C-Jam Blues
Blue Bossa
I Got it Bad and that Ain't Good
Well You Needn't
Take the A Train
Quintet at Cassariano's, Venice
James Williams - All That Jazz leader
Bob Miner
Joe Bruno, Jr.
Tim Eaton sits in.
Boys in the band
All That Jazz club date
Harley Sommerfeld, Kay Carter & Don Mopsick sit in.
All That Jazz is a vibrant professional jazz ensemble that performs standards, bebop, ballads, and Latin tunes for listening and for dancing, from Sarasota to Naples. Our sound is fresh and exciting, perfect for restaurants, bistros, clubs, fundraisers, etc. We offer a quintet, quartet, trio or duo. Just inquire. You'll be wanting encores.
2 reviews
Rebecca M.
February 18, 2019Excellent, and would recommend them!
Hired as: Jazz Band
All That Jazz
Thank you, Rebecca. We all enjoyed playing at your birthday party. Lots of fun!
Michael Z.
July 24, 2017Punctual. Great music. Easy. Fun.
Hired as: Jazz Band
All That Jazz
Thanks, Michael. We had a great time playing for you all. James
Price range: $350 to $1,200
Gig length: 120 - 240 minutes
All That Jazz plays strictly live music for listening and dancing. Our music is influenced by Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Fats Waller, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Sonny Rollins, Diana Krall and other jazz and swing artists. We will play for listening as well as for dancing. Just let us know what you want. Our swing jazz and bebop comes from the 30s and 40s, we love New Orleans jazz and 20s music, we enjoy Brazilian bossas, and the smooth jazz of the 50s, 60s and later. We have a wide repertoire and happily take requests.
Our standard dress for a gig is Hawaiian style shirts and nice slacks. For more formal occasions we wear coat and tie. For casual, outdoor gigs, nice shirts and shorts are our preference. Let us know what you would like.
Past, present and future gigs include Cassariano Italian Eatery in Venice (every Sunday), Howards Restaurant in Englewood, the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club, Isles Yacht Club, the Founders Golf Club, the Venice Yacht Club private parties, the Naples Botanical Garden Jazz Series, the Jazz Club of Sarasota's Joy of Jazz in Venice and Jazz Trolley in Sarasota, etc.
Leader of All That Jazz is James Williams on piano and vocals, who has played professionally for many years in northern California and now on Florida's Gulf Coast.
Our core group includes Bob Miner, saxophone, who is a polished jazz player who has played for many years in New Mexico, Virginia and now in Florida; Joe Bruno, a journeyman trumpet and fluglehorn player who has played in many bands from Las Vegas to Sarasota to Boston (where he led house band at the Parker House during the 1950s); Joe Bruno, Jr., an accomplished professional bass player from Sarasota, who has played with many blues, rock, jazz and traditional jazz groups; and Rick Costa is a jazz drummer residing in Venice and who hails from Boston. Other musicians join us on occasion or substitute for our regulars if necessary, including Isaac Mingus, Bruce Wallace, and John DeWitt on bass; Jack Keeling and Harley Sommerfeld on clarinet, flute and saxophone; and Dominik Teyke, Tony Martin, and Shawn Doolittle on drums.
While our core group is a quintet, we can provide a quartet or a sextet. Or, in the other direction, we can provide a jazz trio or duo.
Our music is influenced by Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Fats Waller, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Sonny Rollins, Diana Krall and other jazz and swing artists. We will play for listening as well as for dancing. Just let us know what you want. Our swing jazz and bebop comes from the 30s and 40s, we love New Orleans jazz and 20s music, we enjoy Brazilian bossas, and the smooth jazz of the 50s, 60s and later. We have a wide repertoire and happily take requests.
If your venue has an acoustic piano, we are pleased to use it in our gig; however, if that is not available, we will bring our own electric keyboard along with all other equipment. We do not have stage lighting. Our set-up space is approximately 12' X 8'. Need electrical. For outdoor performances a well-shaded location.
