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Set a relaxed vibe for your
event with the Stringspace Jazz Band.
Let Stringspace add a stylish touch
to your event with a Jazz band. We perform cocktail style jazz from
the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's, and use a selection of Sydney's
most respected jazz musicians. A Stringspace Jazz Band is perfect
for your corporate event, private dinner or after party.
News:
* Lily Dior is joining the Sydney
Stringspace Jazz artists team in 2012. Lily is one of Sydney's most
respected Jazz singers. We are very excited to
have her on board!
Upcoming 2012 Jazz events:
* Jazz band at
the Hilton Hotel, Adelaide booked by the Department of the Prime Minister
(May, 2012)
* Private event
at Bungaree Station (May, 2012)
* Garvan Fundraising
Gala @ The Overseas Passenger Terminal, Circular Quay (May, 2012)
Previous events
that Stringspace have provided Jazz Bands for include:
- Private event
at the European, Spring Street, Melbourne
- ACP Magazines
Gourmet Traveller Evening at Vue de Monde, Melbourne
- Regular Stringspace
jazz musicians supported the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the 2012
Symphony in the Domain. They also then performed in the 2012 Kinetic
Jazz Festival
- Jones Lang LaSalle
Christmas Party at the Andrew "Boy" Charlton Restaurant,
Botanic Gardens
- Mitsubishi Christmas
Party at the Australian Museum
- Bell Shakespeare – King
Lear Opening Night & 20th Anniversary Gala at the Sydney Opera
House
- Garvan Institute
of Medical Research Gala Fundraising Evening at Fox (2011)
- Ticketek - Andre
Rieu VIP Ticketek dinners throughout Australia (2011)
The Stringspace
Jazz Band performs set jazz standards such as:
- Honeysuckle
Rose
- But Beautiful...
- Manhattan (theme
song from the Woody Allan movie Manhattan)
- Satin Doll
- My Baby Just
Cares For Me
- Chitlins con
Carne from Midnight Blue
- Over the Rainbow
- The Nearness
of You
- Lullaby of Birdland
- The Girl from
Ipanema
- At Last
- Blue Moon
- All the Things
You Are
- Can't Take My
Eyes Off You
- Corcovado
- They Can't Take
That Away From Me
- My Funny Valentine
- Stella by Starlight
- Take 5 - Dave
Brubeck
- Take the A Train
- Tenderly
- The Way You
Look Tonight
- Sophisticated
Lady
- and more...
Please email Stringspace
your enquiry today.
How to book: Confirmation
deposit
The confirmation
deposit is $330 ($300 + $30 GST) and will confirm your booking with
Stringspace.
Stringspace Jazz Band Prices:
(incl. confirmation deposit and GST)
Mon-Thursday:
1-2 hours:
Jazz Quintet = $1952.50
Jazz Quartet = $1540
Jazz Trio = $1265
Solo Jazz Piano = $550
3 hours:
Jazz Quintet = $2090
Jazz Quartet = $1650
Jazz Trio = $1320
Solo Jazz Piano = $660
4 hours:
Jazz Quintet = $2640
Jazz Quartet = $2090
Jazz Trio = $1650
Solo Jazz Piano = $770
Fri-Sunday:
1-3 hours:
Jazz Quintet = $2090
Jazz Quartet = $1650
Jazz Trio = $1320
Solo Jazz Piano = $660
4 hours:
Jazz Quintet = $2640
Jazz Quartet = $2090
Jazz Trio = $1650
Solo Jazz Piano = $770
4.5 hours:
Jazz Quintet = $2915
Jazz Quartet = $2310
Jazz Trio = $1815
5 hours:
Jazz Quintet = $3190
Jazz Quartet = $2530
Jazz Trio = $1980
Please note these
prices are for events located within 30 mins of the Sydney CBD.
Extra information:
Ampification: Amplification is usually recommended
for events that have over 130 guests. Stringspace can provide their
own amplification for events with
up
to 200 guests.
All venues must have access to electrical outlets.
PA System: Most
venues will have a PA system for dealing with sound requirements. They'll
also
usually have an AV person
who is employed to operate the desk/sound etc... It's still best to
double check this with your venue.
