Night & Day Jazz Ensemble
Overview
Night & Day is the specialist in the Washington DC area (including Maryland and Virginia) for elegant swing, big band and jazz. We offer solo piano and smaller combos for tasteful background, or larger ensembles with vocals for dancing. Our warm, energetic music is equally appropriate for corporate events, weddings and parties, both formal and informal.
The Night & Day band has been together since 1991. The group always arrives on time, plays especially danceable music, and is never too loud. We’ll work closely with you to make sure your event is a success, and our prices are very reasonable. From tented backyard parties to black tie galas, Night & Day is the wise choice.
Reviews
13 reviews
Amber A.
December 28, 2013Highly Recommended!
I needed a jazz trio for cocktail for our office holiday party and took a chance by using this site to find a group and it paid off! They showed up on time, dressed in tuxes and performed beautifully.
Hired as: Jazz Band
Karen O.
April 8, 2024Fantastic! Soulful and Reliable!
Night & Day Jazz Ensemble was wonderful! We booked them as a quartet for a surprise 70th birthday party for my parents. They were incredibly proactive and responsive, visiting the venue ahead of time to make sure they had all the necessary equipment, asking lots of questions to make sure they knew what we wanted, and arriving early to make sure everything was set in time for the event. Our guests loved the range and talent in their performance. From sultry jazz numbers to rocking crowd pleasers that got the room dancing, people kept coming up to me and commenting on how talented the band was! They were wonderful to work with and a lot of fun!
Hired as: Big Band, Jazz Band, Jazz Pianist, Jazz Singer, Keyboard Player, Swing Band
Hildeliza L.
May 31, 2022The highlight of the night
They were excellent! Super talented people. They made my party super special! Thank you very much. I enjoyed the show and so did all my guests! It was the highlight of the night! Super happy with the service!
Hired as: Jazz Pianist, Jazz Singer
Buna C.
April 25, 2021Relaxing Day of Jazz
Professional, friendly and entertaining.
Hired as: Jazz Band
Tom A.
January 13, 2017Great performance and flexible performer
We were looking for an ensemble for our family Christmas party. While they weren't able to provide more than one musician, Mike (the pianist) was really enjoyable. We would definitely hire them again.
Hired as: Jazz Pianist
Booking information
Price range: Contact for rates
About
Smaller Weddings
Why is Night & Day the best choice for your smaller, intimate wedding? Because jazz and swing music provide the perfect touch for a classy event, and we’ve been performing this wonderful music at smaller weddings for two decades.
We offer combos from a duo to a quintet, depending on your needs. Our smaller groups create elegant musical ambiance, and the quartet and quintet give you the added option of vocals and dancing. Night & Day’s music will always be energetic and tasteful, but never too loud. We are the small wedding experts.
For over 20 years we have been playing the best jazz, swing and big band music in the Maryland, DC, and Northern Virginia areas. We have the experience to give your smaller wedding that special touch of class to make it an unforgettable event.
Please check out the comments of satisfied customers for small and large weddings at our WeddingWire site
Instrumental Background Music
Smart event planners understand that elegant background music is often the secret ingredient for a successful function. Since 1992, Night & Day instrumental combos have performed tasteful jazz, swing and Latin standards at hundreds of events in the DC area.
Our years of experience with this type of event make everything easier for you and your client. Here are some reasons:
We prepare the contract and bring all necessary equipment.
Since we’ve played in most of the region’s hotels and clubs, we understand the logistics of getting in and out of events.
We arrive early to insure proper setup.
We bring a portable PA and microphone for your client upon request, at no extra charge.
We are insured for liability up to $2,000,000.
Most importantly, we are accomplished musicians who understand the concept of providing ambiance to enrich an event. We perform our music with energy and skill, but always at a level that allows for conversation.
Swing, Big Band, Ballroom...
We love to play for dancers!
Our original music specialty was (and still is) swing and big band music. As such, we have played regularly for swing dances at various DC area venues. Over the last decade, however, we’ve expanded our reportoire to include a wide variety of ballroom dance numbers. This gives the band the added flexibility to perform for dancers who desire both swing and ballroom music.
So if you’re having a dance and you want to hear a little bit of everything—swing, waltz, rumba, cha cha, etc—Night & Day is the obvious choice.
