Category Archives: Vocal Quintet

Sparkling Sydney Harbour Jazz Wedding

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Tom Abbott

What an amazing view from the bandstand for this wedding of Nikki & Nick @ The Bathers Pavillion in Balmoral. Hard not to feel inspired to play some great music when you’re looking out over a sparking Sydney Harbour towards north … Continue reading →

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Channel Ten TV Gig

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Tom Abbott

Sydney Jazz Collective was recently asked by Channel 10 to feature as the house band for a cocktail party on the Australian television series of ‘Biggest Loser’. We had a great time performing all original music in the Quintet configuration, … Continue reading →

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Sunny Saturday gig @ Athol Hall

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Tom Abbott

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 … Continue reading →

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Outdoor Wedding at ‘Erlydene’ in Gordon

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Tom Abbott

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 … Continue reading →

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Black & White Photos from Catalina Rose Bay

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Tom Abbott

We just received some beautiful black & white photos of Sydney Jazz Collective performing at a wedding at Catalina Rose Bay. Thanks so much to Trish & Joel for capturing these moments, you can see more of their fantastic photos … Continue reading →

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Two Bands for the Price of One!

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Jason Isaac

Well, I must admit to it being an interesting experience listening back to the audio from Emma & Reese’s wedding from a few weeks ago. After flying in from Munich that morning at the end of a 2 week concert … Continue reading →

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Tempus Two: Beautiful Barrel Backdrop

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Tom Abbott

On Thursday 10 March we piled into the Jazz-mobile and headed off to the Hunter Valley to perform for the wedding of Sarah & Darren at Tempus Two. This room can be a little challenging acoustically with it’s hard floor … Continue reading →

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Live At The Sands … it’s SJC!

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Tom Abbott

We had a great time rounding out a busy weekend with a Sunday evening gig performing for the wedding of Peter & Jane in Brighton-le-Sands. The Sunday night band featured Charlie on guitar in the lineup instead of keys (and … Continue reading →

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Bronte Surf Life Saving Club

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Tom Abbott

On 5 March as part of the epic weekend of gigs Jason mentioned in the previous post, we had the pleasure of performing at Bronte Surf Life Saving Club for the wedding of Ross & Claire (and their funky friends … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the SJC Blog

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Tom Abbott

Hello and welcome to the official blog of Sydney Jazz Collective. We’ve been making some great live recordings at some of the 150 gigs we perform together each year, and thought it was time to share some of our favourite … Continue reading →

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