Barry Sames Music Combos

• Wilby Fletcher - Drums
• Sherry Wilson-Butler - Vocals
• Lee Smith - Bass
• Marlon Simon - drums/percussion
• Gloria Allende - Vocals

Looking for class and quality music for your event? Barry Sames and his musicians will help make it memorable and give just the right ambiance.

Mr. Sames is a well-known jazz pianist, arranger and producer in the Philadelphia area. He performed with his jazz orchestra at the Kimmel Center Verizon Hall and has performed internationally in Asia, Africa, South America, Europe and the Middle East . Barry has recorded 4 jazz projects of his own.

Barry's music is specialized for smaller to mid- sized events, and his duo, trio or quartet features top musicians and vocalists in the area who have all toured with headlining artists in Jazz festivals around the globe. (Ask for references) Whether it's traditional jazz, contemporary/R&B or Latin Jazz, or anything in-between, you won't be disappointed!

PRIVATE PARTIES:

Glen Ford Mansion Knowelton Mansion The Four Seasons Hotel The Merion Tribute House Manufacturer's Country Club The Union League Appleford Mansion The Dupont Hotel Dupont C.C. The Ritz-Carlton The Academy of Fine Arts The Franklin Institute Merion Crickett Club Radnor Country Club The Baldwin School

JAZZ VENUES:

Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center Fels Planetarium "Jazz under the Stars" Zanibar Blue Chris's Jazz Club Ortliebs Jazz Haus Warm Daddy's Prime Rib Restaurant World Cafe Live Painted Bride Art Center Perkins Center for the Arts North by Northwest Allens Lane Art Center

HEAR IT LIVE:

You can meet Barry in Person while hearing him perform with his Jazz duo at the PRIME RIB, 1701 Locust St. at the Radisson Hotel in Center City Philadelphia, every Wednesday night from 7-10 p.m..

Please Visit Mr. Sames' website for a complete bio and list of Cd's and current projects.

MORE CLIENT FEEDBACK:

"Thanks for a great show! You guys were fantastic!!!"

Laurie Labaska, Monroe Townshp. NJ 6/21/08 (GigMasters)

"The Philly Latin Connection Band was outstanding, and helped make our Latin Experience Reception a fantastic success! Your musicians, your singers and your musical selections were excellent and kept everybody going."

C. Elaine Turner, Abington Memorial Hospital Womens Board 6/10/08

"We had a great time, in a great part due to your band. We've had several comments about how the band was excellent and really added to the atmosphere. In fact, we were saying the next day that at some point in the future we should consider a private party with a live jazz band (you'll be the top choice)"

Robert Babbish, Long Beach Island, NJ 5/4/08 (GigMasters)

"Just a note to thank you again for an amazing "Night of Jazz!" My friends and I enjoyed the wide variety of music that you performed for us. It was a perfect evening that no one wanted to end. It has been weeks and my friends are still commenting on how wonderful your music was and on how it was the perfect get together. Thank you so much for creating such wonderful musical memories for my husband, my friends, and myself. Thanks again for sharing your fabulous talent with us. We must schedule you in again next summer."

John and Maureen Gold, Wenonah, NJ 8/20/07

"EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL!!!!!! We actually are still getting compliments on having you entertain the guests prior to the wedding. All of your suggestions were greatly appreciated and helped me make the evening even more AWESOME then we had anticipated. We'll see you soon at the Prime Rib!"

Pam & Victor Foreman, Pensauken, NJ 12/12/2006

"Everyone was THRILLED with your piano playing and said that the music 'made' the party for them. Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us."

