A smooth, rich, beautiful singing voice that takes you on a musical journey of familiar, beloved classic songs - including haunting ballads reminiscent of Karen Carpenter to the swing era songs of Ella Fitzgerald. Whether as a piano/vocalist duo, trio with a bassist, or a full band - Rebecca Hardiman & Friends will provide a highly professional music experience.
1 review
Susan W.
September 9, 2022Rebecca's vocals and Ray's keyboard could be considered a therapeutic body, mind and spirit massage. Positive words combined with uplifting and energetic pulses of pure notes. This classy couple blended their gifts to create a relaxed and inviting atmosphere. Our guests felt honored to hear such accomplished musicians. I will hire them again and again!
Hired as: Jazz Pianist, Jazz Singer
Rebecca Hardiman & Friends
Thank for this wonderful review. We are pleased you enjoyed our music so much! Providing the easy-listening jazz and classic pop as folks mingled and enjoyed the cocktail hour prior to your event, was a delight!
Price range: $100 and up
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes
Insurance: $1,000,000 - Allstate Personal Liability
A professional presentation of classic jazz and pop standards focused on the music. Equally capable of performing for small intimate groups, restaurants to large jazz festivals. Musical arrangements of the highest quality of easily recognizable songs.
1987
Rebecca starts her professional career with the Boston based vocal jazz group The Ritz, performing at the 1987 Montreal Jazz Festival as well as jazz clubs throughout the country. While with The Ritz, she records a CD entitled The Ritz for Denon Columbia Records.
1990
Rebecca moves back to her home state of Oregon where she starts the vocal jazz group Euphoria. Euphoria performs throughout the Northwest for over a decade, most notably opening for Mel Torme’ in 1993 at the Hult Center in Eugene, Oregon.
2012
Rebecca embarks on a solo career quickly becoming a favorite vocalist with jazz musicians in the Portland/Metro area. Several CDs submitted for Grammy consideration.
Rebecca, along with her husband, Ray Hardiman, is co-founder of the North Willamette Valley Friends of Music. Their annual Friends of Music Jazz Festival showcases local jazz musicians who join together to raise money for scholarships given to music students wishing to begin or continue their music education.
To Date:
Rebecca performs throughout the Pacific Northwest both as a regular and guest artist at several venues. She is frequently invited to perform at jazz clubs, festivals, restaurants and other venues across the country including: Hawaii, California, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Colorado, Washington D.C., Tennessee... The list of states requesting Rebecca's appearance continues to grow.
She also started the Karen Carpenter Tribute Band in 2018. Her band is in great demand and performs for sold-out audiences.
"If Doris Day in the 1950s had been a jazz singer, could scat with the cool assurance of Anita O’Day, and expressed the happiness of Ella, she might have sounded a little like Rebecca Hardiman. Rebecca deserves to be much better known beyond the Pacific Northwest." ~Scott Yanow, Jazz Historian and LA Jazz Times Contributor
No special requirements. If a sound system is provided it should be high quality capable of presenting high quality sound from a condenser microphone, pianos should be tuned and space provided for the size of the band requested.
Sunday
Concert
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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McMinnville, OR
Thursday
Cocktail Party
5:30pm - 6:30pm
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Beaverton, OR
We have a library of over 300 classic jazz standards and classic pop songs from a variety of recognizable artists. We are able to tailor our set list to suit the needs of the event. The songs are too numerous to list here and include songs such as "Come Fly with Me" (Frank Sinatra) to "It's Too Late" (Carol King), "Close to You" (Carpenters) to "It Had to Be You" (Ella Fitzgerald), "Orange Colored Sky" (Natalie Cole) to "Moon River" (Andy Williams) and MANY MORE similar to these examples.
Ella Fitzgerald, Karen Carpenter, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Carol King, Patsy Cline, Roberta Flack, Burt Bacharach have all been influences on the delivery of their classic music.
We only require power and space, will provide all necessary equipment
Jazz Singer
