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Featured Member The Big Butter Jazz Band

The Big Butter Jazz Band

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5.0 
(12 reviews)
  • Culver City, CA
  • New Orleans Style Entertainment
  • Travels up to 90 miles
  • $500-$1500, dep. on # of players, distance, length
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Playing for 700 dancers at Camp Hollywood 2015

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2014 Beverly Hills Summer Concert Series

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2018 San Diego Jazz Fest

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2017 San Diego Jazz Fest

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2018 Halloween show

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2017 Santa Monica Jazz on the Lawn Concert Series

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2018 corporate Mardi Gras event

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2018 corporate Mardi Gras event

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Overview

SEPTEMBER 2021 UPDATE: Our crew is fully vaccinated. For now, we are happy to consider outdoor and socially distanced gigs. Fully vaccinated gigs are preferred. We will consider indoor / mixed vaccination status gigs on a case by case basis.

Fun, classy, energetic, and swinging New Orleans Traditional Jazz, focusing on tunes from the 1910's-1930's. Band can be assembled from 3-6 players, depending on size of event and budget. A three piece is one horn, bass/tuba and banjo/guitar, 4-6 musicians adds more horns and provides the fuller sound. Gigs lasting more than 3 hours have a minimum of 4 musicians.


12 Reviews

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Sylvia V. L. • March 22, 2022

Perfect Music to Remember a Life Well-Lived

The Big Butter Jazz Band was a perfect choice to keep our spirits happy and light as we remembered a very good friend who passed away a year ago. We had a tree dedication and 100th birthday party in his honor. This friend loved Dixieland jazz and the Big Butter Jazz Band had children and elders alike, laughing and dancing during our garden party. We are grateful.

Hired as:
Dixieland Band, Jazz Band, New Orleans Style Entertainment
The Big Butter Jazz Band

Response from The Big Butter Jazz Band:

Thank you so much for having us, it was an honor to play for the doctor's celebration of life!

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Thomas S. • June 19, 2018

The were fan-freakin-tactic!

One of the best Dixieland bands I’ve ever heard - and I’m a professional musician. They even took request! Highly recommended. Made a good part, a great party!

Hired as:
Dixieland Band
The Big Butter Jazz Band

Response from The Big Butter Jazz Band:

Thank you for having us!

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Amy C. • February 11, 2018

Excellent band.

Great music, and it was so easy to coordinate with this band. They made our Mardi Gras party one for the recod books....amazing!

Hired as:
New Orleans Style Entertainment
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Madeline D. • March 12, 2022

Fabulous Entertainment!

We booked the Big Butter Jazz Band for our campus Mardi Gras event, and they delivered a spectacular performance! The music was fantastic, they were super easy to work with both leading up to and on the day of the event, and as an extra bonus, they even came dressed up in Mardi Gras attire! We loved having them perform at our event, and would highly recommend!

Hired as:
New Orleans Style Entertainment
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Marisa B. • March 4, 2022

Wonderful!!!

Our community loved them!! Perfect for our Mardi Gras event!

Hired as:
New Orleans Style Entertainment
The Big Butter Jazz Band

Response from The Big Butter Jazz Band:

Thank you so much for having us, happy to play for you!

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Faydra E. • March 25, 2021

Thank you

Than you

Hired as:
1920s Era Entertainment, New Orleans Style Entertainment

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Dan R. • February 28, 2020

A great night

The band was a perfect touch to a wonderful evening. Thank you, Conrad, and The Big Butter Jazz Band.

Hired as:
Dixieland Band
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Bernadette C. • August 29, 2019

Excellent Music and a Great Band!

The Big Butter Jazz Band performed for our Seafood Boil Event, and they were great! Our guests were very impressed with the music and had a wonderful time listening. Conrad was very prompt and responsive throughout the whole process, from the time we inquired to the day of the event. I appreciated the quick response any time I had questions about details for the event, it saved a lot of stress. The whole band was great! Thank you, Big Butter Jazz Band!

Hired as:
Jazz Band, New Orleans Style Entertainment
The Big Butter Jazz Band

Response from The Big Butter Jazz Band:

Thank you for having us, Bernadette! We appreciate it as well as your kind words!!