PA Hire: If you
need to book
someone to look after your PA requirements, we recommend www.sydneyav.com.au
(Phone: 02 9966 8501). Sydney
AV is the In-House Production Company for the AGNSW.
Instrumentation: Stringspace
draws on professional jazz musicians that perform on the following
instruments:
piano/keyboard, bass, drums, guitar & saxophone.
Singers: Please note singers may incur extra charges,
particularly if they're required to bring their own PA. Singers will almost
always need a PA (so they can be heard over a band).
Dancing: We
recommend booking the jazz quartet or quintet (so that you include
both drums and bass). We also recommend considering a PA system.
Just a friendly reminder that you are hiring a jazz band (not a Top
40 pop
band), so
it's best to keep
the
musicians performing
jazz, like Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett, as that's what they do best.
Set up: Stringspace jazz musicians aim to be set
up & ready to perform
by 30 minutes prior to the start of your event.
Outdoors: Stringspace musicians
require shade/shelter when performing outdoors.
An alternate venue should be planned for ourdoor
events, in case of inclement weather.
Events longer than 1.5 hours:
The musicians will
require one 10 -15 minute break per hour. Breaks can be organised to
coincide with speeches. The first break occurs after the 1st hour.
Please
provide refreshments for events longer than 1.5 hours. For performances
that are longer than 3 hours, the offer of a meal would be appreciated.
Please note: 2
hour bookings only require one 5-10 min break.
Payment Details
Please note full
payment is expected (and appreciated) at least 10 days prior to your
event. Charges may
apply for late and overdue payments.
Credit
Card: Visa, Mastercard & AMEX.
• A 1.5% surcharge applies to all VISA & Mastercard
credit card payments. There is a 3.5% surcharge for AMEX.
• We recommend not providing credit card details by email, however it is
okay to supply credit card details as an emailed attachment.
eg. on your booking form.
• If you would prefer to book and make your payment via credit card over
the phone please call Lucie at Stringspace on: 0412 582 437.
Direct Deposit:
Account Details:
Stringspace
Westpac - Neutral Bay
BSB: 032 197 ACC: 283 767
Reference: Your Name
(If paying by direct
deposit please nominate your name as payment reference in the comment
field and notify Stringspace
by email).
Stringspace jazz musicians include:
Richard Maegraith:
- Masters in Jazz
Performance from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
'Over the past 40 years as a teacher I have encountered many
talented saxophonists, but only every now and then, an exceptionally
gifted one. Richard is all that and more' - Col Loughnan- Lecturer,
Jazz Dept- Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- Member of the
Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra
- Sydney theatre & musicals:
Showboat, Billy Elliott, Highschool Musical, Chicago, Jersey Boys,
Candyman & Hairspray
- Pop & Rock
bands: The Black Sorrows & Human Nature
- World music
groups: Badema, Candela, Cumana & Tigramuna
- Released his
own album "Free Running" on Jazzgroove Records
- TV: Harry Connick
Jr, Michael Buble & Liza Minelli as part of the Australian Idol
band
- TV: Performed
with Jack Vigden on the X Factor
- "Lah Lah's
Big Live Band"
- Member of the
band "Amphibious". Their second album "aLive and Breathing" has
recently been released (see SMH review below)
- Richard Maegraith's
next album is due for release in March 2012 on the JazzHead label
- Performed with
many other leading Australian jazz musicians including: James Morrison,
Mike Nock, Judy Bailey, James Muller & Sean Wayland
Matt Keegan:
CONCERTS at
Sydney Opera House are always special occasions for local and overseas
musicians, but they are particularly pleasing if you're an Australian
jazz muso and you walk away with $15,000.
“That's
what happened to Sydney saxophonist and composer Matt Keegan at the
weekend, when his performance helped him win the MCA/Freedman Jazz
Fellowship
for 2011.
The award is
designed to assist young musicians (under 36) develop their careers
here and overseas. Keegan, 34, already a stalwart of the local jazz
circuit, plans to forge a new music genre by taking his talents to
India to collaborate with folk musicians there.
Keegan's versatility has taken him in several directions.
He has released
five albums under his own name and also spent a few years touring and
recording in the US with California rock
band Pseudopod at the turn of
the century.
