New Bern Jazz + Band in New Bern, NC

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6/9/2024 Update: Session scheduled for this Wed, 6/12, 4-7pm at Union Pt Park gazebo in New Bern. Weather should be 80-85F, light winds. We have drums, uprt bass and trumpet confirmed. Looking for low brass, rhythm guitar (unamplified). If we mesh as a combo, we can book amplified, paid gigs for upcoming ArtWalk, MumFest, etc.

5/28/2024 Update: Session scheduled for this Sunday, 6/2, 10am-1pm at Union Pt Park gazebo in New Bern. Weather should be 70-80F, light/med wind. We have drums, uprt bass and trumpet confirmed so far.

4/26/2024 Update: Scheduled to play jazz standards Sunday, 4/28/2024 1pm for a few hours at Union Pt Park gazebo in New Bern. Weather should be mid-70's, light wind. Contact us if interested in sitting in on upright bass, trombone or rhythm guitar, Charts available..

2/7/2024 Update: Scheduled to play Sunday, 2/11/2024 1:30-4:30 pm at Neuse Harbour Pavillion, 300 Neuse Harbour Blvd, New Bern 28560. Weather should be mid-60's, light wind. Contact us if interested in sitting in, charts available.

1/28/2024 Update: Drummer is currently deployed out of area serving the USMC until later in the year.

We use melody lead sheets with chord names above the staves. Must have reading skills, improv skills not required.

Seeking low brass/trombone, tenor & bari sax, upright bass. Accordian might also fit in. Currently have trumpet, percussion, occasional tenor sax, and backing tracks which we will drop when we get some low brass, bass or rhythm players.

We play and develop a growing set of jazz standards, bossa nova, swing, blues, big band and traditional songs. All instrumentals at this time, no vocals.

Monthly sessions at public covered outdoor locations such as New Bern Union Pt Park gazebo, Neuse Harbour pavilion (private property park), depending on weather. Can secure daytime coffeehouse gigs in New Bern and Beaufort- Sunday through Friday only - No Friday evenings or Saturdays.

This is a live acoustic project, but light amplification ok for indoor gigs and when not on City of New Bern public property.

No amplification or PA's for our outdoor music flash-mob events, because New Bern city ordinance prohibits amplification unless permit, insurance, and 60-day notice given, and giant fees. No thanks, that is not happening.

Current Set List:
(I have charts for Bb, C, Eb, and bass clef instruments for these and many more)

Duke Ellington:
Caravan: Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, 1937
Cotton Tail: 1940
Don't Get Around Much Anymore: Duke Ellington,B. Russell 1942
In A Mellow Tone: Duke Ellington 1940
It Don't Mean A Thing: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills 1939
Perdido: Juan Tizol 1942
Satin Doll: Duke Ellington 1953
Take The 'A' Train: Billy Strayhorn 1941

Miles Davis:
All Blues: 1959
Four: 1963
Milestones: 1948
So What: 1959

Jazz Standards:
Autumn Leaves: Joseph Kosma 1947
When Sunny Gets Blue: Marvin Fisher 1956
Fly Me To The Moon: Bart Howard 1954
Willow Weep For Me: Ann Ronell 1932
Tangerine: Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer 1942
It Could Happen To You: James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke 1944

Jazz Classics:
The Frim Fram Sauce: Joe Ricardel and Redd Evans 1946
Ceora: Lee Morgan 1965
Take Five: Paul Desmond 1960
Song For My Father: Horace Silver 1964

Charlie Parker:
Now's The Time: 1945
My Little Suede Shoes: 1956

Big Band Era:
Opus One: Sy Oliver 1943
Tuxedo Junction: Erskine Hawkins, W Johnson, J Dash 1939
In The Mood: Joe Garland 1939
Intermission Riff: Ray Wetzel 1946
Jersey Bounce -in work-: Platter, Bradshaw, Johnson Wright 1940
String of Pearls: Jerry Gray 1941
Stompin' At The Savoy: Benny Goodman, Sampson, Webb 1936

Bossa Nova:
Little Boat: Roberto Menescal 1963
A Man And A Woman: Francis Lai 1966
The Shadow Of Your Smile: Johnny Mandel 1965
Dindi: 1965

Bossa Nova - Antonio Carlos Jobim:
Desafinado: 1959
The Girl From Ipanema: 1963
How Insensitive: 1963
Jazz N' Samba: 1962
Meditation: 1963
One Note Samba: 1961
Song Of The Jet: 1963

Other:
Impressions: John Coltrane 1974
Bb Blues: Jamey Aebersold 1991
Solar Flair: J.Aebersold 1995
Summertime: DuBose Hayward and George Gershwin 1936
Watermelon Man: Herbie Hancock 1962
F Blues: J.Aebersold arrngmt
Bb Blues: Aebersold arrngmt
Doxy: Sonny Rollins 1963
Autumn In New York: Vernon Duke 1934
Namely You: Gene DePaul 1956
If I Love Again: Ben Oakland 1932
Early Autumn: Ralph Burns, Woody Herman, Johnny Mercer 1949
Sugar: Stanley Turrentine 1970
Misty: Errol Garner, Johnny Burke 1954
Georgia On My Mind: Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell 1930
On The Sunny Side Of The Street: McHugh, Fields 1930
Stranger In Paradise: Robert Wright, George Forrest 1953
Flamingo: Ted Grouya, Ed Anderson 1941
Killer Joe: Benny Golson 1959
Blue Moon: Richard Rogers & Lorenz Hart 1932
Sweet Georgia Brown: B Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, K. Casey 1925
St Louis Blues: WC Handy 1914
When The Saints Go Marching In: 1896 public domain
The Battle Hymn of the Republic: William Steffe 1856
America The Beautiful: Katherine Bates, Samuel Ward 1895

Screen name:

NBjazz

Member since:

Dec 01 2023

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Moderately Committed

Years together:

4

Gigs played:

Over 100

Age:

62 years

Influences

Jazz, Swing, Bossa Nova from 1930's-1970's, such as:.
Ellington, Antonio Jobim, Charlie Parker, Coltrane, early M. Davis, Lee Morgan, Paul Desmond, Horace Silver, Gershwin, Benny Goodman.

Members Of Band

Trumpet
Upright bass
Drums/Percussion

EQUIPMENT

Too numerous to list, full range of medium to high quality acoustic & electric instruments, PA, mixing and recording gear.

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