Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s
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Overview
🎹 Patrick Liddell - Versatile and Cocktail & Lounge Piano
Serving up a smooth blend of jazz, pop, rock, R&B, classical, tv/movies, and more. With a massive playlist of over 2000 songs, I've got your event's soundtrack covered. Whether it's a formal reception, lively party, or romantic restaurant, my piano ambiance will add that special touch. Let's make your next event magical. Book now!
Reviews
33 reviews
Christina L.
June 14, 2024Patrick was awesome and really made our event special!
We had the pleasure of Patrick playing for our Bridgerton themed mixer last night and he brought a very special touch to the event. He was dressed very professional and had a great set list of pop hits played classically. We have a baby grand piano that is rarely played and he showcased the beautiful instrument. We look forward to brining him back for future events.
Hired as: Pianist
Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s
Thank you so much Christina, I had such a good time!
Michelle C.
May 10, 2026Made our party a smashing success!
All of our guest raved about how wonderful it was to have the beautiful piano music creating such a wonderful vibe for the party. He showed up on time, dressed, impeccably, was friendly and personable to everyone, and incredibly talented! When we requested a song, he was not familiar with, he looked it up and played it perfectly as if it was part of his regular repertoire. We would definitely love to have him back again for our next event!!
Hired as: Pianist
Sterling N.
February 7, 2026Wonderful Piano player
We had an amazing experience with patrick. He was very easy to work with and was wonderful about taking song suggestions and dealing with all the logistics of our party. Highly recommend
Hired as: Pianist
Tony G.
January 25, 2026Patrick was awesome
Roaring 20s themed event. Patrick played jazz piano during our cocktail hour and was spot on from his attire to music and happiness at what he was doing! Everyone was very pleased with his performance
Hired as: Jazz Pianist
Lounge Piano: Hits of the 1920s--2020s
What an amazing event, I am lucky to have been a part of it! Thanks so much Tony, I hope to join you again soon!
Sarah C.
December 24, 2025Highly recommended!
We hired Patrick very last minute for an intimate birthday dinner and he was very accommodating of all our requests. He was punctual, attentive, and played amazing music throughout the event. I highly recommend him!
Hired as: Pianist
Booking information
Price range: $50 - $500
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 300 minutes
What to expect
When you hire me, you can expect a professional experience at all levels: communication, preparation, playlist, event integration, and performance. You'll get a live, versatile pianist who tunes into the heartbeat of your event. Guests will be transported with the elegance of live piano melodies that dance between the clinks of glasses and the warmth of conversation. My music isn't just heard; it's felt, enhancing the mood from serene to celebratory on cue.
I will bring a seamless blend of background tunes matching every moment, from the soft whisper of keys during a heartfelt reunion to a jubilant group rendition of anthems that get everyone singing. My performance is a chameleon, adapting to your event's pulse—unobtrusive when you need subtlety, or front and center for your sing-along highlights.
I arrive with a massive playbook ready to fulfill on-the-spot requests, ensuring each attendee leaves with a memory, a tune, or a moment that's just theirs. It's not just a service; it's an experience tailored to bring your vision of the perfect event to life.
About
Patrick Liddell – Lounge & Cocktail Piano
Hits of the 1920s to the 2020s and beyond!
🎹 Transform Your Event with the Magic of Live Piano
Imagine your event underscored by the perfect music — where guests laughter is intermingled with jazz and popular classics, and your custom playlist evolves to include their requests and tastes as well. From the first note to the last, allow me to take your event from memorable to legendary!
🎼 The World of Music in Every Set
My repertoire is a vast selection of style and genre, offering a treasure trove of over 2,500 tunes and growing. Dive into a rich tapestry of background music for any event, spanning from an upbeat restaurant setting, to private party with a few good friends, to joyous wedding ceremony, to the refined elegance of a corporate gala. If I don't already have it, I'll find it and learn it!
