Perseverance Jazz Band

• Jonathan Davenport - Bass/Vocals
• Adam Hershberger - Trumpet
• Larry Toft - Trombone
• Steve Duffy - Trombone
• Aino Soderhielm - Clarinet
• Larry Goldfinger - Clarinet
• Steve DiBonaventura - Banjo
• Pat Fink - Piano
• Chad Brown - Drums
• Cecilia Ferneborg - Vocals
• Pat Hughes - Cornet
• David Fishkin - Saxophone
• Alban Bailly - Guitar

Perseverance Jazz Band brings New Orleans to Philadelphia with its interpretations of Ragtime, Dixieland, Traditional Jazz, and Second Line tunes.

Perseverance plays weddings, corporate events, private parties and funerals for the living and departed. We specialize in an authentic New Orleans wedding experience with a brass band Second
Line procession. Our band ranges in size from four to ten members to accommodate your event, and we can provide both stationary and mobile bands.

Despite our lack of white hair, we have between us decades of performance experience and a commitment to professionalism that ensures every engagement will be a joy.

• Livery Stable Blues - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
• Clarinet Marmelade - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
• Dixie Jazz One Step - Original Dixieland Jazz Band
• That's a Plenty - Jack Teagarden
• Panama - Kid Ory
• Way Down Yonder in New Orleans - Louis Armstrong
• Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Eva Taylor
• Rosetta - Red Allen
• I Found a New Baby - Ethel Waters
• Muskrat Ramble - Kid Ory
• Alabama Jubilee - Jerry Reed
• Bourbon Street Parade
• Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
• Joe Avery's Blues - Traditional
• Down by the Riverside - Traditional
• When the Saints Go Marching In - Traditional

Anniversaries, 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, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• Thank you so much for allowing us to bring New Orleans to Philly for our reception!! My entire family from New Orleans was so impressed by your band. They said it was as if you were from New Orleans. Thank you for playing all the songs we requested. The march was definitely something to remember, along with the second line. Jeanne & Clint -- Jeanne M, Philadelphia, PA, 8/20/2011
• Jonathan and his band memebers were great! They worked so well in helping us plan our Mardi Gras themed party and their music tied right into the theme and got the crowd moving! We asked the band to dress up in old style New Orleans and they nailed it and had no problem doing it! They played all the way thru and were very professional! It was a pleasure working with Perserverance! -- Colleen H, Drexel Hill, PA, 1/15/2011

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