About
blue JazZoo is a jazz band for hire in Gold Coast, QLD.
Bringing the old back to now, and the new back to then. blue JazZoo is Brent Doust and Andi Gallaher, dressed for the Great Gatsby era and playing vintage classics with a deliberate twist, then dropping suddenly into the present day. Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire and Ella Fitzgerald sit in the same set as Prince, Adele and Amy Winehouse. The two of them swap instruments as they go, between jazz keys, archtop guitar, percussion and lead and harmony vocals, and it can expand to a trio or quartet with drums and lead guitar. Quirky is the right word for it. Professional sound and lighting supplied. Gold Coast based, and insured. The old material keeps finding new rooms.
Watch
The show
Two eras in one set, and the switch between them is half the fun. A vintage standard rolls along the way you'd expect, then the arrangement tips sideways into something modern before you've quite noticed. Sinatra, Armstrong, Astaire and Fitzgerald share the night with Prince, Adele and Amy Winehouse. The pair play in 1920s dress, braces and flat caps, and they keep swapping instruments as they go, jazz keys to archtop guitar to harmonica, pianica and a clatter of foot stomp, tambourine, guiro and shaker. There's scat singing through a kazoo at some point. Occasionally a guest performer joins them for a feature spot, which shifts the mood again.
On the day
Sound and lighting come with the act, both of them proper gear rather than borrowed bits, so your venue doesn't have to hunt anything down. Give them a spot to work in and somewhere to plug in, and the technical side is handled from there.
Performance options
The duo is the core: piano, archtop guitar, percussion and lead and harmony vocals, all shared between the two of them. Step up to the trio and drums join, so the rhythm sits underneath rather than being tapped out by foot. The quartet adds lead guitar on top of that, which suits a bigger room or a night that's meant to end on the dance floor. Percussion runs through all three, foot stomp, guiro, tambourine, kazoo and pianica, and vocals are always lead plus harmony.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
28 songs
..... ‘Everything Old is New Again’ !
Addicted To You - Avicii / Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley / A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse / I’ve Got The World On A String - Frank Sintra
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell / These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles / Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles / It’s In Your Eyes - Kylie Minogue
City Of Stars - La La Land / Sugar Town - Nancy Sinatra
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - The Mama’s and The Papa’s
example -
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra / Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
History Repeating - Shirley Bassey / All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
in their distinctive and quirky style, ‘with a twist of Jazz and a dash of Blue’s’
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby - Louis Jordan / Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
It Don’t Mean A Thing - Duke Ellington / Puttin’ On The Ritz - Fred Astaire
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel / Purple Rain - Prince
The Lady Is A Tramp - Richard Rogers / At Last - Etta James
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) - Cole Porter / What’s Up - 4 Non Blondes
The Longest Time : a’cappella - Billy Joel / Lullaby Of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald
Oh Darlin’ - The Beatles / Movin’ Out - Billy Joel / Bennie & The Jets - Elton John
Oops I Did It Again - Britney Spears / Music To Watch Girls By - Andy Williams
Paint It Black- Rolling Stones / Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
Rolling In The Deep - Adele / Light My Fire - The Doors
Something Stupid - Frank Sinatra / Bang Bang - Cher