"I had
an artist visa to work in the States for a number of years and I
learned a hell of a lot about being a musician in
that time," he
says.
Other mainstream
artists he has worked with include American band Maroon 5 and our
own Guy Sebastian.”
The Australian. 12 July, 2011
Jamie Cameron (drums) holds a Bachelors Degree in Jazz Performance from the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and has played in bands led by Sean Wayland,
Steve McKenna and Elana Stone. He maintains a busy schedule of performances
in Sydney, and has recently toured with Judy Campbell's Mosaic, singer-songwriter
Greta Gertler and jazz trio The Adorables.
Aaron Flower:
Aaron plays the guitar
and writes music! He was the 2007 Jazz Guitar award winner. Bands
he plays with are; "BAZ", The MFW, Sidecar, Amphibious,
Luke Escombe and The Corporation, Vince Jones, The Swinging Blades, Elana
Stone, The Alcohotlicks, Zoe and the Buttercups & The 10 Guitar Project.
Lily Dior:
Lily
Dior is firmly established as one of Australias finest Jazz and Soul
artists having shared the
stage
with an amazing array the
best musicians from Australia and around the world. With a voice that's
been described as "deep, full, heartstopping and sultry"(SMH),
Lily has made a strong mark on the Sydney scene since first stepping
onto the stage as a teenager.
The daughter of musicians who met and married in London, Lily spent
the first five years of her life touring Asia with her parents before
they moved to Australia.
Lilys first solo project was 'A Night Of Lady Day',a tribute to Billie
Holiday which she wrote and produced. She performed a four month sell-out
season which introduced her to the Sydney scene and attracted the attention
of the late great Jackie Orszaczky, who invited her to become one of
the founding members of 'The Godmothers'.
The release of her debut album 'Invitation' in 98 was enthusiastically
received by audiences and critics alike. Sydney's Drum Media wrote: "Invitation
is a deep, moving piece of work that is almost ridiculously listenable
and is destined to be required listening for any music lover possessing
a cultured taste." Of her performance, Jim McLeod of Jazztrack
wrote: "She can belt out a song, dramatize a lyric, swing hard
and earthy, flirt, sing a tender song - Lily can 'tell a story'." At
the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz that year, audiences were treated to
the riveting performance which earned her a very close second place
at the National Jazz Awards. With an international panel of judges
that included Kurt Elling, Laurence Hobgood and Sheila Jordan she was
later invited to study in New York.
In 2000, Lily travelled to New York on a study grant to partake in
workshops and private lessons with the great Mark Murphy and was invited
up to perform at one of his New York appearances. That same year she
was singled out by legendary arranger/pianist Dave Matthews' to perform
with his band The Manhattan Jazz Quintet, which included the amazing
line up of Bill Evans, Charnett Moffatt, Victor Lewis and Lew Soloff,
at Sydneys Lyric Theatre.
Concert highlights include the Jazz Action Society's 25th anniversary
at The Studio and the Benefit for the late Roger Frampton, as well
as the critically acclaimed "Testimony" where she performed
with The Australian Art Orchestra at The Opera House, "Dior presided
like a Pagan Priestess" SMH. Lily was also a guest artist with
the amazing Oscar Castro Neves and his all star band including Airto
Moriera, Alex Acuna and Abraham Laboriel for 'Jazz In The Domain' in
front 100,000 people. An ecstatic crowd which included most of Sydneys
Brazillian community danced the night away to a sublime program of
Jobim.
Over the last few years Lily has been building her reputation overseas
with performances in New Zealand, London, Japan, Shanghai and Hong
Kong and has released her new CD 'Clear Day' on Jazzgroove Records.
Lily's strong entree into the Australian jazz scene has led her to
perform with many of the country's most accomplished musicians.
Lily has appeared at many jazz festivals including Jazz in the Vines,
Kiama, Bellingen, Wangaratta, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Thredbo, Manly,
Wollongong, Magnetic Island, Noosa, Darling Harbour, Sydney Festival
and many more.