Past booked events
May 2026
28
Thursday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Washington, DC
September 2025
22
Monday
Birthday Party
12:30pm - 1:30pm
•
Washington, DC
January 2025
22
Wednesday
Surprise
7:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Gaithersburg, MD
March 2024
30
Saturday
Surprise
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Bethesda, MD
July 2023
04
Tuesday
Holiday Party
7:00pm - 8:30pm
•
Reston, VA
May 2022
28
Saturday
Birthday Party
9:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Herndon, VA
April 2022
30
Saturday
Birthday Party
1:00pm - 1:45pm
•
Burke, VA
August 2021
20
Friday
Birthday Party
5:30pm - 8:00pm
•
Frederick, MD
July 2021
17
Saturday
House Party
6:00pm - 8:30pm
•
Brandywine, MD
April 2021
25
Sunday
Retirement Community Event
2:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Catonsville, MD
24
Saturday
Retirement Community Event
2:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Catonsville, MD
June 2017
03
Saturday
Dinner Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Bethesda, MD
December 2016
31
Saturday
Holiday Party (New Year)
8:00pm - 1:00am (Sun)
•
Washington, DC
23
Friday
Holiday Party (Christmas)
11:00am - 1:00pm
•
Silver Spring, MD
October 2016
15
Saturday
Fundraiser
8:00pm - 11:00pm
•
Clarksville, MD
March 2016
05
Saturday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Baltimore, MD
June 2015
22
Monday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Washington, DC
May 2015
21
Thursday
Other
6:30pm - 9:00pm
•
Baltimore, MD
July 2014
27
Sunday
Anniversary Party
5:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Washington, DC
January 2014
04
Saturday
Holiday Party
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Washington, DC
December 2013
19
Thursday
Holiday Party
6:00pm - 7:30pm
•
Washington, DC
Team
Set list
Night & Day Song List- 2010
SWING AND STANDARDS
A Fine Romance
A Foggy Day
Ain't Misbehavin'
All of Me
All of You
All or Nothing at All
All the Things You Are
Almost Like Being in Love
Alone Together
Am I Blue?
Angel Eyes
April in Paris
As Time Goes By
Autumn in New York
Autumn Leaves
Baby it's Cold Outside
Bess, You is My Woman
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Blame it on My Youth
Blue Moon
Body and Soul
But Beautiful
But Not For Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Can't Help Lovin That Man of Mine
Can't We Be Friends
SWING AND STANDARDS
Come Rain or Come Shine
Come Away with Me
Dancing on the Ceiling
Darn That Dream
Day By Day
Deep Purple
Dearly Beloved
Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me
Dream
East of the Sun
Easy Living
Easy to Love
Embraceable You
Everything Happens to Me
Exactly Like You
Fly Me to the Moon
Fools Rush In
Georgia on My Mind
Girl Talk
Ghost of a Chance, A
God Bless the Child
Gone With the Wind
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Hello, Young Lovers
Here's That Rainy Day
SWING AND STANDARDS
Honeysuckle Rose
How High the Moon
How Long Has This Been Going On?
I Believe in You
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
If I Loved You
If I Should Lose You
If I Were a Bell
I Get a Kick Out of You
I Got it Bad
I Hadn't Anyone Til You
I Thought About You
I'll Get By
I'll Remember April
I'll Take Romance
Imagination
I'm All Smiles
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
I'm Old Fashioned
In a Sentimental Mood
I Remember You
I Thought About You
It Could Happen to You
It Had to Be You
It Might as Well Be Spring
SWING AND STANDARDS
It's Only a Paper Moon
It's the Talk of the Town
It's You or No One
I've Got the World on a String
I've Got Your Number
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
I've Never Been in Love Before
I Will Wait For You
I Wish You Love
Just Friends
Just in Time
Laura
Let's Fall in Love
Like Someone in Love
Long Ago and Far Away
Love For Sale
Lover Come Back to Me
Lover Man
Lullaby of Birdland
Lush Life
Mack the Knife
Make Someone Happy
Makin' Whoopee
Mame
Mean to Me
Memory ("Cats")
Memories of You
Midnight Sun
Misty
Moonglow
Moonlight in Vermont
More Than You Know
My Favorite Things
My Foolish heart
SWING AND STANDARDS
My Funny Valentine
My Romance
New York, New York
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Night and Day
No Moon at All
Oh! Lady Be Good
Old Devil Moon
On a Clear Day
Once in a While
One For My Baby
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Our Love is Here to
Stay
Out of Nowhere
People
People Will Say We're in Love
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Prelude to a Kiss
Round Midnight
Secret Love
September in the Rain
September Song
Send in the Clowns
Since I Fell For You
Skylark
Smile
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
So in Love
Someone to Watch Over Me
Somewhere
Speak Low
SWING AND STANDARDS
Stairway to the Stars
Stardust
Stella By Starlight
Strike Up the Band
Summertime
Sunny
Sweet and Lovely
Sweet Lorraine
Swingin' Shepherd Blues
S'Wonderful
Taking a Chance on Love
Tenderly
That Old Feeling
That's All
The Days of Wine and Roses
The Look of Love
The Man I Love
The Nearness of You
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
The Touch of Your Lips
The Way You Look Tonight
There Will Never Be Another You
These Foolish Things
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Till There Was You
Time After Time
Unforgettable
What a Difference a Day Makes
What a Wonderful World
What's New
What is This Thing Called Love?
