
Best gig? Tricky. We've played at some fabulous venues including many Premiership Football clubs, international boat and car shows plus Wembley and The O2 Jazz Club and of course the famous Concorde Jazz Club at Eastleigh, where we've become the resident duo. But I think, being honest, our favourite gig was being asked to reopen our hometown's top live venue, Southampton's 1865 venue, after Lockdown. We are very proud of that.
Another tricky one. But Stevie Wonder, Sonny Terry, Larry Adler and Lee Oskar for harmonica... with Paul Desmond, David Sanborn, Wayne Shorter and of course the one and only Michael Brecker for the sax. Best song? Mmm.. . impossible. But 3 we love are Say A Little Prayer, Masquerade and Smile. But ask us another day and we'll pick 50 different ones. Haha...
We're both experienced session and touring artists. We've been mates and played together and with other people since we were teenagers. Now we pretty much just play together. It's as much fun as we've ever had. Even if it's come as a bit of a shock after all these years just how popular just sax & harmonica without vocals is. In fact, we've never been so popular since Mart stopped singing! Ah well, live and learn ... cough.
Any. Big or small. We just love playing. Background music is fab, because we can just play with no pressure. But concerts are great fun because we love reacting with an audience and making them laugh and do that zombie mouth open stare thing. Our favourite quote ever was from the landlord at a small village in Hampshire, "You guys were so good, the village drunk went home sober!" We just love playing.
2 hours or 90 minutes. We can do it in an hour, butt we prefer the safety of a longer setup.
Generally we play 2 x 45 minute sets. We can stretch to 2 x 1 hour sets. But any longer and the lips can start to go. Never a pretty site!
Yep. Just make sure our equipment can't get wet or damaged by people walking by or through it. We prefer shade, but we'll try and be flexible. Nice to have a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area though.
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. Or we can even hand out our repertoire on sheets for them to pick tunes as we go. Juke Box gig style. People love it to be fair. Scary though! Haha...
It's awkward to write this down, but our audiences are most commonly amazed. Here's a typical comment. It's from another pro musician Beau Dinnage who's played and worked with many top stars including The Drifters ... "Unbelievable! You would probably think a Sax and Harmonica wouldn’t work, believe me, it’s like a very clever brass section, they are outstanding!
The Concorde Club
The International Boat Show
South Winchester Golf Club
The Bear Restaurant
... but our core clients are private
O2
The Concorde Club
Wembley Jazz Club
Wembley Stadium Hospitality
Southampton Football Club Hospitality
The 1865
Many Guildhalls across the South of England
The Mayflower and other theatres across the South
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Recording Session
Cruise
Virtual Event
Charity Event
Christmas Party
1950s Music
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Jazz
Cabaret
Latin Jazz
Postmodern Jukebox Jazz
Christmas
Easy Listening
Background Music
Pop
Covers
Disco
Funk
R&B
Soul
Latin
PAT tested
Lighting system included
Instrumental
100% acoustic (no power)
Can provide battery amplifier
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
Will travel internationally
PA / sound system included
Uses backing tracks
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