Potomac Jazz Project

With 50 plus bookings and unanimous excellent customer ratings with Gigmasters, and averaging over 100 performances a year in the DC area, Potomac Jazz Project is one of the DC area's most popular groups. We specialize in swing, jazz, and bossa novas. In addition to weddings and private events, we have appeared at venues like The Smithsonian and The Kennedy Center, as well as local popular jazz clubs.

Note that there are audio samples of QUINTETS, QUARTETS, TRIOS, DUOS, AND SOLOISTS, with varying instrumentations. We take pride in our expertise in tailoring our ensemble to your event!

AND you may add a VOCALIST to any of the above!! The singers we work with are all among DC's best! The singer featured here on our Gigmasters site is Lena Seikaly, the vocalist we work with most frequently! Other vocalists we work with are Sara Jones and L'Tanya Mari.

References are available upon request and many of our clients have agreed to chat by email if you wish! Our web site will tell you more and give you the dates of our upcoming public appearances.

• All the Things You Are - Tony Bennett
• Autumn Leaves - Frank Sinatra
• A Foggy Day - Oscar Peterson
• Body and Soul - Dexter Gordon
• Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darin
• Doxy - Sonny Rollins
• Embraceable You - Billie Holliday
• My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
• Days of Wine & Roses - Henry Mancini
• Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington
• Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
• Girl From Ipanama - Jobim / Stan Getz
• Mr PC - John Coltrane
• Straight No Chaser - Thelonius Monk
• Corcovado - Jobim / Stan Getz
• In the Mood - Glen Miller
• Besame Mucho - Beatles
• Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
• Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
• I'll Remember April - Sarah Vaughan
• In a Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington
• Just Friends - Dee Dee Bridgewater
• Meditation - Stan Getz
• Moonlight in Vermont - Louis Prima
• Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
• Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
• La Fiesta - Chick Corea
• Blue Bossa - George Benson
• One Note Samba - Ella Fitzgerald
• Out of Nowhere - Charlie Parker
• Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
• St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
• Stella by Starlight - Miles Davis
• On Green Dolphin Street - Ella Fitzgerald
• Night in Tunisia - Dizzie Gillespie

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Dinner Dances, Family Reunions, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Grand Openings, Hotels, New Year's Eve Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Restaurants, Reunions, School Assemblies, Studio Session, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• The Potomac Jazz Project was great! All of our guests loved them and when everyone left our party(my father's 70th birthday party), they continued to play just for my family. It like being in our own personal jazz club. :-) I really can't say enough nice things about this group(professionalism, set-up, developed music set, etc.). Would and plan on using them again in a heart beat, I just need to plan another party. Thank you again Potomac Jazz Project..... -- Soma M, Lansdowne, VA, 6/4/2010
• The Potomac Jazz Project was perfect for our Design House Opening Party at The Washington Design Center. Our guests loved the music and the beautiful vocals of Sara Jones! Very professional group and would love to work with them again in the future. -- Alexander G, Washington, DC, 9/24/2009
• We truly enjoyed the Potomac Jazz Project. Their choice of music was excellent and they were very professional. Everyone commented that the music made the evening. I would use them again, and recommend them to anyone holding an event. -- Amy W, Washington, DC, 12/12/2008
• Great experience with the trio. We will hire them again in the future. -- Jeffery W, Washington, DC, 12/31/2007
• Stan and the other musicians from Potomac Jazz Project were wonderful. They were terrific musicians, very professional in appearance and demeanor. We wanted fantastic music to enhance our Corporate Anniversary Celebration and they did not let us down. I will most certainly contact Stan in the future for other events. -- Nancy B, Washington, DC, 6/19/2007
• Potomac Jazz Project played both the ceremony and reception music for our wedding. They did an amazing job! We received many compliments. The jazz, bossa nova, and standards they played were lovely and fun to dance to. Would recommend them to anyone!! -- Rosemary M, Washington, DC, 4/14/2007
• The band was outstanding. Everyone raved about the music. They played longer then scheduled which was awesome. I scheduled them for our 2007 holiday party. -- Debbie W, Washington, DC, 12/19/2006
• Stan and his band have been wonderful, they were punctual and extremely accommodating to my request even though my request change quite a few times before the event. They are excellent players and it was a priviledge to have them play at Windward's corporate event and this is a band that I will definitely use time and time again. The Potomac Jazz project was absolutely awesome, they really created the musical atmosphere I wanted to achieve. The employees which were a mixture of individuals really liked the music and they were dancing and this was not a "real dancing" crowd, but they were dancing due to the fabulous job the band did. -- Natasha H, Reston, VA, 12/15/2006
• Amazing. Perfect. Started off the wedding reception just right!!! The Potomac Jazz Project was just another perfect part of our perfect weeding day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- Stephen T, Washington, DC, 10/28/2006
• Fantastic - will definitely hire again! -- Nicole B, Washington, DC, 9/9/2006
• The band was excellent. They exceeded my expectations and I highly recommend them. -- Nicole S, Bethesda, MD, 5/6/2006

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