| Description | Price |
| Trio playing for up to 2 hours | £500 (GBP) |
| Trio playing for 3 hours | £650 (GBP) |
The Jelly Roll Jazz Band is a traditional (‘Dixieland’) jazz trio, originally based in the North East of England but now working regularly across the U.K. They play a mixture of 1920s standards (e.g. ‘When You’re Smiling’, ‘Sweet Georgia Brown’), classic swing tunes (‘Autumn Leaves’, ‘Fly Me To the Moon’), and more modern songs in a trad. jazz style – ‘…Baby One More Time’ never sounded so good!
Their influences include jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, as well as more eccentric interpreters such as The Temperance Seven and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
The musicians are drawn from a pool of around 5 core players, with occasional special guests. Typically they perform as a trio of clarinet, banjo or guitar, and double bass or sousaphone (with maybe an occasional duck whistle or pair of spoons thrown in for good measure). The band is also completely acoustic, making it ideal for outdoor and walkaround events.
They perform at all sorts of occasions, including weddings, parties, festivals and agricultural shows. Recent engagements have included the Tour de Yorkshire, Yorkshire Day, and (controversially) The Royal Lancashire Show.
The band have an extensive repertoire, including (but not necessarily limited to):
After You’ve Gone
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
All of Me
All the Things You Are
Anything Goes
Autumn Leaves
…Baby One More Time
Bare Necessities, The
Barney Google
Basin Street Blues
Beale Street Blues
Beer Barrel Polka
Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home?
Black Bottom
Bourbon Street Parade
Boy Friend, The
Brazil
Bring Me Sunshine
Bye Bye Blackbird
Cantina Band
Careless Love
Charleston
Come Josephine in My Flying Machine
Crazy
Darktown Strutters’ Ball, The
Dinah
Doctor Jazz
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Down By the Riverside
Everybody Loves My Baby
Five Foot Two
Fly Me to the Moon
Happy Birthday
Hard Hearted Hannah
He Done Me Wrong (The Death of Bill Bailey)
Hello, Dolly!
Hello Mabel
Hiding Under the Bubble Wrap with You
(Home in) Pasadena
I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
I Ain’t Got Nobody
I Can’t Believe that You’re in Love with Me
Ice Cream
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
I Get the Blues
I Got Rhythm
I’ll Fly Away
I’ll See You in My Dreams
I’m Beginning to See the Light
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles
Is You Is, or Is You Ain’t
It Don’t Mean a Thing
I Wan’na Be Like You
I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don’t Come Home
Ja-Da
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Just a Gigolo
Lady is a Tramp, The
La Vie en Rose
Les Champs-Elysees
Liebestraum
Little Lawrence
Mack the Knife
Mama Don’t Allow
Margie
Match of the Day
Midnight in Moscow
Midnight, the Stars and You
Mister Jelly Lord
Moon River
Mr. Sandman
Muppet Show, The
Muskrat Ramble
My Baby Just Cares for Me
My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies
My Heart Will Go On
My Sweetie Went Away
My Way
Oh By Jingo
Oignons, Les
On a Slow Boat to China
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Pennies from Heaven
Perdido
Petite Fleur
September in the Rain
Sheik of Araby, The
Since Bill Bailey Came Back Home
Si Tu Vois Ma Mère
Someday My Prince Will Come
Some of These Days
St. James Infirmary Blues
St. Louis Blues
Stompin’ at the Savoy
Stranger on the Shore
St. Thomas
Sunday
Sweet Georgia Brown
Sweet Sue, Just You
Take the ‘A’ Train
Tiger in a Lemon Tree Baking
Tiger Rag
Tonight You Belong To Me
Tubas in the Moonlight
Unchained Melody
Under the Sea
Up a Lazy River
Way You Look Tonight, The
Wedding March
When the Saints
When You’re Smiling
When You Wish Upon A Star
Where did Robinson Crusoe Go?
Yakety Sax
Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
Yes, We Have No Bananas
You Are My Sunshine
You Rascal, You
You’re Driving Me Crazy!
Your Feet’s Too Big
You’ve Got a Friend in Me
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Christmas:
Away in a Manger
As With Gladness, Men of Old
Christmas Song, The
Deck the Halls
Ding Dong Merrily on High
First Noël, The
Frosty the Snowman
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Here Comes Santa Claus
Holly Jolly Christmas
In the Bleak Midwinter
I Saw Three Ships
Jingle Bells
Joy to the World
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once in Royal David’s City
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Silent Night
We Three Kings
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
While Shepherds Watched
White Christmas
The band is very compact, and can easily squeeze into the corner of a room if space is limited. In the past this has allowed them to perform in tight spaces such as the area at the front of an open-top bus, and even someone’s living room! Furthermore, they are capable of playing for hours without repeating themselves.
They usually perform completely acoustically, and therefore do not need a power supply of any sort. This makes them ideal for outdoor occasions, and events that involve a lot of moving around. If amplification is required, however, they can include that at no additional cost.
Another feature of the band is their ability to walk around whilst playing, depending on the combination of instruments (it’s much easier to do with a sousaphone than a double bass!). This is especially useful for outdoor events such as fayres and rallies, and can lend a really dynamic feel whilst enabling the musicians to cover a much wider area.
We aim to arrive at least 1 hour before the start of a performance, however it only really takes around 15 minutes to set up.
We usually perform 2 hour-long sets, with a 15-minute break in the middle. However we're very flexible with set timings, and can perform for up to 3 hours if required.
The Aylsham Show
Bakewell Country Festival
Beer on the Wye (Hereford)
Best Western Forest and Vale Hotel (Pickering)
The British Medical Association
Chatsworth Christmas Market
Duxford Air Show
East Lancashire Hospice
Farndale Show
Farrer’s Bar & Brasserie (Scarborough Spa)
The Gentlemen Baristas
Harrogate Flower Festival
The Highlanders’ Museum (Inverness)
Huddersfield BID
Huddersfield Christmas Market
Injured Jockeys Fund
Nantwich Food Festival
New Forest Fireworks Night
Newby Hall (Ripon)
Regain Hearing
The Rotary Club of Scarborough Cavaliers
The Royal Bath and West Show
The Royal Lancashire Show
Scarborough Food Festival
Shakespeare Marina (Stratford upon Avon)
Specsavers (Harrogate)
The Tour de Yorkshire
Weird Fish (Scarborough)
West Show (Guernsey)
Yorkshire Day (Whitby)
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