When I Fall in Love
SWING/ STANDARD
When Sunny Gets Blue
Where is Love?
Where or When
Who Can I Turn To?
Willow Weep For Me
Witchcraft
Without a Song
Yesterdays
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
You Go to My Head
WALTZES
Always
Edelweiss
Emily
Falling in Love Again
Matchmaker
Moon River
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Some Day My Prince Will Come
Sunrise, Sunset Tennessee Waltz
Try to Remember
The Anniversary Waltz
The Girl Next Door
True Love
Wait 'Til You See Her
Where is Your Heart?
BIG BAND/JUMP
Ain’t Nobody Here but us Chickens
And the Angels Sing
Bandstand Boogie
Begin the Beguine
BoogieWoogieBugleBoy
Caldonia
Chattanooga ChooChoo
Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
Cute
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Goody Goody
I Can't Get Started
In the Mood
It Don’t Mean a Thing(if it Ain’t Got that Swing)
Is You Is Or is You Ain’t My Baby
Jersey Bounce
Java Jive
Jump Jive and Wail
Moonlight Serenade
Muskrat Ramble
Opus One
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Perdido
Route 66
Safronia B
Satin Doll
Sentimental Journey
Sing Sing Sing
So Rare
Stompin at the Savoy
String of Pearls
Take the "A" Train
That’s a Plenty
Tuxedo Junction
Tweedlee Dee
LATIN (Bossas, Sambas, etc.)
Besame Mucho
Black Orpheus
Blue Bossa
Brazil
Caravan
Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
Desifinado
Dindi
Gentle Rain
I Go To Rio
It Had Better be Tonight
Mambo #5
Meditation
More
My Little Boat
On Green Dolphin Street
One Note Samba
Perfidia
Saint Thomas
The Coffee Song
The Girl From Ipanema
The Look of Love
The Shadow of Your Smile
Tea for Two
Triste'
Wave
Watch What Happens
ALSO--BY REQUEST:
1) Rock oldies, etc (see next page if applicable)
2) Jewish, Irish,Italian, Greek, and other Ethnic Specialty Tunes.
3)Holiday Music
ROCK OLDIES/BLUES (Fast)
All Shook Up
Blueberry Hill
Blue Suede Shoes
Chapel of Love
Devil With the Blue Dress On
Further on Down the Road
Good Golly Miss Molly
Jailhouse Rock
Jambalaya
Jim Dandy
Johnny B. Goode
Kansas City
Let the Good Times Roll
Let’s Twist Again
Love is Strange
Next Time You See Me
Old Time Rock and Roll
Pink Cadillac
Shake Rattle and Roll
Sleepwalk
Tell Him
Tequila
Tore Down
Under the Boardwalk
Up on the Roof
ROCK OLDIES/BLUES (Slow)
At Last
Blue Bayou
Blue Velvet
Could I Have this Dance?
