Nathan Hassall Jazz
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Nathan Hassall is a London based professional saxophonist who leads a flexible sized jazz band that is perfect for background music at corporate events, weddings and private parties.
Having studied at the renowned Royal College of Music from 2000-2005 upon graduating Nathan set up his jazz band and ever since has surrounded himself with some of the finest jazz musicians active on the London music scene.
This jazz band is now hired to perform at over 150 corporate events and weddings each year and so it's members are hugely experienced in setting the perfect tone for you and your guests. So whether you want the band to perform chilled and relaxed Brazilian Bossa Novas during a summery drinks reception or lively Bebop and Swing to get the party started at a wedding this top notch jazz band can tailor their set lists to meet you every need and desire.
Above all Nathan Hassall Jazz loves performing and working with their clients to ensure every booking is a complete success. No event is too big or too small and the same about of care and diligence is used whatever the event.
We'd love to hear from you!
Best Wishes,
Team Nathan Hassall Jazz
FAQs
Please, describe your act or business in on sentence:
Some of the finest professional and reliable London based jazz musicians available to hire for your event, wedding or party (modest we know!!).
What are the highlights of your career?
Performing for the CNN coverage of the Royal Wedding has to be up there. Others include performing the music of Miles Davis to a sold out St. James's Piccadilly (that's 500 people - pretty awesome for a jazz gig!) and becoming Professor of Saxophone at London College of Music.
What is your competitive advantage (special features)?
We have a Wedding Guarantee and also a Corporate Loyalty Scheme. Please enquire for further details.
What kind of events do you usually serve?
Mostly this jazz band is booked to perform as background music at Corporate Events (drinks receptions, gala dinners, award ceremonies, produce launches etc.), Wedding Receptions and also Private Parties.
Who are your previous clients?
Lazard Asset Management, HSBC Private Bank, Brick Court Chambers, Quadrant Chambers, The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, The Royal Geographical Society, Reignwood Investments, Deloitte, BNY Mellon, Bloomberg, Ryder Reid LLP, Norton Rose, Ernst & Young, Evolve Events, and Polar Black Events to name just a few, plus lots and lots of private clients!
How can event planners pay for your services?
We accept payments by cheque or bank transfer (bacs or chaps).
How long do you play for?
The most common duration for our background music bookings are as follows: - 2 Hours, eg. 6-8pm containing 2 x 50 min sets 3 Hours eg. 6-9pm containing 3 x 45-50 min sets 4 Hours eg. 6-10pm containing either 3 x 60 or 4 x 45 min sets
Do you have your own PA and lighting?
Usually as background music we wouldn't supply a PA system or Lighting as they aren't usually required. If the event is very large (ie. 300+ guests) then a PA system can be provided for this act at an additional cost. Lighting is also available for this band at an additional cost. Please enquire for details.
Do you have Public Liability Insurance and PAT tested equipment?
We have both individual and company level Public Liability Insurance to the value of £10 million. It's important that you check this when booking musicians and if you are presented with a musicians union insurance certificate do remember that this only applies to the actual named musician not a whole band. That's why we also have a blanket level of insurance for our company Nathan Hassall Music Ltd. as well. All of our electrical equipment is PAT tested for safety every year. We can email you our certificates upon request.
How much space do you require?
This is dependant upon the amount of musicians performing but ideally you'd be looking at the following: - Jazz Duo - 2 x 2 metres Jazz Trio - 3 x 2 metres Jazz Quartet (including drums) - 4 x 2.5 metres Jazz Quintet (including drums) - 5 x 3 metres
My favourite tune is not on your list. Will you be able to play it?
We'll do our best! Sometimes a request doesn't work with the line up a client has booked but with sufficient notice we'll always try to include as many requests as possible.
How many breaks do you take? How long are they?
This is dependant upon the length of the booking, but as an example if you'r e looking to book a group to perform as background music for 3 hour block. eg. 6-9pm then usually they will perform for 3 x 45-50 min sets within this time.
