- Boston, MA
- Jazz Band
- $300-20,000
Gary D. said
“Music was great, consistent, and professionally executed. ”
Jacquelyn West's Swing Band
Overview
Jacquelyn West's Swing Band provide an elegant, upbeat, and memorable experience:
With a luxurious and mellow voice, Jacquelyn blends timeless American Jazz Standards & blues form the American Song Book with a glamorous and soulful approach. The musicians she works with are world-traveling, internationally acclaimed jazz players who know how to keep you swinging all through the night!
Accommodating any event is very easy! From home parties to outdoor weddings, small and large venues: choose your dream musical situation and Jacquelyn West will make it happen!
You can catch her every Saturday singing in Manhattan with her trio. Send a message for details!
Reviews
1 review
Jeanine M.
September 18, 2018What a treat!
We hired Jacquelyn and her trio for our wedding cocktail party and it was so delightful! All of the songs I love were played and she even got my grandparents dancing! They were excellent performers, punctual, and easy to work with. Highly recommended!
Hired as: Jazz Band, Wedding Band
Booking information
Price range: $400 and up
What to expect
We are professional travelers, therefore we always come prepared with the necessary sound equipment, we show up on time and with style! Just let us know when you plan on having the music begin--we will calculate the amount time we will need to set up. Feel free to contact me via cell or email while we are planning your event to ensure all details are worked through.
About
Jacquelyn West was born to a family of musicians and surrounded by the croons and celebrations of jazz from an early age. Her uncle was drummer Ernie West--and her grandfather was a crooner. Her grandmother was a jazz dancer who frequently hosted Sarah Vaughn at her dinners. While she grew up listening to the rock n roll her father played, Jacquelyn was taken care of by her grandmother who exposed her to swing, bebop and the compositions of great cousin, Henry Mancini. Jacquelyn studied tap dancing and poetry, then turned to the microphone.
Jacquelyn brings a fascination to the spontaneous, collaborative aspects of jazz. She studied with master vocalists over the years and performance at the New York Jazz Academy. Her style is rooted in tradition, having spent time learning the blues in St. Louis, Missouri. Poets and musicians describe Jacquelyn's voice as "soft, honest, and playful with no maneuvers" and "like having a peppermint and a cigarette at the same time".
The musicians Jacquelyn plays with share a similar appreciation for poetry, engaging audiences with buoyancy and fragility--a combination which speaks directly to that mystical, yet familiar place inside ourselves.
Jacquelyn West currently lives and sings with her trio in New York City.
Additional booking notes
We can either provide our own sound, or plug in easily to a sound system your venue may provide.
Services offered
Past booked events
March 2020
01
Sunday
Restaurant/Bar Event
12:00pm - 3:00pm
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New York City, NY
Set list
We are always adding more tunes and we take requests!
- After You've Gone
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- All Of Me
- All The Things You Are
- All Too Soon
- April in My Heart
- Autumn Leaves 1
- Baby I Don't Cry Over You
- Baby Won't You Please Come Home
- Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- Blue Skies
- But Not For Me
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Darn That Dream
- Deed I Do
- Deep Purple
- East Of The Sun
- Easy To Love
- Embraceable You
- Feelin' Good 1
- Fine And Mellow
- Fly Me To The Moon
- For Sentimental Reasons
- Gentle Rain
- Gone With The Wind
- Head On my Pillow
- Honeysuckle Rose
- How High The Moon
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- I Could Write A Book 1
- I Cover The Waterfront
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- I Love You
- I Must Have That Man
- I Remember You
- I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl
- I'll See You In My Dreams
- I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
- I'm In The Mood For Love
- If I Had You
- If I Were A Bell
- Indiana (Back Home Again In)
- It Could Happen To You
- Just A-sittin and A-Rockin 1
- Just In Time
- Just One Of Those Things
- Love For Sale
- Mean To Me
- Moonglow
- Moonlight In Vermont
- More Than You Know
- My Romance
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- No Good Man
- No Moon At All
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Once Upon A Summertime
- Out Of Nowhere
- Pennies From Heaven
- Rags 'n Old Iron
- Saurais-je
- Skylark
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Sometimes I'm Happy
- St. Louis Blues
- Star Dust
- Sugar billie's version
- Summertime
- Sweet Lorraine
- Tea For Two
- These Foolish Things
- Under A Blue Jungle Moon
- Violets For Your Furs
- Winter Wonderland
- You Go To My Head
- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
- Georgia On My Mind
- Exactly Like You
- Body And Soul
Influences and inspiration
Duke Ellington
Billie Holiday Orchestra
Nat King Cole Trio
Artie Shaw Orchestra
Benny Goodman Orchestra
Sarah Vaughn
Ella Fitzgerald
Anita O'day
Django Reinhardt
Martha Tilton
Louis Armstrong
Frank Sinatra
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