The Rosemary Jazz Band

New York City, NY

$200-$5000

Travels up to 200 miles

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"Straighten Up And Fly Right"

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"Sweet Pea"

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The One I Love (Bill Monroe)

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Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard)

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Wedding in Brooklyn

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Overview

We play your favorite songs from the 20's to the 50's as well as modern songs done in a vintage jazz style. We provide a delightful, relaxing, and authentic live music experience for your event. Our music is suited for weddings, corporate events, cocktail parties, gallery openings, birthday parties, house concerts, fundraisers, holiday parties, and garden soirees. We can play as a duo with guitar and vocals or up to a 5-piece band that can include such instruments such as guitar, upright bass, percussion, clarinet, trumpet and vocals. We can also provide music in a virtual setting. We will work with you to develop a set-list, instrumentation, and a budget that is perfect for your event.


Reviews

1 review

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Alana D.

November 28, 2018
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70th Birthday

We had a jazz quartet with some jazz versions of Beatles songs for my mom to play as background dinner music and They were Perfect in every way! Rachel was a pleasure to work with.

Hired as: Jazz Band

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The Rosemary Jazz Band

It was a great pleasure to provide music for the birthday party! Alana was one of the best hosts I’ve ever worked with. Super kind, sincere, and communicative about what she was looking for. Her mom and party guests were just wonderful! Such an honor to be asked to be part of the event.

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Booking information

Price range: $200-$5000

Languages: English

Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes

Insurance: $1,000,000 - Certificate of Insurance

What to expect

The Rosemary Jazz Band is a vocal led jazz ensemble with guitar, upright bass, drums, and trumpet/clarinet. We play music from the 20s-50s and modern songs done in a jazzy style, covering a repertoire that includes such artists as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole, and Edith Piaf, We can play as small as a vocal/guitar duo or with the full band as 5 players.

About

​The Rosemary Jazz Band is a New York based event band playing jazz standards from the 20's to the 50's as well as modern songs done in a vintage jazz style. We play weddings, special occasions, and corporate events. The band is led by vocalist and songwriter Rachel Lee Walsh and includes top musicians from the NYC and Hudson Valley area. Rachel studied jazz vocal performance at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and also Hunter College in NYC. She has worked as a vocalist and songwriter in the Folk Americana genre for more than 15 years and in 2017 returned to her jazz roots with The Rosemary Jazz Band. Her song "Please Come to Brooklyn" was chosen as the winner of the Brooklyn Anthem Bash.

Additional booking notes

Requirements for staging and sound include access to electrical outlets, moderate amount amount of light and we can provide the sound amplification.

Past booked events

November 2018

23

Friday

Birthday Party

6:00pm - 7:00pm

Jericho, NY

08

Thursday

Brooklyn Birthday Party Soiree

4:00pm - 7:00pm

October 2018

10

Wednesday

Corporate Cocktail Party

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Set list

This is a sampling of songs we play. We can also add any songs you'd like to hear in the set.

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Sunny Side of The Street

I Could Write a Book

My Baby Just Cares for Me

My Funny Valentine

All of Me

Ain't Misbehavin

How High The Moon

Body and Soul

But Not For Me

You Go To My Head

Round Midnight

Misty

It Had To Be You

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered

Blue Skies

For Sentimental Reasons

Take The A Train

They Can’t Take That Away from Me

Someone to Watch Over Me

St. James Infirmary

Our Love is Here To Stay

Straighten Up and Fly Right

Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?

Ain’t Misbehavin’

Stompin’ at the Savoy

Satin Doll

Blue Gardenia

Autumn Leaves

Lullaby of Birdland

High How the Moon

Black Coffee

Night in Tunisia

I Wan’t a Little Sugar in My Bowl

Summertime

I’ve Got a Crush On You

Come Rain or Come Shine

I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You

Stormy Weather

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

Sweet Pea (Amos Lee)

Stay With Me (Sam Smith)

Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)

Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)

I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)

Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)

Love Song (Adele)

Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)

Into The Mystic (Van Morrison)

Marry You (Bruno Mars)

Tonight, I Celebrate My Love (Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson)

All of Me (John Legend)

Here Comes the Sun (The Beatles)

The Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson)

Tea for Two

Cheek to Cheek

(I’ve got you) Under my Skin

Honeysuckle Rose

Fly Me to the Moon

Stompin at the Savoy

Paper Moon

When I fall in Love

The Nearness of You

Old Devil Moon

Autumn in New York

Embraceable

La Vie En Rose

Lush Life

At Last

Birdland

La Mer

Sunday Kind of Love

What A Wonderful World

My Baby Just Cares For Me

Feelin Good

A Tisket a Tasket

Just One of Those Things

Stella by Starlight

Witchcraft

Skylark

Girl from Ipanema

Nice Work if You Can Get It

Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans?

Influences and inspiration

Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Norah Jones, Amos Lee, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Judy Garland, Harry Connick, Sara Vaughn, Leonard Cohen

Setup requirements

Electrical Outlets

Public Address System (Optional)

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