Tiffanie Edwards, Sellers-Feinberg-Phila, PA 12/18/06

• A house is not a home - Burt Bacharach
• A Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
• Afro Blue - Mongo Santamaria
• Agua De Beber - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Aguas De Marco - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
• Akatombe - Japanese Trad.
• Alfie - Burt Bacharach
• Alice In Wonderland - Oliver Wallace
• All Blues - Miles Davis
• All I ask of You - Andrew Lloyd Weber
• All I Do - Stevie Wonder
• All of Me - Marks/Simmons
• All of My Love - Led Zepelin
• Almost Like Being in Love - Frederick Loewe
• Alone Together
• An Innocent Cry - Barry Sames
• And I love her - Beatles
• Anything goes - Cole Porter
• April In Paris - Vernon Duke
• Arabesque - Debussy
• Armando's Rhumba - Chick Corea
• As time goes By - Herman Hupfield
• Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma
• Basin Street Blues - Spencer Williams
• Battle Hymn of the Republic - Trad. Hymn
• Beautiful Love - Victor Young
• Been So long - Anita Baker
• Besame Mucho - Consuelo Velazquez
• Betcha Bye Golly Wow - Stylistics
• Better than - Al Jarraeu
• Billie's Bounce - Charlie Parker
• Birdland - Weather Report
• Black Orpheus - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers
• Blue Skies - Irving Berlin
• Blues on the Corner - McCoy Tyner
• Bluesette - Gimbel/Thielemans
• Body & Soul - Johnny Green
• Brazil
• Broadway - George Benson
• But Not for Me - George & Ira Gershwin
• Butterflies - Alicia Keys
• Butterfly - Herbie Hancock
• Bye Bye Blackbird - Ray Henderson
• Camel Island - David Sanborn
• Can't Help It - Michael Jackson
• Can't Help Lovin' that Man - Hammerstein/Kern
• caravan - Duke Ellington
• Ceora - Lee Morgan
• Change the World - Baby Face
• Cheek to Cheek - Irving Berlin
• Chega de Saudade - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Chuleto - Tanya Maria
• Claudia - Chucho Valdez
• Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Crazy Love - Van Morrison
• Creepin' - Stevie Wonder
• Darn That Dream - Jimmy Van Heusen
• Days of Wine and Roses - Henry Mancini
• Deep Waters - Maysa
• Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Do Nothin' till you Hear from me - Duke Ellington
• Dolphin Dance - Herbie Hancock
• Don't Blame me - Jimmy McHugh
• Don't get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
• Don't you worry 'bout a thing - Stevie Wonder
• Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
• Embraceable You - George Gershwin
• Emily - Mandel/Mercer
• Equinox - John Coltrane
• Falling in Love with Jesus - Jonathan Butler
• Falling in Love with Love - Richard Rodgers
• First Born - Barry Sames
• Fly Me to the Moon - Howard Bart
• Footprints - Wayne Shorter
• For All we Know - Ruben Studdard
• For the Love of You - Isley Bros.
• For Tomorrow - McCoy Tyner
• Freddie the Freeloader - Miles Davis
• Gentle Rain - Luiz Bonfa
• Georgia on my Mind - Ray Charles
• Girl from Impanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• God Bless America - Irving Berlin
• God Bless the Child - Billy Holiday
• Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder
• Good Bait - Tad Dameron
• Good Morning Heartache - Billy Holiday
• Goodbye Prkpie Hat - Charles Mingus
• Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
• Great is thy Faithfulness - Hymn
• Green Dolphin St. - Bronislau Kaper
• Guantanamera - Latin
• Have you met Miss Jones - Richard Rodgers
• Here there and everywhere - Beatles
• How High the Moon - Hamilton/ Lewis
• How my Heart Sings - Earl Zindars
• How sweet it is to be loved by you - James Taylor
• I could have Danced all night - My Fair Lady
• I got Rhythm - George Gershwin
• I Love Paris - Cole Porter
• I mean You - Thelonius Monk
• I'm beginning to see the Light - Duke Ellington
• Imagine - John Lennon
• Impressions - John Coltrane
• In a Mellow Tone - Duke Ellington
• In My Life - Beatles
• In the Mood - The Whispers
• Invitation - Bronislau Kaper
• Is'nt it Romantic - Richard Rodgers
• Is'nt she Lovely - Stevie Wonder
• It Don't mean a thing - Duke Ellington
• It could happen to you - Van Heusen
• It's alright with Me - Cole Porter
• It's only a paper Moon - Harold Arlen
• I've grown Accustomed to Her Face - My Fair Lady
• James - Pat Metheny
• Jeanine - Duke Pearson
• Joyspring - Clifford Brown
• Just Friends - John Klenner
• Just in Time - Jule Styne
• Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
• Killer Joe - Benny Golson
• Killing me Softly - Roberta Flack
• Knocks me off my feet - Stevie Wonder
• Kumbayah - Traditional
• Let it Be - Beatles
• Let it Flow - Grover Washington, Jr.
• Like a Lover - Sergio Mendez
• Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker
• Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard
• Love Dance - Ivan Lins
• Lover
• Lover Man - Billy Holiday
• Lullaybye of Birdland - George Shearing
• Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock
• Makin Whoopie
• Mambo Inn - Mario Bauza
• Mercy Mercy Mercy - Joe Zawinul
• Michelle - Beatles
• Misty - Earl Garner
• Moment's Notice - John Coltrane
• Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington
• Moon River - Henry Mancini
• Moondance - Van Morrison
• Moonlight in Vermont - Karl Suessdorf
• More Better Blues - Ellis Marsalis
• Morning - Claire fischer
• My Cherie Amor - Stevie Wonder
• My Foolish Heart
• My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers
• My One and Only Love - Johnny Hartman
• My Romance - Jerome Kern
• Naima - John Coltrane
• New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
• New York, New York
• Nica's Dream
• Night and day - Cole Porter
• Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
• Norweigan Wood - Beatles
• Nostalgia in Times Square - Charles Mingus
• Old Devil Moon - Lane Burton
• Oleo - Sonny Rollins
• On a clear Day
• On Broadway
• On the street where you live - Frederick Loewe
• One note Samba - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Our Love is here to Stay - George Gershwin
• Over the Rainbow - George Gershwin
• Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder
• Oye Como Va - Carlos Santana
• People - Barbara Streisand
• People Make the world go 'Round - The Stylistics
• Phase Dance - Pat Metheny
• Piano in the Dark - Brenda Russell
• Poinciana - Ahmad Jamal
• Rainbow Seeker - Joe Sample
• Raindrops keep fallin on my head - Burt Bacharach
• Rapture - Anita Baker
• Rhythm-a-ning - Thelonius Monk
• Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder
• Riders on the Storm - Jim Morrison
• Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk
• Route 66 - Bobby Troup
• Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
• Secret Love - Fain/ Webster
• Segue me - Venezuelan
• Sentimental Journey - Brown/ Green /Homer
• September Song
• septembro - Brazilian Wedding song
• Seven Years of Good Luck - Joe Sample
• Shaker Dance - Marcus Miller
• Some other time - Bernstein
• Someday My Prince will Come - Frank Churchill
• Someone to Watch over me - George Gershwin
• Something in the Way she Moves - Beatles
• Song for Baji - Barry Sames
• Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
• Spanish Eyes
• Speak Low - Kurt Weill
• Stardust - Parish/Carmichael
• Stolen Moments - Benny Golson
• Straight no Chaser - Thelonius Monk
• Sugar - Stanley Turrentine
• Summertime - George Gershwin
• Sunrise, Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof
• Sunshower - Kenny Barron
• Superstar - Carpenters
• Surasumo - Luis Conte
• Sweet Georgia Brown
• Sweet Love - Anita Baker
• S'Wonderful - Ataire/Kearns
• Tangerine - Ralph Burns
• Teach me tonight - Kahn/Depaul
• Tell Me a Bedtime Story - Herbie Hancock
• Tenderly - Walter Gross
• That Girl - Stevie Wonder
• That's the way of the world - Earth Wind and Fire
• The Best is Yet to Come - Cy Coleman
• The Last Child - Joe Sample
• The Look of Love - Burt bacharach
• The nearness of You - Hoagy Carmichael
• The Night has 1000 eyes - Jerry Brainin
• The Road less Traveled - Joe Sample
• The shadow of your smile
• The very thought of you - Ray Noble
• The way you look tonight - Jerome Kern
• Them there eyes - Billie Holliday
• Theme from M.A.S.H - Altman/Mandel
• There is no Greater Love
• They Can't take that Away from me - George Gershwin
• This Masquerade - George Benson
• Three Flowers - McCoy Tyner
• Through the Fire - Chaka Khan
• Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
• Try to Remember - Schmidt/Jones
• Up Jumped Spring
• Walk on By - Burt Bacharach
• Walk with Me Lord - Traditional
• Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans
• We are One in the Spirit - Peter Schultz
• Well You Need'nt - Thelonius Monk
• What is this thing called Love - Cole Porter
• Who can I turn to - Bricusse/Newley
• Windmills of your mind - Michel Legrand
• Would'nt it be Loverly - My fair Lady
• Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
• yesterday - Beatles
• You are the Sunshine of my Life - Stevie Wonder
• You send Me
• Your Song - Elton John

