Jazz By Design

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Upcoming Appearances

Past Appearances

  • Sunday, August 09, 2009
  • 11:00AM - Jazz Cruise
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Monday, July 06, 2009
  • 6:00PM - Jazz Cruise With Red & White Fleet
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Sunday, July 05, 2009
  • 12:00PM - Congregation Sinai
  • San Jose, CA
  • Thursday, June 18, 2009
  • 5:30PM - Testarosa Winery
  • Los Gatos, CA
  • Sunday, May 24, 2009
  • 6:00PM - Brookside Country Club
  • Stockton, CA
  • Saturday, April 25, 2009
  • 12:00PM - Los Gatos JCC
  • Los Gatos, CA
  • Tuesday, January 27, 2009
  • 5:00PM - Sainte Claire Hotel
  • San Jose, CA
  • Wednesday, December 31, 2008
  • 9:00PM - Ritz Carlton (as part of Silicon Vibe)
  • Half Moon Bay, CA
  • Monday, December 08, 2008
  • 12:00PM - Oracle
  • Belmont, CA
  • Sunday, October 12, 2008
  • 11:00AM - San Carlos Art & Wine Festival
  • San Carlos , CA
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Location:
San Jose, California
Travel Radius:
Will travel up to 3000 miles from San Jose.
Pay Range:
$600-$1400 per event
Member Since:
2005
Primary Category:
Jazz Band
Additional Categories:
20s Band, 30s Band, 40s Band, Big Band, Cover Band, Funk Band, Jazz Orchestra, Latin Band, Motown Band, Oldies Band, R&B Band, Smooth Jazz Band, Swing Band, Wedding Band
Influences:
Coltrane, Gershwin, Rogers & Hart, Ellington, Corea, Davis, Monk, all the Greats!

Group Members

  • Carlos Almeida - Drums/Leader
  • Greg Sankovich - Piano
  • Jerry Burdick - Bass
  • Lincoln Adler - Sax (Optional)
  • Rocio Guitard - Vocalist (Optional)

Description

Enjoy the sounds of Jazz and Latin music standards with Jazz By Design. Their music creates a welcoming and intimate atmosphere in which to greet your guests and enjoy your event.?This group is popular with wedding clients, corporate event planners, wineries, and art & wine festivals.

The group also performs for Jazz Cruise clients and Clubs.

Jazz By Design is very popular as a jazz trio. But as the name suggests, we can "design" the right size group for your event/budget:

Jazz Trio (Piano, Bass, Drums)

Jazz Quartet - A (Piano, Bass, Drums, & Sax)

Jazz Quartet - B (Piano, Bass, Drums, & Vocalist)

Jazz Quintet (Piano, Bass, Drums, Vocalist, Sax)

We are certified by "Here Comes The Guide" as part of Silicon Valley Music. This meant we passed a rigorous certification process requiring 30-40 references, including wedding industry professionals and at least 10 recent brides. They contacted each reference and got their honest feedback. Only if the company gets a rave review do they accept them as a client.

Looking for something more? We also can expand Jazz By Design to our party band confirguration - called Silicon Vibe. These 9-14 musicians provides a high energy show with a bigband style horn section.

And our 7 piece ensemble Hip Affair adds one more vocalist and guitar player to our Jazz By Design quintet creating a nice mix of Jazz, Latin and R&B favorites for your event.

Jazz By Design performs everything from standards & ballads to contemporary Jazz/Latin. We can be ambient (as often requested for cocktails during weddings or corporate events). We can also be hip and showy (as if playing at one of the Jazz Festivals).

Our set list of music is constantly evolving, adding tunes and creating custom performances as needed.

Jazz By Design provides you with unforgettable, affordable musical entertainment. Contact us today to 'design' your perfect event!