Crazy
I Can’t Help Falling in Love
I Love How You Love Me
I Only Have Eyes for You
Just My Imagination
Since I Fell for You
Teach Me Tonight
Unchained Melody
Walking After Midnight
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
You Send Me
You Really Got a Hold on Me
MOTOWN/CLASSIC ROCK/ DISCO
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
Chain of Fools
Come See About Me
Copacabana
Crazy Love
Dancin in the Streets
Domino
Eight Days a Week
Freeway of Love
Good Lovin’
Have I Told You Lately that I Love You
Heat Wave
Heaven Must Have Sent You
Honky Tonk Woman
How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved by You)
I Can’t Help Help Myself
I Feel Good
I Heard it Thru the Grapevine
In My Life
Here There and Everywhere
I Saw Her Standing There
I Will Survive
Midnight Hour
Mustang Sally
My Brown Eyed Girl
My Girl
One Way or Another
Oooh Baby Baby
Rapture
Rescue Me
Rock This Town
Satisfaction
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Something (in the way she moves)
Soul Man
The Way You Do the Things You Do
This Old Heart of Mine
Tupeloe Honey
Twist and Shout
Unchain My Heart
We are Family
Walking On Sunshine
Wild Night
Night & Day Song List- 2010
SWING AND STANDARDS
A Fine Romance
A Foggy Day
Ain't Misbehavin'
All of Me
All of You
All or Nothing at All
All the Things You Are
Almost Like Being in Love
Alone Together
Am I Blue?
Angel Eyes
April in Paris
As Time Goes By
Autumn in New York
Autumn Leaves
Baby it's Cold Outside
Bess, You is My Woman
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Blame it on My Youth
Blue Moon
Body and Soul
But Beautiful
But Not For Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Can't Help Lovin That Man of Mine
Can't We Be Friends
SWING AND STANDARDS
Come Rain or Come Shine
Come Away with Me
Dancing on the Ceiling
Darn That Dream
Day By Day
Deep Purple
Dearly Beloved
Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me
Dream
East of the Sun
Easy Living
Easy to Love
Embraceable You
Everything Happens to Me
Exactly Like You
Fly Me to the Moon
Fools Rush In
Georgia on My Mind
Girl Talk
Ghost of a Chance, A
God Bless the Child
Gone With the Wind
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Hello, Young Lovers
Here's That Rainy Day
SWING AND STANDARDS
Honeysuckle Rose
How High the Moon
How Long Has This Been Going On?
I Believe in You
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
If I Loved You
If I Should Lose You
If I Were a Bell
I Get a Kick Out of You
I Got it Bad
I Hadn't Anyone Til You
I Thought About You
I'll Get By
I'll Remember April
I'll Take Romance
Imagination
I'm All Smiles
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
I'm Old Fashioned
In a Sentimental Mood
I Remember You
I Thought About You
It Could Happen to You
It Had to Be You
It Might as Well Be Spring
SWING AND STANDARDS
It's Only a Paper Moon
It's the Talk of the Town
It's You or No One
I've Got the World on a String
I've Got Your Number
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
I've Never Been in Love Before
I Will Wait For You
I Wish You Love
Just Friends
Just in Time
Laura
Let's Fall in Love
Like Someone in Love
Long Ago and Far Away
Love For Sale
Lover Come Back to Me
Lover Man
Lullaby of Birdland
Lush Life
Mack the Knife
Make Someone Happy
Makin' Whoopee
Mame
Mean to Me
Memory ("Cats")
Memories of You
Midnight Sun
Misty
Moonglow
Moonlight in Vermont
More Than You Know
My Favorite Things
My Foolish heart
SWING AND STANDARDS
My Funny Valentine
My Romance
New York, New York
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Night and Day
No Moon at All
Oh! Lady Be Good
Old Devil Moon
On a Clear Day
Once in a While
One For My Baby
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Our Love is Here to
Stay
Out of Nowhere
People
People Will Say We're in Love
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Prelude to a Kiss
Round Midnight
Secret Love
September in the Rain
September Song
Send in the Clowns
Since I Fell For You
Skylark
Smile
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
So in Love
Someone to Watch Over Me
Somewhere
Speak Low
SWING AND STANDARDS
Stairway to the Stars
Stardust
Stella By Starlight
Strike Up the Band
Summertime
Sunny
Sweet and Lovely
Sweet Lorraine
Swingin' Shepherd Blues
S'Wonderful
Taking a Chance on Love
Tenderly
That Old Feeling
That's All
The Days of Wine and Roses
The Look of Love
The Man I Love
The Nearness of You
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
The Touch of Your Lips
The Way You Look Tonight
There Will Never Be Another You
These Foolish Things
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Till There Was You
Time After Time
Unforgettable
What a Difference a Day Makes
What a Wonderful World
What's New
What is This Thing Called Love?
