Charisma

• Marie G - Vocals, flute, percussion
• George D`Aiuto - Vocals, keyboard, guitar
• Peter Obre - Guitar, vocals
• Jonathan Blanck - Saxophone, piano, vocals
• Mitchell Taub - Bass, vocals
• Robert Bonvini - Drums, percussion

GigMasters RISING STAR Award Winner - Top Dance Band

Charisma delivers the perfect blend of your favorite music, incorporating professional musicianship and stage presence into a dynamic and engaging performance. Your guests will undoubtedly find our music familiar and entertaining. There is nothing more compelling than live music to make your event successful and memorable!

The musicians in Charisma have extensive performing experience. We can easily customize our repertoire to suit your needs, ranging from soft ballads to driving dance music. Members of Charisma have diverse musical abilities and can play multiple instruments at a professional level: our lead singer plays flute and percussion, and our saxophonist plays tenor sax, soprano sax, and keyboards.

Charisma can also offer background musical accompaniment to your cocktail hour or wedding ceremony. For example, our guitarist plays classical compositions that add a harp-like ambiance to any formal gathering. Jazz piano for your cocktail hour is also available.

Please be sure to check out our latest sound clips for a sample of our music. In addition to formal functions, Charisma regularly appears at informal public venues. Our live performance is undoubtedly the best way to evaluate our entertainment value, so we would encourage you to come and see us play....and don't forget to bring your dancing shoes!

Book Charisma for your event and we will pay the 5% GigMasters fee. Click on the "Request Free Quote" button to obtain more information.

• Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
• All Blues - Miles Davis
• All I Want Is You - U2
• All Of Me - Michael Buble
• All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
• Allison - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• At Last - Celine Dion
• Back In The USSR - The Beatles
• Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
• Beautiful Day - U2
• Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
• Before You Accuse Me - Eric Clapton
• Better Together - Jack Johnson
• Birthday - The Beatles
• Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey
• Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
• Bye Bye Blackbird - Diana Krall
• Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
• Chain Of Fools - Angeline Ball
• China Grove - The Doobie Brothers
• Cissy Strut - The Meters
• Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
• Crazy - Willy Nelson
• Cut The Cake - Average White Band
• Daddy's Little Girl - Michael Buble
• Dancing Queen - ABBA
• Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
• Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
• Every Breath You Take - The Police
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
• Everything - Michael Buble
• Faith - George Michael
• Forget You - Cee Lo Green
• From This Moment - Shania Twain
• Get Down Tonight - KC And The Sunshine Band
• Give A Little Bit - Supertramp/Goo Goo Dolls
• Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
• God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
• Hard To Handle - The Black Crowes
• Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart
• Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight and the Pips
• Hero - Enrique Iglesias
• Hey Girl - O.A.R.
• Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones
• I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
• I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain
• I Cross My Heart - George Strait
• I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson
• I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire - The Ink Spots
• I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
• I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
• I Loved Her First - Heartland
• I Only Want To Be With You - Hootie And The Blowfish
• I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
• I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
• I Wish - Stevie Wonder
• I'll Be Your River - Cyndi Lauper & Vivian Green
• I'm The Only One - Melissa Ethridge
• I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
• If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
• In My Life - The Beatles
• Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
• Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
• It Had To Be You - Frank Sinatra
• Jenny Jenny (867-5309) - Tommy Tutone
• Jump, Jive, & Wail - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
• Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum
• Just You And I - Crystal Gayle / Eddie Rabbit
• Knock On Wood - Michael McDonald & Phoebe Snow
• L-O-V-E - Natalie Cole
• La Grange - ZZ Top
• Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
• Let's Stay Together - Al Green
• Lights - Journey
• Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers
• Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
• Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers
• Love Letter - Bonnie Raitt
• Love The One You're With - Crosby, Stills, & Nash/The Neville Brothers
• Lullabye - Billy Joel
• Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
• Making Memories Of Us - Keith Urban
• Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• Mercy - Duffy
• Message In A Bottle - The Police
• Mony Mony - Tommy James
• Moondance - Van Morrison
• Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
• My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow
• My Girl - The Temptations
• My Old School - Steely Dan
• My Wish - Rascal Flatts
• Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown - The Rolling Stones
• One Love - Bob Marley
• Ooh, Baby, Baby - Linda Ronstadt
• Over The Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
• Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
• Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
• Please Come Home For Christmas - The Eagles
• Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Raise Your Glass - Pink
• Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
• Rehab - Amy Winehouse
• Respect - Aretha Franklin
• Runaround Sue - Dion
• Secret Agent Man - Blues Traveler
• Sedated - The Ramones
• September - Earth, Wind, and Fire
• Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band
• She's Got A Way - Billy Joel
• Shining Star - Earth, Wind, and Fire
• Shout - The Isley Brothers
• Sing A Song - Earth, Wind, and Fire
• Sister Christian - Night Ranger
• Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
• Smooth Operator - Sade
• Something About Her - Brad Paisley
• Spooky - Classics IV
• Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
• Summertime - Sarah Vaughan
• Superstition - Stevie Wonder
• Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
• Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Take The "A" Train - Duke Ellington
• That's The Way (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band
• The Game Of Love - Santana & Michelle Branch
• The Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto
• The Hawaiian Wedding Song - Elvis Presley
• The Twist - Chubby Checker
• The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
• The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
• Tightrope - Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Til There Was You - The Beatles
• Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
• Vehicle - Ides Of March
• Vertigo - U2
• What Is Hip? - Tower Of Power
• What You Need - INXS
• What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye
• When You Say Nothing At All - Allison Kraus
• Who Says You Can't Go Home - Bon Jovi / Jennifer Nettles
• Why Georgia Why - John Mayer
• Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
• Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
• Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
• You And Me - Dave Matthews Band
• You Are The Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
• You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
• You Learn - Alanis Morissette
• You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
• You're Still The One - Shania Twain
• You've Got To Funkifize - Tower Of Power
• Your Smiling Face - James Taylor

