Continue reading »]]> What a beautiful intimate wedding ceremony & reception our Sydney Jazz Collective trio was privileged to be involved with over the weekend. Fantastic weather, great vibe, friendly people, and always a whole lot of fun musically in the trio format – thanks guys!

Thank you for providing such a wonderful addition to our wonderful day. I feel that I have chosen the best in music, catering and photography, and all comments from the guests and bridal party were extremely positive including with regard to the trio, with a special mention for Jo’s wonderful voice. Everyone thought you were all wonderful.

- Marion Cutting, Daughter’s Wedding @ Private Home

Continue reading »]]> We recently enjoyed performing in our instrumental trio format at Sydney Town Hall for a corporate function to celebrate the merger of Blake Dawson with the English law firm Ashurst. With about 400 guests anticipated, an amazing acoustic space, and the backdrop of Sydney’s giant pipe organ – we knew it was going to be a fun night musically!

Thanks to Ben and the team at Town Hall for doing an amazing job distributing a great balanced sound throughout the space without being too loud, and also to photographer David Hunt (from Lensflair Photography) whose marvellous work you can enjoy below.

Continue reading »]]> The sun came out to play yesterday and enhanced the spectacular backdrop to Kate and Matt’s wedding at Athol Hall. A beautiful daytime ceremony complete with gorgeous, relaxed bride and groom was complemented with some chilled jazz tunes on the balcony – followed by some impressively energetic dancing inside later on. A cracker of a day! Congratulations to the lucky couple.

Continue reading »]]> A quick snap taken between sets from our recent harbour cruise gig for the Mercedes Benz executives from Sao Paulo in Brazil. This cruise took place around Sydney harbour onboard MV Coast, and was easily one of the best boat functions we’ve performed for. The boat was only a few years old, very well kitted out, and the staff were great – they run a really slick operation for any function managers or brides out there looking for a brilliant way to enjoy one of the most beautiful harbours in the world. Really makes you appreciate the natural beauty of Sydney!

… and some feedback below from the event organiser.

The Sydney Jazz Collective performed for our clients Gala Dinner cruise on Sydney Harbour. Thank you to both the band and Tom for their sheer professionalism, flexibility and outstanding performance from the lead up right through to the event bump out. All our guests had a fantastic time with the perfect setting provided from dinner to upbeat dance floor mood. Our client requests were very particular but Tom and the team were more than happy to help offering flexibility and great ideas. We have no hesitation in recommending the Sydney Jazz Collective and certainly would engage their services for future events.

Thanks again for everything.

Kind Regards,

Nicole Vaughan | Destination Event Management

Continue reading »]]> It’s been quite the busy “summer” for Sydney Jazz Collective! We’ve been preparing to overhaul the website and putting together some live video from a recent gig at the lovely Victoria Room in Darlinghurst. Hopefully this should be ready to upload in the next few weeks (watch this space).

In the meantime here’s a live recording of Lisa – our fearless Sydney Jazz Collective vocalist – rocking a vocal duet with jazz vocal legend BOBBY MCFERRIN in front of a packed concert hall in New York City!

Continue reading »]]> Well we’re right in the middle of the busiest time of the year now with late spring/summer weddings and corporate christmas parties all peaking at the same crazy time (+ we’re hitting the road for a mini tour at the end of this month). Yes, ‘the silly season’ is here!

There’s a whole bunch of new live gig recordings we’ve been making which will soon be ready for posting, but in the meantime I thought we’d share a funky photo and some feedback about some music we performed at a recent 21st birthday party.

Thanks again for providing such a wonderful evening of musical entertainment. You all were amazing. Hannah was over the moon with your sound and it made her 21st party an evening to remember. Thank you for being on time, being sensitive to how the evening was progressing and providing that extra song at the end of the night. If we ever need music for another function you will definitely be the first ones we call. I am more than happy to recommend you to anyone who will listen.

- Bev Cameron, Daughter’s 21st @ Private Home

Continue reading »]]> We recently performed in our most popular Jazz/Soul Quintet configuration (vocals, sax, keyboard, bass, drums) for a lovely outdoor wedding at Erlydene Function Centre in Gordon. Fortunately for the happy couple – Hannah & Richie – the weather held off after a week of patchy rain leading up to the wedding!

Sydney Jazz Collective on the outdoor stage at "Erlydene" in Gordon

Such a great spot for a relaxed daytime garden wedding vibe. This venue works really for featuring a live band in an outdoor setting – as there is little Asian styled tea house gazebo on a slightly raised platform above the main garden area which functions perfectly as an outdoor stage area for a live jazz band.

Side view of outdoor stage at "Erlydene" in Gordon - Sydney Jazz Collective