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Sacha C. • August 6, 2018

Great performance.

Thanks for making our event memorable.

Hired as:
New Orleans Style Entertainment
The Big Butter Jazz Band

Response from The Big Butter Jazz Band:

Thank you so much for having us!

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Eve N. • May 31, 2018

Fabulous!!!!!

First Conrad was very easy to plan with. The band was excellent!!!!! They were flexible and everyone loved their music. I would hire them again in a second.

Hired as:
Jazz Band
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Eve N. • May 28, 2018

They made the party!

Easy to deal with, really nice and professional and flexoble. Responded right away to questions and played unbelievably well. Recommend most highly

Hired as:
Jazz Band
The Big Butter Jazz Band

Response from The Big Butter Jazz Band:

Thank you, Eve! We had a great time playing for you, thank you for taking care of us!

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Michael S. • January 28, 2018

The Big Butter Jazz Band are 5 star.

The Big Butter Jazz Band did a fantastic job for my organization last night. I needed a old fashioned New Orleans Dixieland styled band and I got it. Friendly, easy to work with, professional, excellent musicians, prompt, all the things one needs and wants from a professional band. I couldn't be happier. They helped make the night and set the tone.

Hired as:
Dixieland Band

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Price Range: $500-$1500, dep. on # of players, distance, length

Gig Length: 45 - 240 minutes

Languages: English

Website: Visit website

Phone Number: Call

What to Expect

Big Butter can be configured from a quartet to a six piece, depending on size of venue and budget. We will come up with a configuration of instruments that will suit your needs.

About

The Big Butter Jazz Band is dedicated to playing New Orleans traditional jazz. Back from the times when jazz was still dance music. Whether you call it vintage jazz, early jazz, hot jazz, Dixieland, New Orleans jazz, or trad jazz, it's full of beautiful melodies, infectious energy, and a pulsing rhythm that you can't help but dance to.

The band was founded in late 2013 by drummer Mark San Filippo and guitarist Conrad Cayman. and was named after the 1926 song “Big Butter & Egg Man”. The two had met as auxiliary members of Los Angeles roots orchestra / collective The Dustbowl Revival.

Drawing inspiration from the musicians of the past and the young New Orleans bands on Frenchmen Street, they’ll get your feet shuffling, head bobbing, fingers snapping, and body moving with their hard-driving rhythm section and hot ensemble choruses. Big Butter is delighting LA’s swing dance crowd and many others with their hot speakeasy sounds.

Additional Booking Notes

We can provide a PA with a small additional charge if you do not have one. There should be adequate electrical outlets so that we can power the PA and amps.

Water for each band member should be provided, and parking should be covered as well.

Services Offered

New Orleans Style Entertainment 1920s Era Entertainment 1930s Era Entertainment 1940s Era Entertainment Dixieland Band Jazz Band Swing Band Wedding Band

Upcoming Booked Events

June 25, 2022 • 1:00pm - 5:00pm Birthday Party

Past Booked Events

March 20, 2022 • 12:00pm - 1:30pm Nonprofit Event
March 01, 2022 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm Cocktail Party
March 01, 2022 • 11:00am - 12:00pm Campus Event
March 20, 2021 • 12:00pm - 12:30pm Dinner Party
August 28, 2019 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm Retirement Community Event
June 08, 2019 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm Birthday Party
August 05, 2018 • 2:00pm - 2:30pm Funeral/Memorial Service
June 09, 2018 • 5:00pm - 7:30pm Cocktail Party
May 26, 2018 • 7:00pm - 10:00pm Birthday Party
February 10, 2018 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm House Party
January 27, 2018 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm Nonprofit Event
November 25, 2015 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Rusty's Rhythm Club, Playa Del Rey
October 13, 2015 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Joe's Bar & Grill, Burbank
September 26, 2015 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Private event
September 23, 2015 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Areal Restaurant, Santa Monica
September 18, 2015 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barkley Restaurant & Bar, South Pasadena
September 05, 2015 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm Camp Hollywood 2015