Anniversaries, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Christmas Parties, Clubs, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Dinner Dances, Engagement Parties, Events, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Grand Openings, High School Reunions, Hotels, New Year's Eve Parties, Private Parties, Rehearsal Dinners, Resorts, Restaurants, Retirement Parties, Reunions, Saint Patrick's Day Parties, Studio Session, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• We hired Charisma to perform at our country club event attended by 200+ guests. All of the members of the band were extremely accomodating and very talented. The wide variety of music was enjoyed by all. Our event would not have been successful without this band. -- Jennifer R, New Preston, CT, 5/26/2012
• OUTSTANDING!!!!! Extremely professional and accommodating. Marie has an amazing voice! She was fantastic about working with us, putting together the plan for the wedding, giving suggestions and dealing with issues as they came up. Our wedding was black tie but we didn't want it "stuffy". Charisma was perfect, they looked awesome in black tie and then totally ROCKED! The dance floor was packed from the first song and overflowing during the last. I highly recommend them without any reservation and would hire them again in a heartbeat! They are an absolute pleasure to work with, fantastically talented, professional and reliable. Thanks for everything! Sandra & Gordon -- Sandra W, Greenwich, CT, 5/14/2011
• Charisma was absoultely perfect at our wedding! We are both music lovers and wanted more of a rock band than traditional, often corny, "wedding band" but also needed a mix of songs for the older folks in the crowd. We were nervous choosing from gigmasters but Charisma was a 100% perfect fit! The songs they learned for us sounded amazing and our guests can't stop talking about the "best wedding band" they've heard! We would not change a thing and whole-heartedly recommend Charisma! They can play everything from Sinatra to Sister Christian to Bon Jovi and everything in between and had both our grandparents and our rowdy college friends on their feet all night! -- Kristin M, Manchester, CT, 9/25/2010
• We hired Charisma to play for our ceremony, cocktail hour & reception. They were GREAT! We highly recommend them - great sound & amazing vocal talent -truly versatile. We wanted our reception to be a really fun party -- great music and our guests up dancing the whole time. Charisma delivered! Everyone had a blast, including us! Also, they're nice to work with and made the whole process easy for us. They listened & were eager to accomodate our requests - set up early, worked with our singer friends, learned special songs, planned sets around our musical tastes, and more. We're very thankful to Charisma for helping make our wedding day everything we'd hoped for! -- Jean B, Kings Park, NY, 9/18/2010
• Myself a musician and my wife a big music fan, we knew that the band would truly make or break our reception. After seeing Charisma, we had no doubt that they would make our event memorable. And boy did they ever! Not only did they have the entire 150+ person wedding dancing (even those that claim to NEVER dance at weddings), they also learned our wedding song perfectly and were professionals from start to finish. With so many decisions to be made when planning a wedding, do yourself a favor and make this one right now. I guarantee you will not find a better band for your wedding than Charisma! -- Ben S, Beacon, NY, 9/4/2010
• THIS BAND IS AMAZING!!! My husband and I are both musicians, so when it came to choosing a band for our wedding, we were very particular. Charisma not only met our expectations, but exceeded them beyond belief! Our guests were absolutely floored by their energy and talent. Their song choices were ideal, they were perfectly rehearsed, beyond professional, and tons and tons of fun. I could not imagine any wedding band being better than Charisma was. They made our wedding a HUGE success - all of our guests were dancing all night long, and even begged for an encore when they were done! We recommend them a million times over! CHARISMA ROCKS!!! -- Erin Z, Brookfield, CT, 8/30/2009
• Wow... absolutely awesome. Everyone has been going on about the band since the wedding. They were everything we could have asked for and more. They even learned an obscure "Jets to Brazil" song for our first dance and knocked it out of the park. I would absolutely recommend Charisma for any event. -- Louis S, Portland, CT, 8/14/2010