Wednesday
Cocktail Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Sarasota, FL
Saturday
Birthday Party
2:00pm - 6:00pm
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Port Charlotte, FL
Thursday
Corporate Event
4:00pm - 7:00pm
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Sarasota, FL
Saturday
Fundraiser
5:30pm - 7:00pm
•
Port Charlotte, FL
Saturday
Birthday (Adult)
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Sarasota, FL
Friday
Cocktail Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
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Sarasota, FL
Sunday
Cassariano's
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
St. Petersburg Yacht Club
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
Isles Yacht Club, Punta Gorda
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday
Sarasota Bay Club
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Friday
Isles Yacht Club, Punta Gorda
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano Italian Eatery, Venice FL
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Naples Botanical Gardens, Naples, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Thursday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday
Venice Yacht Club, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday
Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club, Port Charlotte, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday
Mandeville Beer Garden, Sarasota FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Sunday
Cassariano's Italian Eatery, Venice, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Friday
Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club, Port Charlotte, FL
7:00pm - 8:00pm
A glimpse at tunes we enjoy:
All of Me - Gerald Marks/Seymour Simons
All that Jazz - Benny Carter/Al Stilman
All the Things You Are - George Gershwin/Oscar Hammerstein
Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Fats Waller
As Long as I Live - Rosemary Clooney
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma
Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Basin Street Blues - Spencer Williams
Big Butter and Egg Man - Louis Armstrong
Birk’s Work’s - Dizzy Gillespie
Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham
Bunko - Lennie Neihaus
Bye Bye Blackbird - Ray Henderson
C-Jam Blues - Duke Ellington
Ceora - Lee Morgan
Cherokee - Charlie Barnet
Cold Duck Time - Eddie Harris
Comin' Home Baby - Ben Tucker
Confirmation - Charlie Parker
Cute - Count Basie et al.
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Doxy - Sonny Rollins
Embraceable You - George Gershwin
Exactly Like You - Jimmy McHugh
Fly me to the Moon - Bart Howard
Foggy Day - George and Ira Gershwin
Four - Miles Davis
Frim Fram Sauce - Nat King Cole
Georgia - Hoagy Carmichael
Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Groovin’ High - Dizzy Gillespie
Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller
I Can’t Get Started - Vernon Duke/Ira Gershwin
I Got it Bad - Duke Ellington
I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
I Remember You - Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer
I’m Beginning to See the Light - Duke Ellington et al.
Invitation - Bronislau Kaper
It Don’t Mean a Thing - Duke Ellington
It Had to be You - Isham Jones
Joy Spring - Clifford Brown
Just Squeeze Me - Duke Ellington
Kansas City - Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
Killer Joe - Benny Golson
Lady is a Tramp - Richard Rogers
Laura - David Raskin
Lonesome Road - Nathaniel Shilkret
Lullaby of Birdland - George Shearing
Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong
Meditation - Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton Mendona
Misty - Erroll Garner
Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington/Barney Bigard
Moondance - Van Morrison
Mr. PC - John Coltrane
My Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker
Nagasaki - Benny Goodman
Nature Boy - eden ahbez
Nearness of You - Hoagy Carmichael
Nice and Easy - Frank Sinatra
Now is the Time - Charlie Parker
On a Clear Day - Burton Lane
On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislaw Kaper
On the Sunny Side of the Street - Jimmy McHugh
Opus One - Sy Oliver
Out of Nowhere -Johnny Green
Pennies from Heaven - Arthur Johnson/Johnny Burke
Perdido - Juan Tizol
The Preacher - Horace Silver
Quiet Nights - Jobim
Rosetta - Earl Hines
Route 66 - Bobby Troup
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
Secret Love - Hunter Hayes
Seven Steps to Heaven - Victor Feldman/Miles Davis
Shiny Stockings - Frank Foster
So Danco Samba - Antonio Carlos Jobim
So Nice (Summer Samba) - Marcos Valle
So What - Miles Davis
Softly as a Morning Sunrise - Artie Shaw
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Star Dust - Hoagy Carmichael
Stolen Moments - Oliver Nelson
Stompin’ at the Savoy - Chuck Webb/Benny Goodman
Straighten Up & Fly Right - Nat King Cole
Sunny Side of the Street - Jimmy McHugh
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
Take Five - Paul Desmond
Take the ‘A’ Train - Billy Strayhorn
Tenor Madness - Sonny Rollins
Them There Eyes - Maceo Pinkard/William Tracey
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be - Mercer Ellington
Tune 88 - Jeff Lorber
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Well You Needn’t - Thelonious Monk
Work Song - Cannonball Adderley/ Nat Adderley
Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
Our music is influenced by Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, Fats Waller, Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Sonny Rollins, Diana Krall and other jazz and swing artists. We've all played with a variety of other groups and players, and each of us brings a lot of experience to our quartet.
Access to electricity
Set up space of at least 8' X 12'
Shade, if outdoors
No stage or stage lighting provided
Jazz Band