🎵 🎶 Your Personalized Musical Narratives: Your event's story is told through your music. With an expansive repertoire from classical to pop hits, the soundtrack of your soirée is only limited by your imagination. Need a slow and sultry version of 'YMCA' for your mom's birthday? Consider it done. Dying to hear some Radiohead played in the style of Elton John? Just ask. Want to hear 'Bohemian Rhapsody' as a honky-tonk rag? Not sure why you would, but I got you.
🧩 Seamless Integration: Fast response time and professional communications at all stages in the process. After I'm booked I'll take care of all the necessary logistics. No piano on-site? Not a problem: I can recreate the sound of a grand piano with my state-of-the-art Yamaha CP-4 keyboard and Bose S2 portable amplifier system.
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Styles include:
Dixieland
Swing
Bebop
Cool Jazz
Latin Jazz
Reggae & Ska
R&B
Soul
Funk
Urban Dance
Rock N Roll
Blues
Light Rock
Hard Rock
Grunge
Alt Rock
Modern Rock
Prog Rock
Pop
New Wave
Disco
Disney
Classical
Christmas
Kids Songs
TV & Movie Themes
Video Games
Musicals
World
Requests
(((I feel I should add that I have a doctorate in music composition, and have a lot of other musical skills that you might find handy along with my piano playing: arranging, composing, songwriting, notation, recording, live sound reinforcement, DJ/VJ, mixing, mastering, and more. Write me with your questions and ideas!)))
Additional booking notes
Ideally there is a piano at the event for me to use. In this case I need nothing else.
If no piano is at the venue, I am happy to supply a state-of-the art piano keyboard (Yamaha CP-4), and I will also bring a Bose amplifier system, and therefore need a power source.
Set list
I have over 2500 songs ready to play at any moment. My go-to restaurant play-whatever-I-want list contains about 600 songs (I get through only a small portion any given performance), which is still too big to write out and list here. Instead this is just a small selection of what might appear:
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Classical:
Bach - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Sleepers, Awake, Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring
Mozart - Symphony #40, Requiem
Strauss - Blue Danube
Faure - Pavane
Debussy - Clare De Lune
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Shubert - Ave Maria
Traditional:
Danny Boy
Sukiyaki
Scarborough Fair
Shenandoah
You Are My Sunshine
Guantanamera
Hava Nagila
Rock Of Ages
Early Jazz & Dixieland
As Time Goes By
Casablanca - As Time Goes By
Nat King Cole - Night & Day
Almost Like Being in Love
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Isn’t It Romantic?
What A Wonderful World
Charleston
Satin Doll
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
Take The “A” Train
Nice Work If You Can Get It
St James Infirmary
Swing & Bebop:
Bye Bye Blackbird
Autumn Leaves
At Last
If I Were A Bell
Come Fly With Me
Beyond The Sea
Cute
Moanin
Polkadots And Moonbeams
Yardbird Suite
Cool & Golden Era:
That’s Amore
Fly Me To The Moon
New York, New York
Round Midnight
All Of Me
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Days Of Wine And Roses
The Way You Look Tonight
Misty
Latin:
Sergio Mendes - Slow Hot Wind
Perez Prado - Mambo #5, Mambo #8
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Dindi, Girl From Ipanema, Wave, How Insensitive, Corcavado
Gentle Rain
Blue Bossa
Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line, Day-O
Funk & Reggae:
Bob Marley - Waiting In Vain, Three Birds, Is This Love, One Drop
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone, Exodus
Madness - House Of Fun
Soul & R&B:
Don’t You Worry About A Thang - Stevie Wonder
Chi-lites - Oh Girl
Ray Charles - Georgia, Stella By Starlight
Aretha Franklin - Stop In the Name Of Love
Diana Ross - You Can’t Hurry Love, Baby Love
Sade - Smooth Operator,
Sam Cooke - Cupid
The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, My Girl
Smokey Robinson - Tears Of A Clown
Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us, Ain’t No Sunshine
Give Me Just a Little More Time
Jackson 5 - I’ll Be There
Rock & Roll:
Lynard Skynard - Free Bird
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever, Elenor Ridgy, My Life, Strawberry Fields Forever, Help, She Loves You, Eight Days A Week, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