Set List/Services
Jazz Standards (Great American Songbook): -
All Of Me - Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks
All Of You - Cole Porter
All Or Nothing At All - Arthur Altman
All The Things You Are - Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern
Almost Like Being In Love - Frederick Loewe
Anything Goes - Cole Porter
As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld
Autumn In New York - Vernon Duke
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer
Beautiful Love - Victor Young
Bewitched – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Body And Soul - John Green and Edward Heyman
But Beautiful - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
But Not For Me - George Gershwin
Bye Bye Blackbird - Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson
Chelsea Bridge - Billy Strayhorn
Darn That Dream - Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange
Days Of Wine And Roses - Henry Mancini
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington
East Of The Sun - Brooks Bowman
Embraceable You - George Gershwin
A Foggy Day - George Gershwin
Gone With The Wind - Allie Wrubel
Here’s That Rainy Day - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
Honeysuckle Rose - Thomas “Fats” Waller and Andy Razaf
If I Were A Bell - Frank Loesser
I Could Write A Book - Richard Rodger and Lorenz Hart
I Hear A Rhapsody - George Fragos
I Remember You - Johnny Mercer
I Should Care - Sammy Cahn and Axel Stordahl
I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Mercer
I Wish I Knew - Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
I’ll Take Romance - Ben Oakland and Oscar Hammerstein
I’ll Remember April - Don Raye and Gene De Paul
Just Friends - Jerome Kern
Let’s Fall In Love - Harold Arlen
Like Someone In Love - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
Love For Sale - Cole Porter
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis and Robert Ramirez
Lullaby Of Birdland - George Shearing
Misty - Erroll Garner and Johnny Burke
Moon River - Henry Mancini
Moonlight In Vermont - Karl Suessdorf
My Foolish Heart - Victor Young
My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Manning Sherwin and Eric Maschwitz
Polkadots And Moonbeams - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
September In The Rain - Harry Warren and Al Dubin
Skylark - Hoagy Carmichael
Someday My Prince Will Come - Frank Churchill and Larry Morey
The Song Is You - Jerome Kern
Speak Low - Kurt Weil
Star Eyes - Don Raye and Gene De Paul
Summertime - George Gershwin
S’Wonderful - George Gershwin
Take The “A” Train - Billy Strayhorn
Tea For Two – Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar
There Will Never Be Another You - Harry Warren
These Foolish Things - Jack Strachey and Harry Link
Time After Time - Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
Weaver of Dreams - Victor Young
What’s New? - Bob Haggard
Yesterdays - Jerome Kern
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cole Porter
You’re My Everything - Mort Dixon and Joe Young
Latin Jazz: -
Agua De Beber - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Black Orpheus - Louis Bonfi
Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham
Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Dindi - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Groovy Samba - Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
How Insensitive - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard
Meditation - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Minha Saudade - Sergio Mendes
My Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker
O Amor En Paz (Once I Loved) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Recorda-Me - Joe Henderson
So Danco Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Song For My Father - Horace Silver
Summer Samba (So Nice) - Marcos Valle and Sergio Valle
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Triste - Antonio Carlos Jobim
Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim
“Rat Pack” Standards: -
Come Fly With Me - Jimmy Van Heusen
Come Rain Or Come Shine - Johnny Mercer
Day In, Day Out - Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer
Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
Have You Met Miss Jones - Rodgers and Hart
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Cole Porter
I Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter
Night And Day - Cole Porter
Pennies From Heaven - Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston
They All Laughed - George Gershwin
They Can’t Take That Away From Me - George Gershwin
The Lady Is a Tramp - Rodgers and Hart
The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern
Witchcraft - Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh
Blues: -
All Blues - Miles Davis
Angel Eyes - Matt Dennis and Earl Brent
Billie’s Bounce - Charlie Parker
Buzzy - Charlie Parker
Blues For Alice - Charlie Parker
Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk
Blue Trane - John Coltrane
Equinox - John Coltrane
Georgia - Hoagy Carmichael
Now’s The Time - Charlie Parker
Sandu - Clifford Brown
Stormy Weather - Harold Arlen
Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk
Sugar - Stanley Turrentine
When Sunny Gets Blue - Jack Segal and Marvin Fisher
Willow Weep For Me - Ann Ronell
Work Song - Nat Adderley
Contemporary Jazz & Bebop: -
A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
Afternoon In Paris - John Lewis
Anthropology - Charlie Parker
Black Narcissus - Joe Henderson
Blue In Green - Bill Evans
Bouncin’ With Bud - Bud Powell
Eighty One - Miles Davis and Ron Carter
Footprints - Wayne Shorter
Four - Miles Davis
Good Bait - Tadd Dameron
Groovin’ High - Dizzy Gillespie
I Mean you - Thelonious Monk
In Walked Bud - Thelonious Monk
Lady Bird - Tadd Dameron
Oleo - Sonny Rollins
‘Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk
Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker
Solar - Miles Davis
So What - Miles Davis
Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
Take Five - Paul Desmond
Time Remembered - Bill Evans
Tune Up - Miles Davis
Very Early - Bill Evans
Virgo - Wayne Shorter
Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans
Well You Needn’t - Thelonious Monk
Wildflower - Wayne Shorter
Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker
Jazz Funk & ”Blue Note” Groove Tunes: -
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
I Wish I New (How It Would Feel To Be Free) - Billy Taylor (a.k.a Film 2012 Theme)
Killing Me Softly With His Song - Charles Fox
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Josef Zawinul
Mo’ Better Blues - The Marsalis Brothers
Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
Road Song - Wes Montgomery
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
The Jody Grind - Horace Silver
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
This Masquerade - Leon Russell
Walk Tall - Joseph “Cannonball” Adderley
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock