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Description Price
Jazz duo - 1 x 60 minute set (Sun-Thurs)£370
Jazz duo - 1 x 60 minute set (Fri-Sat)£450
Jazz duo - 2 x 45 minute set (Sun-Thurs)£450
Jazz duo - 2 x 45 minute set (Fri-Sat)£530
Additional 45 min sets (cost per set for jazz duo)£100
Prices include; necessary amplification for instruments (battery powered amp. also available); background jazz playlist in between sets. All prices; reflect local gigs within 1hr and are exclusive of travel cost; reflect an arrival time 20-30 minutes before performance time (max) and a break of 20-30 minutes in between 45min sets i.e. there is an additional fee when the musicians are required to wait around for a longer period of time. Also available for an additional cost; larger line-ups (e.g. trio, quartet, quintet); larger speaker and microphone(s); song requests.

About / Biography

The London Jazz Duo are comprised of Robin Porter (saxophone) & Jack Gillen (guitar), two highly experienced and award-winning musicians. They regularly perform at weddings and corporate functions across the UK and internationally.

Previous booking include events held in St James’s Palace (with HRH Princess Beatrice in attendance) and the Palace of Westminster, as well as for clients such as British Airways, Barclays Bank and the Hilton Hotel. They also have performed in original music projects at some of the UK’s top jazz venues including Ronnie Scott’s, the 606 Jazz Club, Pizza Express Soho and The Vortex.

Robin and Jack met whilst studying at Leeds Conservatoire in 2010, and both graduated from the BA Jazz Programme with First Class Honours. Robin went onto study on the prestigious postgraduate Jazz programme at the Royal Academy of Music where he graduated with distinction, whilst Jack has been fast been earning a reputation as one of London’s most versatile guitarists.

The duo’s repertoire includes a myriad of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, as well as bossa nova’s, funk/groove-based tunes, and some more contemporary pop songs. They can tailor their set to suit your event and can even learn song requests before an event.

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AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in South East London

Will travel up to 500 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 500 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

Swing tunes:

A Foggy Day

Ain't Misbehavin'

All Of Me

All the Things You Are

Alone Together

April in Paris

Autumn Leaves

But Not For Me

Bye Bye Blackbird

Days of Wine and Roses

Fly Me to the Moon

Green Dolphin Street

Have you met Miss Jones?

How Deep is the Ocean?


I Remember You

I Get A Kick Out Of You

I Got Rhythm

I’ll Be Seeing You

If I Should Lose You

If I Were a Bell

It Could Happen to You

It Don’t Mean A Thing

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Just Friends

Like Someone in Love

Love For Sale

Night and Day

On The Sunny Side of The Street

Softly As In A Morning Sunrise

Stella by Starlight

Summertime

Take the ‘A’ Train

Tea for Two

The Lady is a Tramp

The Song is You

There Will Never Be Another You

The Way You Look Tonight

What Is This Thing Called Love?

You Stepped out of a Dream

Jazz Waltz:

A Child is Born

Alice in Wonderland

Bluesette

Emily

Jitterbug waltz

Moon River

My Favourite Things

Someday My Prince

Up Jumped Spring

Ballads:

‘Round Midnight

Body and Soul

But Beautiful

Cry me a River

Embraceable You

Georgia on my Mind

I Fall in Love Too Easily

I Loves You Porgy

In a Sentimental Mood

Lover Man

Misty

My Funny Valentine

My One And Only Love

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Skylark

Smile

Star Dust

What’s New?

You Don’t Know What Love Is

CONTEMPORARY & MODAL JAZZ

All Blues

Ask Me Now

Dolphin Dance

Doxy

Footprints

Four

Freddie Freeloader

In Your Own Sweet Way

Isfahan

Maiden Voyage

Naima

Reflections

Solar

St. Thomas

Take Five

BOSSA NOVA/LATIN JAZZ

A Felicidade

Água De Beber

Besame Mucho

Black Orpheus

Blue Bossa

Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)

Corcovado

Desafinado

Dindi

How insensitive

Recordame

Song For my Father

The Girl From Ipanema

Triste

Tristeza

Wave

JAZZ FUNK

Cantaloupe Island

Chameleon

Cissy Strut

Cold Duck Time

The Chicken

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Red Clay

Strasbourg St. Denis

Watermelon Man

POPULAR SONGS

Ain’t No Sunshine

Don’t Know Why

For Once In My Life

Heard it Through the Grapevine

How Sweet It Is

I Want You Back

I Wish

Isn't She Lovely

Just the Two of Us

Lovely Day

My Cherie Amour

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Stand By Me

Sunny

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

Use Me

Valerie

CHRISTMAS SONGS

The Christmas Song

Jingle Bells

Let it Snow

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Oh Christmas Tree

Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Silent Night

Sleigh Ride

We Three Kings of Orient Are

Winter Wonderland

Other jazz standards/popular songs available upon request

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Access to 2 power sockets and/or an extension cable if necessary; gaffer tape or similar to tape down cables if necessary; space – for a duo we require a minimum of 2m (wide) x 1.5 (depth) to perform.


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

We provide necessary compact amplification for any instruments that require it free of charge. For medium-large events, we can provide a larger speaker at an additional cost.
We do not provide lighting equipment.


What information do you require about a venue?

Please let us know if they're any unusual directions or load-in instructions. Feel free to put us in touch directly with a member of staff at the venue so that we can check basic technical requirements before the day of your event.


Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. This is a really popular request and we actually offer this service for free. You're even welcome to send us your own playlist to us before the event.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

Setup time required - 10-15 minutes
Common performance times:
- 1 x 60 minute set
- 2 x 45 minute sets
- 3 x 45 minute sets
- 4 x 45 minute sets


Are you happy to perform outside?

We’re happy to play outside but we ask for shade (if it's sunny)/cover (if it's wet), a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area.


Do the clients have a say in what you play or is it a set repertoire list only?

Due to nature of the style of music that we play, we tailor our set from moment to moment to complement the atmosphere of your event. We are happy to perform song requests that we know, and for something more specific we can learn this in advance at an additional cost.


How do previous clients most commonly describe your performances?

Beautiful sounding music that creates the perfect backdrop to an event. Can read the room and perform a range of styles to suit the mood!

Recent Clients

The London Jazz Duo has performed for these clients:

- Barclays Bank (Canary Wharf Head Office)

- British Airways

- Hilton Hotel

- The Francis Crick Institute

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