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Perseverance Jazz Band Jazz Band from Philadelphia, PA

Will travel up to 500 miles

  • Avg 5.0 | 10 Reviews
  • 19 Verified Bookings
  • Member Since 2010
  • 1 Award or Badge
  • Starting at $1,100 per event

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The sound of Perseverance Jazz Band brings back the dimly lit speakeasies of the roaring 1920s and crackling gramophones playing long-forgotten 78's. In their hot rhythms and sweet melodies, you'll find the glamor, mystery, and excitement of the Jazz Age, the era of Prohibition and the setting of The Great Gatsby. Known to grip their audience from beginning to end, Perseverance Jazz Band gives a memorable performance every time. When not touring, they play swing dances, clubs, and private events in and near Philadelphia. Perseverance brings the sound of New Orleans everywhere they go, by way of 1920's and 30's Hot Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland, and Second Line tunes. The band ranges in size from three to ten musicians and plays weddings, proposals, New Orleans-style funerals, and everything between. They specialize in leading New Orleans Second Line processions. Visit for more media and their performance schedule. Perseverance's new album 'Hard Times Come Again No More' can be found at www.perseverancejazzband.bandcamp.com! Book them today!

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Review by Elliott M.

WeddingReviewed on March 12, 2016From Philadelphia, PA

Overall they are a very talented group, and their leader was very accommodating for our requests and changes. They were definitely a great addition to our wedding. They did begin to pack up while there were guests still in the room so that was a little off-putting. I used to work weddings as well, and we always waited until all guests had cleared out of the space. However, that is a very small detail in the grand scheme. Their music was incredible and perfect for our event.

Review by Sarah O.

WeddingReviewed on August 24, 2015From Burke, VA

Ultimately, the music was AMAZING AMAZING But, the lead-up to the wedding, and a hindsight review of the band is very disappointing. The bandleader (and reason we chose the band in the first place) quit about 6 weeks before our wedding. The new bandleader was slow to contact us, not as thorough in communication, and ignored one of our guaranteed requests. The band showed up late on the wedding day, shortened the Klezmer medley for the Hora, didn't even play one of our requests (and we only got a handful of requests), played an unrecognizable version of our first dance, and then left town without staying in the hotel rooms we contractually booked and payed for them.

Perseverance Jazz Band:

We are glad that Sarah points out that the music was amazing and are very sorry that she felt disappointed. We feel that it is unfair of Sarah to complain about the hotel rooms, as it was contractually agreed upon that Sarah would pay for the rooms, so that they would be available if we needed them. We respectfully disagree with the rest of her complaints- they do not reflect our experience of what happened.

Review by Aubrey V.

Wedding ReceptionReviewed on February 1, 2015From Cambridge, MD

The band was great, everyone loved them! I pretty much told them to play whatever they wanted instead of having special request and I am glad I did, they did an amazing job. They really made our 1920's wedding great!

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  • 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
  • After You've Gone | Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  • Ain't Misbehavin' | Fats Waller
  • All of Me | Billie Holiday
  • At The Jazz Band Ball | Bix Beiderbecke
  • Baby | Won't You Please Come Home
  • Basin St Blues | Louis Armstrong
  • Beale St Blues | Louis Armstrong
  • Bill Bailey's Blues | Trad.
  • Black Bottom Stomp | Jelly Roll Morton
  • Blues My Naughty Sweety Gives To Me | Sydney Bechet
  • Body and Soul | Billie Holiday
  • Bourbon Street Parade
  • China Boy
  • Dinah
  • Doctor Jazz
  • Everybody Loves My Baby
  • Georgia On My Mind | Trad.
  • Honeysuckle Rose | Fats Waller
  • I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
  • I'm Confessin (That I Love You) | Louis Armstrong
  • I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby | Louis Armstrong
  • I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Fats Waller
  • It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) | Duke Ellington
  • Potato Head Blues | Louis Armstrong
  • PS I Love You | Billie Holiday
  • South Rampart Street Parade | Trad.
  • St. James Infirmary | Trad.
  • Stardust | Hoagie Carmichael
  • Sweet Lorraine
  • Sweet Substitute | Jelly Roll Morton
  • That's A-Plenty
  • Tin Roof Blues

Booked Events 

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Upcoming Events

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Past Events

July 1, 2017 • Wedding
Sat3:30 PM - 6:30 PM Lancaster, PA
February 28, 2016 • Wedding
Sun5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Philadelphia, PA
August 15, 2015 • Wedding
Sat6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Burke, VA
May 9, 2015 • Wedding
Sat4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Cape May, NJ
January 31, 2015 • Wedding Reception
Sat6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Cambridge, MD
September 4, 2014 • Wedding
Thu3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Newtown Square, PA
June 20, 2014 • Wedding
Fri7:30 PM - 11:30 PM Havre de Grace, MD
October 18, 2013 • Wedding
Fri3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Wyncote, PA
October 11, 2013 • Concert
Fri7:00 PM - 7:45 PM Pennsburg, PA
October 5, 2013 • Wedding Cocktail Hour
Sat6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Westmont, NJ
October 5, 2013 • Wedding
Sat5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Waverly, NY
September 20, 2013 • Fundraiser
Fri6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Philadelphia, PA

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