Here is a quick video; rehearsing swing tune Sing, Sing, Sing before starting a company party.
We had a lot of fun :-)
Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann
Elegant Music 626-797-1795
Beautiful - Successful - Weddings - Events
Here is a quick video; rehearsing swing tune Sing, Sing, Sing before starting a company party.
We had a lot of fun :-)
Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann
Elegant Music 626-797-1795
Elegant Music Jazz Trio @ The Shakespeare Club Pasadena, CA
Hello, My name is Eric Zimmermann. I am a DJ/Master of Ceremonies, Pianist and Bandleader.
In my line of work I get some very interesting requests and discover new music and new ways of looking at music whenever I talk with people about music for their event.
Earlier this summer a bride getting married at the Falkner Winery in Temecula asked me if my jazz trio could play the theme from “Game of Thrones” during her cocktail hour. As soon as she mentioned this I got the concept! The arrangement wrote it self. Check out the video above.
She had other great music requests. See: Beautiful Wedding @ Falkner Winery Temecula, CA
Here is a partial list of songs that the Elegant Music Jazz Trio plays which were at one time or another requests. As you will note there is quite a bit of dance music included in this song list; yup, we rock-out too! To put simply, this group can play just about anything:
Stand By Me
Sway, Michael Bubble
What a Difference A Day Made (rumba) (instrumental)
Old Time Rock & Roll
Twist And Shout
Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay
Tango La Comparacita, C. Gardel
Fly Me To The Moon, Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight, Sinatra
Rock Around The Clock
Paradise, Coldplay
Great Balls Of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis
Pride and Joy, Stevie Ray Vaughn
Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison
Tiny Dancer, Elton John
Under My Thumb, Stones
La Bamba, Ritchie Valens
Blue suede Shoes, Elvis
Get Lucky, Daft Punk
Happy, Pharrel Williams
Bailando, Enrique Inglesia
Benny and the Jets, Elton John
Shout,Isley Brothers
Rock Around The Clock
She’s Gonna Dance, Harry Belafonte
Moon Dance, Michael Bubble
Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
Come And get Your Love, Red Bone
Amazing Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars
My Cherie Amour, Stevie Wonder
Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
The Beat Goes On, Sonny & Cher
Dancing Cheek to Cheek
Just My Imagination, Temptations
Twist And Shout, Isley Brothers
Gimme Some Lovin, Steve Winwood
All Night Long, Lionel Richie
More Than A Woman, Bee Gees
Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
Lady In Red
Wipe Out, The Surfaris
This Magic Moment
Blue Moon
Save the Last Dance
Quando quando quando
Jump in the line, Harry Belafonte
Sabor a Mi
Lion Sleeps Tonight
Satisfaction, Rolling Stones
Up on the roof
Can’t Take My Eyes off Of You
Wanderer
Sleep Walk (instrumental)
All The Way
You Send Me
Limbo Rock
Jump In The Line, Harry Belafonte
Twistin’ the night away
Witchcraft, Sinatra
Walkin’ My Baby Back Home, Nat King Cole
You Belong To Me
La Bamba
Wipe Out, The Surfaris
Tico Tico
Jump Jive And Wail
Chatanooga Choo Choo
The Nearness Of You
Close To You, The Carpenters
Brown eye girl, Van Morrison
Tequila, The Champs
There’s a Kind of Hush
Under the Board Walk
Moonlight Serenade, Glen Miller
As, Stevie Wonder
All The Way, Sinatra
Fly Me To The Moon, Sinatra
The Wanderer, Dion
Tequila, The Champs
Great Balls Of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis
Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
The Way You Look Tonight,Sinatra
I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Sinatra
Bennie And The Jets, Elton John
Amour Amour Amour, Michael Bubble
Oye Como Va, Santana
Groovin, Young Rascals
Never on Sunday
Perdido
Pompeii
Through The Years
Time of The Season
Tuxedo Junction
Stardust
Wonderful Tonight
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
I’ll Make Love To You, Boyz 2 Men
Can’t Help Falling In Love
You Send Me
Hold Me Now
Where or When?
Shall We Dance?
Sunday Morning, Maroon 5
Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars
Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You, Frankie Vallie
Up On The Roof – Tommy
Under The Board Walk – Tommy
All Night Long, Lionel Richie
More Than A Woman, The Bee Gees
Build Me Up Buttercup
Happy Together
Unforgettable
Satin Doll
Leave A Tender Moment Alone, Billy Joel
I love you Just The Way You Are, Billy Joel
Hold Me Now
My Prayer
Opus One
Besame Mucho
It’s impossible
Words Get in the way
Your Love Is Lifting Me Higher
On the Street Where You Live
As always, I look forward to your requests.
Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann
Elegant Music 323-270-3650
It was very evident how happy everyone was for Sam and Cayle. Beautiful wedding ceremony in the Horseshoe Garden, a really fun cocktail hour on the Viennese Terrace and during the wedding reception in the Viennese Ballroom there were meaningful toasts, guests enjoying the company of each other and losing themselves on the dance floor. You can always tell how much an event was enjoyed by how long guests linger after the party is over. Well after this party no one wanted to go home!
