| Description | Price |
| soloist: 1st set (75 min.) & 2nd set (45 min.) | $750 (USD) |
| trio: cocktail jazz (1 hour) | $1350 (USD) |
| 5 piece: mini-marching band or cocktail jazz band (1 hour) | $2250 (USD) |
| 5 piece: marching / procession (15 min.) & 2nd cocktail set (45 min.) | $3000 (USD) |
| 10 piece: marching, cocktail, or dance band (45 min.) | $4000 (USD) |
= areas covered (up to 200 miles)
= free travel (up to 10 miles)
We are super adaptable, and accustomed to squeezing in a corner, marching at a moment's notice, whatever is needed.
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Yes, for a small fee we can bring out a sound system and / or lights.
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We were honored to share the stage for decades with our mentor, Harry Sheppard, the jazz vibraphonist who passed away in 2022. He had played with Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and connected us to jazz history.
We love playing everything from break-dancing competitions to funerals, from corporate luncheons to after hours parties, from weddings to kids' parties.
In 2000, The New Yorker wrote, "The horn-heavy, continually evolving collective Free Radicals produces a wildly eclectic fusion that has as many influences as there are items in the Houston, Texas, pawnshop in which they honed their sound during all-night jam sessions."
We are influenced by the long history of jazz, funk, soul, Jamaican music, Nigerian Afro-Beat, Afro-Cuban music, Hip-Hop, cumbia, and New Orleans music.
The Marching Band usually does shorter shows (5 to 50 min.), but the cocktail band usually plays several sets. Our set up is very quick unless we are using a sound system.
We do it all the time!
We can add any jazz standard to our set for no extra fee. For other songs, we can quote how much they'd be to arrange and rehearse.
We are respected as the 13 time winners of the Best Jazz Award in the Houston Press because we've been committed to what we do for decades.
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Hilton Americas
Petroleum Club
Discovery Green
Orange Show
Notsuoh
Avant Garden
Last Concert Cafe
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
1970s Music
Jazz
Blues
Dixieland / Ragtime
Gypsy Jazz
Latin Jazz
Swing
Christmas
Background Music
Originals
Disco
Funk
Hip Hop
R&B
Soul
World Music
African Music
Brazilian
Cuban
Indian Music
Jewish / Klezmer
Latin
Mariachi
Reggae
Ska
Tango
Instrumental
100% acoustic (no power)
Can provide battery amplifier
Public liability insurance
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