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Set List

After You've Gone (1918)
Ain't Misbehavin (1929)
All of Me (1931)
At the Codfish Ball (1936)
Avalon (1920)
Baby Won't You Please Come Home (1921)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (1937)
Between the Devil & The Deep Blue Sea (1932)
Big Butter & Egg Man (1926)
Bill Bailey (1900)
Black Eyed Blues
Blue Drag (1935)
Blue Skies (1926)
Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (1919)
Bourbon St. Parade (1951)
Bye Bye Blackbird (1926)
Careless Love (1921)
Carelessly (1937)
China Boy (1922)
Come Back, Sweet Papa (1926)
Coquette (1928)
Crazy Rhythm (1928)
Dark Eyes
Darkness on the Delta (1932)
Darktown Strutter's Ball (1917)
Deed I Do (1926)
Dinah (1925)
Do Me a Favor (1934)
Do Something
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans (1946)
Evenin' (1933)
Everybody Loves My Baby (1924)
Exactly Like You (1930)
Five Foot Two (1925)
Girl of My Dreams (1927)
Hindustan (1918)
Home (1931)
Honeysuckle Rose (1929)
Hummin' to Myself (1932)
I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me (1926)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928)
I Had Someone Else (1924)
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (1919)
I Would Do Most Anything For You (1932)
If I Had You (1928)
I'll Fly Away (1932)
I'll See You In My Dreams (1924)
I'm Confessin That I Love You (1930)
I'm Crazy About My Baby (1931)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (1935)
It Had To Be You (1924)
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (1936)
It's Only a Paper Moon (1933)
I've Found a New Baby (1926)
I've Got My Fingers Crossed (1935)
Just a Closer Walk With Thee (1944)
Keepin Out of Mischief Now (1929)
Lady Be Good (1924)
Louisiana Fairytale (1935)
Love Me Or Leave Me (1928)
Love Songs of the Nile (1933)
Lulu's Back in Town (1935)
Margie (1920)
Moonglow (1934)
My Blue Heaven (1927)
My Honey's Lovin Arms (1922)
On a Slow Boat to China (1947)
Pennies From Heaven (1936)
Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid (1930)
Precious Lord, Take My Hand (1932)
Raining In My Heart (1958)
Riverboat Shuffle (1925)
Rose Room (1917)
Rosetta (1939)
Sheik of Araby (1921)
Shine (1924)
Shine on Harvest Moon (1908)
Si Tu Vois Ma Mere (1958)
Some of These Days (1910)
Somebody Else is Taking My Place (1937)
Someday Sweetheart (1919)
Squeeze Me (1919)
St. Louis Blues (1914)
Stardust (1929)
Sugar (1926)
Sugar Blues (1923)
Sweet Georgia Brown (1925)
Sweet Lotus Blossom (1934)
Sweet Substitute (1938)
Sweet Sue (1928)
Swing That Music (1936)
That Da Da Strain (1922)
The Song is Ended (1927)
Tiger Rag (1917)
Till We Meet Again (1918)
Tin Roof Blues (1923)
Tonight You Belong to Me (1926)
Undecided (1934)
Until the Real Thing Comes Along (1936)
Wabash Blues (1921)
Washington & Lee Swing (1910)
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (1922)
When I Grow Too Old to Dream (1935)
When My Dreamboat Comes Home (1936)
Whispering (1920)
Who's Sorry Now (1923)
Why (1938)
Without Your Love (1937)
You're Driving Me Crazy (1930)

Influences & Inspiration

THE PAST:
Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Bob Crosby & The Bobcats, Fats Waller & His Rhythm, Billie Holiday, Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, Firehouse 5+2, Mills Brothers, Eddie Condon, Miff Mole & His Little Molers

THE YOUNG NEW ORLEANS FRENCHMEN ST. BANDS:
Shotgun Jazz Band, New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Tuba Skinny, Orleans 6, Aurora Nealand & the Royal Roses, Meschiya Lake & The Little Big Horns, Linnzi Zaorski

OTHERS:
The Reynolds Brothers / Ellis Island Boys, Boilermaker Jazz Band, Dan Levinson's Swing Wing, The Au Brothers Jazz Band, Molly Ryan, Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys

Setup Requirements

Shade if the gig is outdoors, or covering if there is a chance of rain.

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