When I Fall in Love
SWING/ STANDARD
When Sunny Gets Blue
Where is Love?
Where or When
Who Can I Turn To?
Willow Weep For Me
Witchcraft
Without a Song
Yesterdays
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
You Go to My Head
WALTZES
Always
Edelweiss
Emily
Falling in Love Again
Matchmaker
Moon River
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
Some Day My Prince Will Come
Sunrise, Sunset Tennessee Waltz
Try to Remember
The Anniversary Waltz
The Girl Next Door
True Love
Wait 'Til You See Her
Where is Your Heart?
BIG BAND/JUMP
Ain’t Nobody Here but us Chickens
And the Angels Sing
Bandstand Boogie
Begin the Beguine
BoogieWoogieBugleBoy
Caldonia
Chattanooga ChooChoo
Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
Cute
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Goody Goody
I Can't Get Started
In the Mood
It Don’t Mean a Thing(if it Ain’t Got that Swing)
Is You Is Or is You Ain’t My Baby
Jersey Bounce
Java Jive
Jump Jive and Wail
Moonlight Serenade
Muskrat Ramble
Opus One
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Perdido
Route 66
Safronia B
Satin Doll
Sentimental Journey
Sing Sing Sing
So Rare
Stompin at the Savoy
String of Pearls
Take the "A" Train
That’s a Plenty
Tuxedo Junction
Tweedlee Dee
LATIN (Bossas, Sambas, etc.)
Besame Mucho
Black Orpheus
Blue Bossa
Brazil
Caravan
Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
Desifinado
Dindi
Gentle Rain
I Go To Rio
It Had Better be Tonight
Mambo #5
Meditation
More
My Little Boat
On Green Dolphin Street
One Note Samba
Perfidia
Saint Thomas
The Coffee Song
The Girl From Ipanema
The Look of Love
The Shadow of Your Smile
Tea for Two
Triste'
Wave
Watch What Happens
ALSO--BY REQUEST:
1) Rock oldies, etc (see next page if applicable)
2) Jewish, Irish,Italian, Greek, and other Ethnic Specialty Tunes.
3)Holiday Music
ROCK OLDIES/BLUES (Fast)
All Shook Up
Blueberry Hill
Blue Suede Shoes
Chapel of Love
Devil With the Blue Dress On
Further on Down the Road
Good Golly Miss Molly
Jailhouse Rock
Jambalaya
Jim Dandy
Johnny B. Goode
Kansas City
Let the Good Times Roll
Let’s Twist Again
Love is Strange
Next Time You See Me
Old Time Rock and Roll
Pink Cadillac
Shake Rattle and Roll
Sleepwalk
Tell Him
Tequila
Tore Down
Under the Boardwalk
Up on the Roof
ROCK OLDIES/BLUES (Slow)
At Last
Blue Bayou
Blue Velvet
Could I Have this Dance?
Crazy
I Can’t Help Falling in Love
I Love How You Love Me
I Only Have Eyes for You
Just My Imagination
Since I Fell for You
Teach Me Tonight
Unchained Melody
Walking After Midnight
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
You Send Me
You Really Got a Hold on Me
MOTOWN/CLASSIC ROCK/ DISCO
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
Chain of Fools
Come See About Me
Copacabana
Crazy Love
Dancin in the Streets
Domino
Eight Days a Week
Freeway of Love
Good Lovin’
Have I Told You Lately that I Love You
Heat Wave
Heaven Must Have Sent You
Honky Tonk Woman
How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved by You)
I Can’t Help Help Myself
I Feel Good
I Heard it Thru the Grapevine
In My Life
Here There and Everywhere
I Saw Her Standing There
I Will Survive
Midnight Hour
Mustang Sally
My Brown Eyed Girl
My Girl
One Way or Another
Oooh Baby Baby
Rapture
Rescue Me
Rock This Town
Satisfaction
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Something (in the way she moves)
Soul Man
The Way You Do the Things You Do
This Old Heart of Mine
Tupeloe Honey
Twist and Shout
Unchain My Heart
We are Family
Walking On Sunshine
Wild Night