Song List

  • A Foggy Day - George Gershwin
  • All Blues - Miles Davis
  • All of Me - Standard
  • As Time Goes By - Standard
  • At Last - Etta James
  • Au Privave - Charlie Parker
  • Autumn Leaves - Standard
  • Birdland - Charlie Parker
  • Black Orpheus - Standard
  • Blue Bossa - Standard
  • Body & Soul - Standard
  • Canteloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
  • Chega De Saudade - Jobim
  • Corcovado - Jobim
  • Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington
  • Days of Wine & Roses - Henry Mancini
  • Desafinado - Jobim
  • Dindi - Jobim
  • Dolphin Dance - Wayne Shorter
  • Don't Get Around Much Any More - Duke Ellington
  • Falling in Love with Love - Rodgers & Hart
  • Footprints - Wayne Shorter
  • Freddie the Freeloader - Miles Davis
  • Georgia - Hoagy Carmichael
  • Giant Steps - John Coltrane
  • Girl from Ipanema - Jobim
  • Green Dolphine St. - Standard
  • Have You Met Miss Jones? - Rodgers & Hart
  • How High the Moon - Standard
  • I could write a book - Rodgers & Hart
  • In A Mellow Tone - Duke Ellington
  • In A Sentimental Mood
  • In The Mood - Duke Ellington
  • Isn't it Romantic - Rodgers & Hart
  • It Don't Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington
  • It Had To Be You - Standard
  • I Left My Heart In SF - Tony Bennette
  • Jeannine - Standard
  • Just Friends - Standard
  • Lullaby of Birdland - Standard
  • Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
  • Mercy Mercy Mercy - Joe Zawinul
  • Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
  • My Favorite Things - Rodgers & Hart
  • My Funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart
  • My Romance - Rodgers & Hart
  • Night and Day - Cole Porter
  • Oleo - Sonny Rollins
  • One Note Samba - Jobim
  • Our Love Is Here To Stay - George Gershwin
  • Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
  • S Wonderful - George Gershwin
  • Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
  • Sea Journey - Chick Corea
  • So What - Miles Davis
  • Someday My Prince Will Come - Standard
  • Song for My Father - Horace Silver
  • St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
  • Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
  • Stompin at the Savoy - Standard
  • Straight No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
  • Summer Samba - Standard
  • Sweet Georgia Brown - Standard
  • Take Five - Paul Desmond
  • Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington
  • The Way You Look Tonight
  • There Will Never Be Another You - Standard
  • They Can't Take That Away From Me - George Gershwin
  • Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
  • Wave - Jobim
  • What a Wonderful World - Standard
  • When I Fall in Love - Standard
  • . - .
  • HOLIDAY MUSIC - HOLIDAY MUSIC
  • Auld Lang Syne - Traditional
  • Blue Christmas - Billy Hayes
  • The Chipmonk Song - Ross Bagdasarian
  • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts) - Mel Torme
  • Christmas Time Is Here (Peanuts) - Vince Guaraldi
  • Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
  • Deck The Hall - Traditional
  • Do You Hear What I Hear - Noel Regney
  • Feliz Navidad - Jose Feliciano
  • The First Noel - Traditional
  • Frosty The Snow Man - Steve Nelson
  • God Rest Ye Merry - Gentlemen
  • Good King Wenceslas - Traditional
  • Grandma Got Run Over By Reindeer - Randy Brooks
  • Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn
  • Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry
  • Have A Holly Jolly Christmas - Johnny Marks
  • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Tommy Connor
  • It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Traditional
  • It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas - Meredith Willson
  • Jingle Bell Rock - Joe Beal
  • Jingle Bells - J Pierpont
  • Let it Snow - Julie Styne
  • O Christmas Tree - Traditional
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem - Traditional
  • Rockin Around the Christmas Tree - Johnny Marks
  • Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer - Johnny Marks
  • Santa Baby - Joan Javits
  • Santa Claus is Comin to Town - J. Fred Coots
  • Silent Night - Franz Gruber
  • Silver Bells - Jay Livingston
  • We Three Kings Of Orient Are - John Hopkins
  • We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Traditional

Available For:

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Reunions, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

Feedback

  • Carlos, Thanks again for all your expertise & beautiful music, which certainly made our kids' wedding spectacular for all our guests. I can't tell you how many of our guests commented (unsolicited) on how great your trio was. To us, there is nothing like live jazz music & the added bonus for us was the breadth & range of your trio's talents. Of course, the dancing of the Hora almost did me in, but it was so much fun!!! If you ever need a note/letter of recommendation, please feel free to use our names. -- Los J, San Francisco, CA, 8/9/2009
  • The band was extremely professional, polished, and displayed the utmost in musicianship. It was a real joy to work with this professional musicians of this caliber. -- Robert V, Sacramento, CA, 3/16/2007
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