The midlands-based
Little Big Band combines top class musicianship with the versatility to provide a repertoire stretching from 1940s swing and jazz through to current chart hits. The band was formed six years ago by Chris Thompson and Anna Brooks both of whom are experienced professional musicians, who were trained at Birmingham Conservatoire. Multi-instrumentalist Anna plays saxophone and keyboards, and also provides backing vocals, whilst Chris plays keyboards/piano. The rest of the five-piece line-up are also fine musicians and consist of female lead vocals, bass and drums.
The band’s full sound can authentically produce both jazz and pop, and they are equally at home playing everything from Stan Getz, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Soul, Beatles or Robbie Williams. Between them they’ve appeared at The Montreux Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scotts, toured India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka with John Mayer's 'Indo-Jazz Fusions' toured Canada, performed with legendary Glam-rocker Roy Wood's 'Big Band', Roy Gee of The Drifters, Alvin Stardust, Darren Day, Duncan Norvelle, jazz stars Guy Barker, Cornelius Cardew and Julian Arguelles and played on recording sessions for Saatchi & Saatchi and EMI Publishing appearing on TV adverts including British Airways and DHL.
Dressed formally or informally to suit the occasion, the band normally perform three 45 minute sets. They can also provide a sax, piano, bass trio to play background music throughout the wedding breakfast and at the drinks reception for a small additional fee. They bring their own professional PA system and lights and can play tapes and CDs through their system if required during their breaks.
Price: from £1,125
Little Big Band are Birmingham based
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