- New York City, NY
- Jazz Singer
- $200 and up
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Overview
Miss Ida Blue is a female-led brassy blues group, with its core emanating from the rich and roaring voice of Brooklyn-born Ida herself. With support from members of "Woody Allen's Jazz Band" and HBO's Grammy winning "Boardwalk Empire" orchestra, you'll hear blues as a thunderous stomp that permeates your ears with satiating, sweet coos and a sassy temperament that makes you stand up and applause.
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Price range: $800-$6,000
Languages: English , Spanish
Gig length: 35 - 360 minutes
What to expect
Brassy, New Orleans Blues played by seasoned professional musicians and sung by an absolutely flawless singer.
About
Born and bred deep in Mill Basin, Brooklyn...long, lanky, with gold nameplates and brass knuckles, she continually proves that a swagger is sometimes, a fair amount of what you need. As a means of shaking the dew off a quivering leaf, Ida can make a sweet song sassy, a bitter song holy, and a love song raunchy. Her performances are in a class all of their own, like some sort of flawless Galapagos creation. The music is a blues, ragtime, jazz, soul and gospel lovechild from a mixed marriage, so to speak, but she is a timeless diva, working as a conduit to give that same quality to the music she sings.
Accompanied sometimes by just a pianist, guitar or banjo, and other times by an 8 piece band (don’t be surprised if you see a mock up of anything in between), Miss Ida Blue brings the noise. Her voice cracks like a whip, beats like a drum, and her personality cuts through the room like a hot blade does butter.
Additional booking notes
Can perform with or without acoustic piano.
Services offered
Team
Miss Ida
Voice
Leon Oakley
Trumpet
Duke Heitger
Trumpet
Orange Kellin
Clarinet
Tom Bartlett
Trombone
Conal Fowkes
Piano
Cint Baker
Tuba
Kevin Dorn
Drums
John Gill
Banjo
Set list
Stairway to the Stars
Paper Moon
All of me
The Very Thought of You
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
He's My Guy
Love for sale
My Baby Just Cares for Me
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Ain't Misbehaving
Summertime
My Blue Heaven
Can't We Be Friends
Stars Fell on Alabama
A train
I Can't Believe You're in Love with Me
Sunny side of the Street
Ain't she sweet
It don't mean a thing
When your smiling
After you've gone
Bei Mir bistochen
Love
Sweet Lorraine
Everybody loves my Baby
A-Tisket- A-Tasket
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Them There Eyes
More Than You Know
You’ll Never Know
Crying Mood
Blue Skies
Something’s Got a Hold on Me
All I Could Do Is Cry
Sunday Kind Of Love
Place in the Sun
Ebony Eyes
My Babe
Bring It On Home to Me
Smoke Rings
Tuesday Heartbreak
Grandma’s Hands
Use Me
Wade in the Water
Love Me or Leave Me
(If I Can’t Sell It) I’ll Keep Sitting on It
Moaning the Blues
Broken-Hearted Blues
If You Don’t Give Me What I Want
Goin’ Crazy With The Blues
Daddy, Your Mama Is Lonesome For You
'Fore Day Creep
Atlanta Blues
Don't Blame Me
Downhearted Blues
You’ve Gotta See Mama
It Ain’t Gonna Be Like That
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Liquor Store Blues
No Good Man
When Can I Get It?
So Long, I’m Gone
Take Your Hand Off It
Ain’t No Tellin’
I Don't Love Nobody
If It Don’t Fit, Don’t Force It
Any-Kind-A-Man
Strange Things Happen Every Day
Where’s My Good Man At?
Bedroom Blues
He Likes It Slow
Sugar In My Bowl
Don’t Tear My Clothes No. 2
Black Sheep Blues
My Stove is in Good Condition
Married Man Blues
My Daddy Rocks Me
Meat Balls
Pleading Blues
He’s Mine All Mine
Dead Drunk Blues
Wild Women Don’t Worry
A Blues to End
Devil Dance Blues
Mean to me
...and much, much more...
Influences and inspiration
Amy Winehouse, Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Ida Cox, Trixie Smith, Mildred Bailey, Sara Martin, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Barrelhouse Annie, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Lu Watters, Yerba Buena Jazz Band, King Oliver, Jimmy Noone etc
Setup requirements
Fully functional and tuned upright piano: Steinway EUP-123CL, or an acoustic piano that’s available
Two (2)-piece drumset (bass drum 22”, snare 14”) w/ cymbals (hi hat, crash)
Ten (10) microphones: one (1) SM57 mic (w/ pop filter), three (3) mics for horns (trumpet, trombone, sp sax), two (2) mics for piano (high/low), clip-on/condenser mic/D.I. for upright bass, two (2) mics for drums (overhead, kick), one (1) mic for banjo
(1) Onstage power source & surge protector w/ extension cord
For Non-US Performances: (2) US electric power adapters (containing the ability to convert local voltage to US standards)
Vocal PA, three (3) stage monitors
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