The Bruce Smith Duo Jazz Band from Cary, NC
Will travel up to 100 miles
- Member Since 2017
- Accepts Online Payment
- Starting at $200 per event
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The Bruce Smith Duo has been featured regularly at the top jazz venues in the Triangle. We perform a wide selection of standard and contemporary jazz, pop, and R&B classics featuring Bruce Smith on Piano/Keys/Vocals and Mike McPherson on Drums. We are available for weddings and private parties/events. The group is also available as a trio or quartet.
Bruce has his Master's Degree in Music from University of South Carolina and has served as an Army Bandmaster for 20 years, playing and leading music all over the world. Michael is a retired School Administrator who has been performing music for over 30 years.
I hope that you will consider our wide variety repertoire for your restaurant, bar, party, corporate event, festival, winery, or wedding cocktail hour/reception. You will be delighted with the professionalism, sound, and value you receive.
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Song List
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- All Blues | Miles Davis
- All of Me | Michael Buble
- All The Things You Are | Dizzy Gillespie
- Autumn Leaves | Nat King Cole
- Beyond the Sea | Frank Sinatra
- Blue Skies | Ella Fitzgerald
- Boplicity | Miles Davis
- Come Fly With Me | Frank Sinatra
- Dear Ole Stockholm | Miles Davis
- Devil May Care | Diana Krall
- Dolphin Dance | Herbie Hancock
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington
- East of The Sun | Diane Kroll
- Five Brothers | Gerry Mulligan
- Fly Me To The Moon | Frank Sinatra
- A Foggy Day | (Frank Sinatra) Footprints (Miles Davis)
- Four | (Miles Davis)
- How High The Moon | (Frank Sinatra)
- I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart | (Duke Ellington)
- Impressions | (John Coltrane)
- In Walked Bud | (Thelonius Monk)
- It Don’t Mean A Thing... | (Duke Ellington)
- Killer Joe | (Benny Golson)
- Lady Bird | (Chet Baker)
- Let’s Fall In Love | (Ella Fitzgerald)
- Lullaby of Birdland | (Sarah Vaughn)
- Moanin’ | (Charles Mingus)
- My Favorite Things | (John Coltrane)
- Norwegian Wood | (Buddy Rich)
- Route 66 | (Joe Henderson)
- Satin Doll | (Duke Ellington)
- Sing | Sing
- So What | (Miles Davis)
- Stolen Moments | (Oliver Nelson)
- Sugar | (Stanley Turrentine)
- Summertime | (Charlie Parker)
- Summer Wind | (Frank Sinatra)
- Take 5 | (Dave Brubeck)
- Take the “A” Train | (Duke Ellington)
- There Will Never Be Another You | (Chet Baker)
- Well You Needn’t | (Thelonius Monk)
- You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To | (Cole Porter)
- BALLADS | SONGS
- Angels Eyes | (Ella Fitzgerald)
- As Time Goes By | (Louis Armstrong)
- At Last | (Etta James)
- Body and Soul | (Coleman Hawkins)
- But Beautiful | (Bill Evans)
- Georgia On My Mind | (Ray Charles)
- God Bless The Child | (Billie Holiday)
- Here’s That Rainy Day | (Bill Evans)
- Misty | (Johnny Mathis)
- My Funny Valentine | (Miles Davis)
- My One and Only Love | (John Coltrane)
- (The) Nearness of You | (Diana Krall)
- (A) Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square | (Harry Conick Jr)
- ‘Round Midnight | (John Coltrane)
- Teach Me Tonight | (Sarah Vaughn)
- When I Fall In Love | (Johnny Mathis)
- Unforgettable | (Nat King Cole)
- LATIN | TUNES
- A Night In Tunisia | (Dizzy Gillespie)
- Black Orpheus | (Jobim)
- Blue Bossa | (Kenny Dorham)
- C’est What? | (Bud Shank)
- Dark Eyes Tango | (Wynton Kelly)
- Desifinado | (Jobim)
- Green Dolphin Street | (McCoy Tyner)
- Girl From Ipanema | (Jobim)
- Hernando’s Hideaway Tango | (Ray Brown)
- How Insensitive | (Jobim)
- Let’s Face The Music And Dance | (Diana Krall)
- Look of Love | (Burt Bacharach)
- Mambo Italiano | (Bob Merrill)
- Meditation | (Jobim)
- My Little Suede Shoes | (Charlie Parker)
- Never On Sunday | (Connie Francis)
- One Note Samba | (Jobim)
- Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars | (Jobim)
- Road Song | (Wes Montgomery)
- St. Thomas | (Sonny Rollins)
- Shadow of Your Smile | (Tony Bennett)
- Song For Bilbao | (Pat Methany)
- Song For My Father | (Horace Silver)
- Summer Samba | (Johnny Mathis)
- Sunny | (Stanley Turrentine)
- Sway | (Michael Buble)
- S’Wonderful | (Diana Krall)
- Triste | (Jobim)
- Watch What Happens | (Frank Sinatra)
- Wave | (Jobim)
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow | (Diana Krall)
- You Are The Sunshine of My Life | (Stevie Wonder)
- CONTEMPORARY JAZZ/POP | TUNES
- Affirmation | (George Benson)
- Ain’t No Sunshine | (Bill Withers)
- Always There | (Ronnie Laws)
- Brown Eyed Girl | (Van Morrison)
- Chameleon | (Herbie Hancock)
- Cold Duck Time | (Eddie Harris)
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love | (Michael Buble)
- Fever | (Patti Page)
- Friends and Strangers | (Dave Grusin)
- How Sweet It Is | (James Taylor)
- I Love You More Today Than Yesterday | (Spiral Staircase)
- I Just Wanna Stop | (Gino Vannelli)
- Isn’t She Lovely | (Stevie Wonder)
- Just The Two of Us | (Bill Withers)
- Lovely Day | (Bill Withers)
- Maiden Voyage | (Herbie Hancock)
- Moondance | (Ronnie Laws)
- Mornin’ | (Al Jarreau)
- Mustang Sally | (Wilson Pickett)
- Mr. Magic | (Grover Washinton Jr)
- On Broadway | (George Benson)
- Peg | (Steely Dan)
- September | (Earth Wind and Fire)
- Superstition | (Stevie Wonder)
- Sweet Caroline | (Neal Diamond)
- This Masquerade | (George Benson)
- Tune 88 | (Jeff Lorber Fusion)
- Under The Boardwalk | (The Drifters)
- Up On The Roof | (The Drifters)
- We’re In This Love Together | (Al Jarreau)
- Watermelon Man | (Herbie Hancock)
- CONTEMPORARY | BALLADS
- After All | (Al Jarreau)
- Easy | (Commodores)
- If I Fell | (The Beatles)
- I Will | (The Beatles)
- Just The Way You Are | (Billy Joel)
- Let It Be | (The Beatles)
- Three Times A Lady | (Lionel Richie)
- We’ve Got Tonight | (Bob Seger)
- What A Wonderful World | (Louis Armstrong)
- Yesterday | (The Beatles)
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