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Jazz Bands in  The UK   

Find available jazz bands in  The UK  on our live music website

Filter Jazz Bands in  The UK  using the drop down box

Some examples of our jazz bands in England, Scotland and Wales are shown below. To find jazz bands in   The UK  select your county from the drop down box. This will show all of our jazz bands that play in your area.

 
Get a Quotation or Book one of our jazz bands in  The UK   

If you are interested in one of our jazz bands, send an email for a prompt, no obligation quotation. Want to discuss the musical options and alternatives for your special day? Phone or email us at Midsummer Music. We are here to help. To book us, email or phone, it's that simple.      

 

Typical tunes, some played by Jazz Bands

   Creole Love Call; Tenor Madness; Things Ain't What They Used To Be *; Watermelon Man **; A Foggy Day - George And Ira Gershwin; A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square - Manning Sherwin 1915; After You've Gone - Henry Creamer And Turner Layton 1918.; Agua De Beber - Antonio Carlos Jobim; Cushion Foot Stomp; Dapper Dan; Dardanella; Deep Henderson ; Dinah ; Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It; Alley Cat - Jack Harlen and Frank Bjorn –1962; All Of Me - Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons; All The Things You Are - Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein; American Patrol – Glen Miller;

 
 

What has been said about Jazz Bands in   The UK   

Much has been written about jazz and jazz bands. Here are some quotations:-

Playing ‘hop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing. Duke Ellington

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  The UK   

Weddings - With one of our Jazz Bands you can be confident that your special day will be made even more memorable with jazz, hot or cool.

You can hear samples of our jazz bands, online

Parties & Corporate events - Our highly versatile Jazz Bands play for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal birthday parties to corporate sales events

 
Jazz Bands can have names steeped in history or simply 'off the wall'      

 

Lewitsch Tanzorchester; Mary Ann McAll ; Maxine Sullivan ; Peggy Lee ; Sylvia Syms; Adelaide Hall ; Sam Liberman Jazz Band; Lil's Hot Shots; Donald Lindley and his Boys; Jack Linx and his Birmingham Society Serenaders ; Little Ramblers; Lomuto Jazz Band; Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; Annette Hanshaw ; Connee Boswell ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Ethel Waters ; Helen Humes ; Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra; Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra; Vincent Lopez and His Casa Lopez Orchestra; Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra ; Victor Lopez and His Hotel St. Regis Orchestra ; L'Orchestre Scrap Iron Jazzerinos; Lou And His Ginger Snaps; Helen Ward ; Ivie Anderson ; Josephine Baker ; Lee Wiley ; Mabel Mercer ; Louisiana Five; Irving Aaronson and his Commanders; Irving Aaronson and his Crusaders; Adrian and his Tap Room Gang; Adrian's Ramblers; Texas Alexander accompanied by his Sax Black Tams; Texas Alexander accompanied by the Mississippi Sheiks; Martha Tilton ; Mildred Bailey; Annie Ross ; Annie-Marie Moss ; Betty Carter ; Henry Allen and his New York Orchestra; Henry Allen and his Orchestra; Henry Allen - Coleman Hawkins and their Orchestra; Red Allen and his Orchestra; All Star Trio; All Star Trio and their Orchestra; Danny Altier and his Orchestra; Carmen McRae ; Chris Connor ; Cleo Laine ; his Royal York Hotel Orchestra; Mezz Mezzrow Trio; Midnight Rounders