A regular presenter at Sydney's leading jazz station Eastside Radio,
Lilys program 'Voices' has enjoyed a dedicated following since it's
inception and has had many feature guests including Ricky Peterson,
Theo Bleckmann, Katie Noonan, The Idea of North, Vince Jones, James
Valentine and Emma Franz.
Television appearances include ABC's O'Loghlin on Saturday Night, The
Arts Show as well as "The Pulse", an exciting ten part series
made about the Australian Contemporary Jazz Scene.
Virna Sanzone:
Studying music from an early age,
Virna went on to be one of the few singers ever to be accepted into
the prestigious jazz course at the Sydney Conservatorium
of Music. Here she studied with Australian greats including Mike Nock,
Judy Bailey and Kerrie Biddell, forging many strong and enduring musical
relationships, graduating in 1998 with a Diploma in Jazz Studies.
Though her roots are firmly planted in the fertile ground that resides
somewhere between soul and jazz, Virna has been an integral part
of projects that have
seen her move across a diverse range of genres. Amongst her recent credits,
Virna has appeared as a guest vocalist with Lulo Reinhardt, grand-nephew
of the great Django Reinhardt, with South African singer and freedom
songwriter
Vusi Mahlasela, and as part of the recently reformed Australian band, D.I.G.
She also supported Roy Ayers and Ernest Ranglin on their most recent Australian
tours, performed live and for television with Paul Capsis, and recorded
for Paul Mac's latest release, ”Panic Room”.
Virna spent some years as a regular vocalist with Sydney's godfather of soul,
Jackie Orszaczky, working closely with Tina Harrod and Jade Macrae.
“… Virna Sanzone's voice is informed by her fine melodic
sensitivity, her sophisticated understanding of the jazz tradition and
above all, her characteristically
rich, soul-drenched feel.” DRUM MEDIA
" ...Shining through all
of this was the voice, somewhat reminiscent of Aretha Franklin in
her finer earlier years, yet delivered in a style honed
and perfected by a very talented performer in her own right." STIX
(Live Review)
Ollie Miller:
- Jazz
piano @ the Sydney Conservatorium with Judy Bailey
- Kinetic Jazz
Festival (Jan, 2012)
- Ollie also performs
regularly with the Stringspace and in his
band Amphibious. Amphibious recently performed as the support act
to Sydney Symphony in Symphony in the Domain 2012.
” [aLive & Breathing] contains
elements of jazz, rock, classical and folk, but the results sound
organic and integrated rather than cherry-picked. The mood is
often pastoral and the playing sensitive and affecting.” John
Shand (Sydney Morning Herald - Metro - April 8-14, 2011)
Hugh Stuckey:
- Hugh Stuckey was born and raised
near the small town of Rendelsham in southeastern South Australia.
He began playing the guitar at age 5 and by age 11 he had shared
a stage with Tommy Emmanuel.
- Hugh spent his formative years
at Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium and during this time he
won the James Morrison Scholarship as well as taking out the Conservatorium’s
award for most outstanding undergraduate.
- The James Morrison Scholarship
allowed Hugh to travel to New York in early 2006 to study with John
Abercrombie and Ben Monder.
- In 2007 Hugh was a prize winner
at the National Jazz Awards, possibly Australia’s most prestigious
competition for jazz instrumentalists.
- Bachelor
of Music (Honours) at the Victorian College of the Arts
Zoe Hauptman:
- Studied at the
Sydney Conservatorium
- Performs in
the Justine Clarke band
- Zoe has performed
both nationally and internationally with artists including Lisa Mitchell,
Elana Stone, King Curly, The World According to James and Wanderlust.
"Your Jazz band trio
were really good on Thursday – definitely
looking forward to having them again!" Rachel - Jones Lang LaSalle
Dec., 2011. Andrew Boy Charlton Restaurant
Hi Lucie,
"The band was great - everyone really enjoyed themselves." Sasha
- Mitsubishi corporation. Dec, 2011. The Australian Museum
"The String Trio & Jazz
Band added so much class to the day, and everyone commented on them.
Please pass on my thanks to Hugh and the other guys". Rob.
May, 2012
"The jazz trio were great
and enjoyed by all! So thank you for all your help with this event".
Danielle Gunns - Gourmet Traveller Magazine (May, 2012) |
