Charliesax
Bands led by Charlie Hearnshaw
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hear us play live - a list of gigs
Classic Jazz Quartet Recording of a live gig:
Charlie's Trad Trio
at
Froginwell Vineyard
May 31st 2013
Our jazz band is based in Devon.
We play as a duo, trio, quartet, quintet or sextet.
Using more or fewer of the same musicians, we are to present bands which play in three different and distinct styles. All of our music is either pure jazz or jazzy.
- Jazz & swing duo, trio or quartet
- Latin jazz quartet and quintet
- French duo or trio
So if you are putting on a French evening, for example, we have a band that plays French music.
We can vary the size of the band to suit your budget.
Tell us what you prefer and we will bias our choice of tunes in that direction or play exclusively in the style you have asked for.
Our favourite is to play a mixture of everything we know during an engagement, thus presenting a wide repertoire that can appeal to a lot of different people. In other words, if you leave it up to us we will play a mixture of jazz, swing and latin with a sprinkling of French songs and perhaps a couple of jazzed-up classical pieces.
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We are based near the Devon / Somerset border. We often play in Exeter, Exmouth. Torquay, Taunton, Bridgwater, Chard, Poole, Plymouth,Tavistock, Okehampton, Barnstaple, Bideford, Bristol, Bath.
We perform songs and tunes by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Hoagey Carmichael, as sung by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, The Ratpack, Louis Armstrong.
Jazz tunes by Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Sidney Bechet,
We often play for weddings; entrance of the bride, signing of the register, drinks and photos afterwards. Devon weddings. Somerset weddings, Dorset weddings, Avon weddings.