Music was important to this family. Songs were carefully selected. One of the first questions Cayle asked was, “do you play any music from the “Great American Song Book?”” It was refreshing to be asked such a direct and interesting question. Being a pianist and jazz player I am familiar with music from the “Great American Song Book” by American composers such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, recorded and made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sinatra and now Michael Buble. Eagerly I said, “Sure!” This is classic American music. Indeed this music continues to influence art and culture worldwide.
Here is a partial list:
When I Fall In Love
As Time Goes By
The Very Thought Of You
Fly Me To The Moon
Moonglow
Moonlight In Vermont
The Way You Look Tonight
The Man I Love
Embraceable You
Sunny Side Of The Street
Dancing In The Dark
Ain’t Misbehavin’
All The Way
All The Things You Are
Anything Goes
April In Paris
Bewitched
Witchcraft
Blue Moon
Body And Soul
Dancing Cheek To Cheek
Exactly Like You
Get Happy
Hello Dolly
I Could Write A Book
I Got Rhythm
If I Loved You
I’m Beginning To See The Light
It Had To Be You
It’s Only A Paper Moon
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
A Kiss to Build A Dream On
This bride’s vision was to have:
Cayle kind of apologized for the “do not play list” being longer than the “play list” but again I admired that music was that important to her. Actually all the work she had put in on these lists allowed me to organize the evening so that the right music selections would be played at the right time.
Congratulations Sam and Cayle and their families!
Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann Elegant Music 323-270-3650
Host of Wedding and Event Podcast
PS: It takes teamwork to pull of an event like this. This wedding was effortlessly coordinated by Carrie Goldberg Touch of Gold Events.
“Hi Eric,First, thank you so much for helping make Cayle and Sam’s wedding such a beautiful event. We got rave-reviews on your trio and your excellent DJ and MC presentation. You truly made things special for everyone!Secondly, you were so Right about your sound system!! You are able to control the sound to keep it lively and directed to the dance floor, yet still allow people to talk and not send guests out of the room! That is very important and quite impressive!Next, please feel free to publish the wedding to your blog. We would be thrilled! Your post is very sweet and truly captures the impact Cayle wanted the music to have on their guests’ experience.Lastly, we are happy to recommend you to anyone who is looking to have a great musical experience. Please feel free, at any time, to use our feedback or direct potential clients to us for a recommendation!Thank you again for helping make this such a memorable event!!Erin”
It’s fun to remember good times! To tell you the truth I have just as much fun planning music for special events as I do performing for them.
Hello: My name is Eric Zimmermann. I am a DJ and Master of Ceremonies, Pianist and Bandleader. Here are some great parties of this year:
Chinese New Year 2015 @ Four Season Westlake Village.
Backyard Jazz, Great Gatsby – Theme Party We had fun; pure and simple.
Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl. It’s a waltz. No kidding!
The Elegant Music Quartet was filmed at a party in a beautiful home overlooking the Sherwood Country Club. You have to see the grand piano and check out the wine closet and read about how this classic rock song became a waltz!
Anniversary Party with the Elegant Music Quartet (chamber music) This was very much an elegant evening together with friends at the Valley Hunt Club. Talk about a beautiful grand piano!
Beautiful Wedding @ The Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey. After a wedding ceremony there is always a party! This “party” had it all: Elegant Music Quartet, Elegant Music Jazz Trio, DJ/MC me! See the itinerary and how each was employed throughout the event. And check out the video shot toward the end of the night of everyone enjoying themselves on the dance floor in the Marina Vista Ballroom.
See: A Night In Venice Italy! – Theme Party
Also see: Speakeasy 1920s Themed Party
New York Times slogan, “All the news that is fit to print.”
Rolling Stone Magazine slogan, “All the news that fits.”
“Difficult it was to omit any.” Yoda Quotes.
It’s hard to say that these were the “best” parties of 2015, there were so many more. But I have come to the conclusion that the best party is always the next one.
Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann
Elegant Music 323-270-3650
Beautiful location.
The dining room is set.
Everything is in place. And then…
Guests arrive:
Cocktails and conversation begin.
Dining room doors open, band is playing and entering guests take a turn on the dance floor before sitting down to their first course.
After dinner dancing continues. Tables are cleared.
Desert is served and after a short break more dancing!
Elegant Music provides:
Live Music
DJ Dance Music
Professional Announcing
An event starts with music as guests arrive. Music continues throughout the event. Each part of your event can have its own music.
Rooftop Dinner Party with The Elegant Music Jazz Trio Video
Elegant Music Jazz Trio Sampler Video
Elegant Dinner Dance Party with the Elegant Music Jazz Trio Video
Elegant Music Jazz Trio with Sax and Female Vocalist “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” Video
There are many occasions to celebrate throughout the year. Here is to making it a good year!
Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann
Elegant Music 626-797-1795