• Charisma was a great band and made the party one of the best we have had on the farm. Everybody loved the band and was up dancing and singing along to the music. They were great and I would recommend them to anybody who is looking for a band to play their next party. Thanks again Mitch!! -- Tj B, Bristol, CT, 8/21/2010
• What a wonderful group of musicians and a delightful experience in every way. The music was exactly what we were hoping for....very talented musicians and vocalists....everyone danced all evening long and raved about the band. Now, a month after the wedding I am still getting compliments on the band...from all age groups--college through us old folks. Charisma was extremely professional and responsive to our needs and requests, they set a lovely tone for our event....definitely high quality and elegant yet rousting in their ability to get the crowd moving. We are so very happy we chose Charisma... I would give them the highest of recommendations! -- Polly T, Brookfield, CT, 9/19/2009
• We absolutely LOVED Charisma. They "get it." They were extremely accomodating and learned our wedding song beautifully. In fact we even remarked on how great a cover they were doing during the song! Mitch and Marie also guided us through the process seamlessly and we always felt extremely confident. Musically they were terrific and had three generations up and dancing at our wedding. I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone! Lauren Deford -- Lauren S, Darien, CT, 6/6/2009
• Thank you so much for everything! So many compliments from guests on the band - you guys did an outstanding job. We are forever grateful! -- Gwen M, Danbury, CT, 8/29/2010
• Charisma was fantastic ... beyond fantastic! Mitch & Marie are great to work with - they stayed in communication throughout the wedding planning, always got back to us quickly, and tried to accommodate all requests. The band members in Charisma are also super talented ... everyone from young to older danced all night and didn't want the band to stop! Everyone talked about how great they were. We can't thank them enough for making our wedding so special and fun! -Ellen and Greg -- Ellen C, Tarrytown, NY, 5/24/2009
• We could not have asked for a better band. My husband is a musician so he's extremely discerning when it comes to music and he was blown away! Would you believe that there was even an encore after five hours of music!! Thank you Charisma for making our day so special!!! -- Alyce S, Greenville, NY, 5/9/2009
• Charisma was an amazing band!! Band members were professional and organized and were easy to contact if I had any questions or recommendations. They are fun and upbeat and perfect for a wedding. You will be up on your feet dancing the entire night. Everyone at my sister's wedding was commenting on how awesome the band was and was interested in getting their information for later events. I would recommend Charisma to anyone that wants a great band that is experienced and knows how to please the crowd!!! -- Brittany G, Old Saybrook, CT, 4/10/2009
• We were completely impressed with Charisma. They were by far the best wedding band we have ever heard. The guests kept complimenting the band and their music selection all night. It was such a pleasure working with the band as they are organized, flexible and easy to work with. We could not be happier with Charisma. I will absolutely be recommending Charisma to anyone planning an event! -- Elizabeth E, Ridgefield, CT, 9/5/2009
• Charisma was phenomenal! I don't even know how to put their performance into words. Our guests danced from the first song played and wanted to hear more after the last song of the evening. Our guests said our wedding was the best they ever attended; and that had a lot to do with the music. I was hesitant to hire a live band and it was the best thing I could have ever done. Hiring Charisma for your wedding is the best decision you can make! -- Nicole P, Hancock, MA, 10/18/2008
• Charisma was a big part of our wedding being so much fun! Forget the DJs, go with this band!!! -- Will R, Newtown, CT, 8/9/2008
• Charisma was phenomenal! Before the wedding, Mitchell was so great about giving us suggestions and lists of things to think about (so essential as we weren't sure exactly what we were doing, nor did we have the time to think through all these things ourselves!!). Charisma was very accommodating with our requested songs, and learned/played them beautifully. My husband, being a musician himself, and several very critical musicians in the audience all agreed that Charisma was an "excellent" band - with their sound, energy and overall professionalism. We hope to have other events in the future just to cross paths with them again! -- Andrew C, New York, NY, 5/3/2008

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