The Eagles - Hotel California
Styx - Sister Christian
Metallica
Stone Temple Pilots
Maroon5 - This Love, Animals
60’s Pop:
Burt Bacharach - Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
All I Have To Do Is Dream
Elvis - Can’t Help Falling In Love,
Ms Brown You Have A Lovely Daughter
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin’
Isley Bros - Summer Breeze
Carole King - It’s Too Late
Beach Boys - So Happy Together, California Girls
Joni Michell - Both Sides Now
70’s Pop:
Elton John - Bennie & The Jets, Rocket Man, Tiny Dancer, more
Stevie Wonder - Bird Of Beauty, You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, My Cherie Amore
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
Tom Jones - It’s Not Unusual
America - Horse With No Name
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams, Gypsy
Dancing In The Moonlight
Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years,
Barry Manilow - Copacabana
Village People - YMCA, In The Navy
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
Marvin Gaye - Mercy, Mercy Me, Let’s Get It On
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Minnie Riperton - Lovin You
80’s Pop / New Wave:
Billy Joel - Piano Man, And So It Goes, Just The Way Your Are, Uptown Girl, more
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Bette Midler - From A Distance
Nena - 99 Red Balloons
Don’t You Forget About Me
Michael Jackson - Thriller, The Girl Is Mine, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, more
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
Phil Collins - Don’t Lose My Number, One More Night, In Too Deep
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Huey Lewis And The News - Doing It All For My Baby, Back In Time, If This Is It
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels, Everyone Wants To Rule The World, more
Duran Duran - Hungry Like A Wolf
Hall & Oates - Maneater, I Can’t Go For That
Madonna - Like A Virgin, Material Girl
George Michael - Careless Whisper
B-52s - Love Shack
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
REM - Losing My Religion
Sting - Roxanne, Don’t Stand So Close, Fields Of Gold, Seven Days, more
Sade - Smooth Operator
90’s Pop:
What Is Love? - Haddaway
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Cartigans - Lovefool
Coldplay - Fix You, Clocks
U2 - Mysterious Ways
Green Day - Wonderwall
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
Smashmouth - All-Star
TLC - Waterfalls
Cher - Believe
Stone Temple Pilots - Black Hole Sun
2000’s Pop:
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Bjork - Hunter
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Katy Perry - Firework, Wide Awake
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are, Count On Me
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why
Modern Pop:
Harry Styles - As It Was
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
DNCE - Cake By The Ocean
John Legend - Ordinary People,
Broadway:
Tonight You Belong To Me
Cats - Memory
Fantastiks - Try To Remember
The Sound Of Music - Edelweiss, My Favorite Things, Do Re Mi
Annie -It’s A Hard Knock Life
TV:
Sesame Street - theme, Rubbie Duckie, Rainbow Connection, Sing
Laverne & Shirley
Cheers
Family Guy
Bewitched
Mr. Ed
Star Trek (OS, TNG, DS9, V)
Flintstones
The Odd Couple
Friends (I’ll Be There For You)
The Smurfs
Doogie Howser, MD
Love Boat
Jeanie
Home To Emily (Newhart)
Dozens more!
Movies:
Disney - Little Mermaid, Lion King, When You Wish Upon A Star, Let It Go
James Bond - Theme, View To A Kill, You Only Live Twice, Live And Let Die
Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Superman
Harry Potter, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Back To The Future
Eye Of The Tiger, Gonna Fly Now, Shaft, Final Countdown
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Willy Wonka - Pure Imagination, The Candy Man
Chariots Of Fire - Vangelis
Henry Mancini - Midnight Cowboy, Dreamsville, Moon River
Dozens and dozens more!
Video Games:
Zelda
Mario
Mega Man
Final Fantasy
Tetris
Sonic The Hedgehog
Hip hop :
Still DRE
Rapper's Delight
Gangsta's Paradice
Variety:
George Winston - Summer, Autumn selections
James Taylor - Fire & Rain
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Holiday:
White Christmas
Angels We Have Heard On High
You’re A Mean One, Mr Grinch
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Sleigh Ride
Setup requirements
Power source