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• We were very pleased with the Barry Sames Combo. The three pieces and a singer combo we had was great. Everyone wanted to know were we found them. I would use them again in a heartbeat. -- Susan P, Camden, NJ, 1/10/2009
• If you're looking for the consumate trio (piano, bass, drums) for your event, look no further than Barry Sames. Barry handled our entire event - from start to finish - like a true professional. Moreover, in terms of musical ability, you won't find a better group anywhere. The talent of this group amazed me - and I've heard the best. Finally, they took every request in stride. In fact, they encouraged our input every step of the way, and made us feel like we were a part of the band. Don't risk your event with an unknown quantity: Barry Sames is a sure thing. -- Scott R, Annapolis, MD, 8/15/2008
• barry sames combo made our event!!!!!!! everyone in the group was a consummate musician. barry is an excellent host/announcer for any event. they were able to play any kind of music and every requested song. their professionalism and demeanor were outstanding! besides the pop and dance music, barry and his group thrilled us with their jazz performances. each one of the musicians was a soloist. we cannot praise this group enough! thank you barry sames--we hope to see you at the next affair. -- Michael A, Bethany Beach, DE, 9/27/2008
• Barry Sames Jazz Combos were an absolute delight at my wedding. We wanted a Jazz band that could play a wide array of contemporary, soulful, and gospel music. They were very professional through the whole process of planning the music play list and they even learned a few songs that were not on their play list. This was a very reassuring process for a bride that strives for perfection. I received a lot of compliments from my guests that are used to attending Academy of the Arts performances. VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Roberts, Esquire -- Maurissa W, Almonesson, NJ, 6/29/2007

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