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Elegant Music Jazz Trio & Rock Guitar – I Shot The Sheriff @ a backyard party

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Just as each celebration is unique, there are many faces to the Elegant Music Jazz Trio. We like all kinds of music and enjoy playing everything from formal events to pool parties.

The following post features a variety of instrument combinations and styles played by the Elegant Music Jazz Trio.

Pool Party

Elegant Music Jazz Trio “in Hawaiian Shirts”

See more about this Ensemble: Elegant Music Jazz Trio plays “Tequila” Cover
 

Add Guitar = Classic Rock Too…

The Elegant Music Jazz Trio features Piano, String Bass and Drums.

Instruments are added to play the music requested or to fit the style or theme of the event.

Here is a video of the Elegant Music Jazz Trio with Rock Guitar (Keyboard, Electric Bass, Drums and Guitar) performing “I Shot The Sheriff” during a “postponed Christmas party” in May 2022. I take no credit for the cinematography of this short video. I had given my camera to a guest (because I was busy playing piano) and they shot the video.

 

Jazz @ The Langham

Talking about music is a lot of fun; one great song leads to another :-) I think helping plan music that fits the client’s vision for their event is just as much fun as performing.

This client understood that each part of her celebration could have its own music. She wanted music selections from “The Great American Songbook” for her cocktail hour. Here is the Elegant Music Jazz Trio playing on the Viennese Terrace at the Langham.

See more about this event: Beautiful Wedding @ The Langham
 

Pool Party With Pink Poodles at the Purple House

This annual event (a birthday party) affectionately known as “The Purple House Gig” features Guitar, String Bass and Piano playing Jazz Standards and Covers of Contemporary Popular Music.

See more about this event: Pool Party With Pink Poodles @ The Purple House
 

Elegant Roof Top Dinner Party with the Elegant Music Jazz Trio

This ensemble has played for this social club’s dinner dances for a number of years at such venues as the Valley Hunt Club, California Club, Annandale Golf Club.  At these events Men and Women put on their finest and conduct themselves as Gentlemen and Ladies.  A high level of service routinely presented at these iconic locations.  Everyone has a good time.

See more about this event: Elegant Rooftop Dinner Party with the Elegant Music Jazz Trio
 

Putting it all Together

Along with a high level of service, beautiful location, decor and design, music contributes greatly to the atmosphere of any event.

I look forward to speaking with you about music you like :-)

Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann 323-270-3650

 

 

 

 

 

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Elegant Dinner Party, Home Entertaining

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The weather is getting warmer.

Things are looking up.

I am playing more parties :-)

 

Isn’t it time to have a party?

Live music in your living room or back yard.

Everyone should have a piano in their living room…

and I don’t know why everyone doesn’t have a piano in their backyard ;-)

Actually, fine instruments should be kept indoors.

 

Solo piano is perfect entertainment for a house party, cocktail party or dinner party. Solo piano helps set the mood. Solo piano is “live entertainment”.

Don’t have a piano? Don’t let that stop you from having a party. If you don’t have a piano I will bring mine; I have several great sounding portable keyboards that honestly sound better than some acoustic pianos I have played.

Piano Music Los Angeles

I recently played a party at a newly renovated private club in Los Angeles. The host requested that I play music from “The Great American Song Book”. Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin…

This is a great piano.

It was a great party!

See:  Solo Piano Song List

Piano and…

What’s more fun than solo piano?

For me, it’s performing with other musicians. By the way, Elegant Music started with my wife Sheila and I performing Flute and Piano music together; that was over 25 years ago and yes, we have a large repertoire.

Here, Sheila and I are performing Japanese Anime Themes
for a First Communion Celebration.
Watch video: Who’s Hungry? Ingredients of a Successful Party.

 

What are your favorite instruments?

Start with piano and you could easily add other instruments…

Piano and Flute is a beautiful instrument combination, but you could add cello to the piano to form a Piano Cello duo kind of like “The Piano Guys”.

May I also suggest other instrument combinations: Piano and Harp, Piano and String Bass (Jazz), Piano and Guitar, Piano and Violin…

 

Poolside Party With Pink

Poodles @ the Purple House

Please pardon this peculiar impromptu pontification: One of my favorite yearly events to play is a birthday party at a very interesting location we affectionately call, “The Purple House.” This party was postponed for 2 years due to health department concerns. By popular demand this party is back and rescheduled this year on the celebrant’s exact birthday date. I will be there with The Purple House Jazz Trio: Piano, Guitar and String Bass.

Please see: Handwritten “Thank You Note” from the Poolside Party With Pink Poodles @ The Purple House.

 

The Dinner Dance

The Dinner Dance is all about dining and dancing. Just think of it:

 

  • Guests arrive to solo piano music during the cocktail hour.
  • Then doors open to the ballroom.
  • To the Piano we add String Bass and Drums. (already setup in the ballroom)
  • Guests entering the ballroom take a turn on the dance floor and are then seated to enjoy their first course with wine and conversation.
  • After their first course, guests are invited to the dance floor. The ensemble plays some easy ballroom dance tunes.  During this short dance set the table is cleared and set for the next course.
  • Then with a nod from the banquet captain, an announcement is made inviting guests to be seated for their next course; more wine and more conversation.
  • After the second course the trio starts up again this time playing more upbeat yet elegant dance music. Again, while guests are enjoying themselves on the dance floor the table is cleared and set for the next course.
  • Guests are seated, next course is served, and so on.

That’s a Dinner Dance:

Dining and dancing alternate throughout the evening and everyone has a good time :-)

Please see:
Dinner Dance in a Secret Location with
The Elegant Music Jazz Trio

 

 

Also see: Elegant Music Jazz Trio plays Theme from
Game of Thrones

 

Great Idea!

Friends are contacting friends, “hi! It’s been a while”. Let’s get together.

I think that’s a great idea!

Have fun planning your party.

Sincerely,

Eric Zimmermann 323-270-3650 cell

 

 

 

 

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Cocktail & Dinner Party Fun Elegant Music Jazz Trio

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The piano keyboard has 88 keys and somewhere among them are just about any song you have ever heard.

If you have a favorite song you would like to suggest for The Elegant Music Jazz Trio to play, send me an email eric@elegantmusic.com.

New music is an adventure. I look forward to your requests.

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Elegant Music Jazz Trio Los Angeles, CA . 626-797-1795
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I have 2 hands and 10 fingers. Adding String Bass and Drums helps me to play an even larger repertoire, including dance music.

The Dinner Dance Party

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Elegant Rooftop Dinner Dance with the Elegant Music Jazz Trio 626-797-1795

 

Planning a party is good for morale:

Getting one’s hair cut…

Wearing those new shoes…

Jacket and tie…

Perhaps a bow tie…

Feeling more our selves we stand up a little straighter…

Getting dressed for dinner and dancing affects an instant transformation; women look beautiful and men suddenly remember their manners.

See: Rooftop Dinner Party with the Elegant Music Jazz Trio

 

“Style” Jazz at a Wedding

First Dance @ Los Verdes Country Club Wedding

Getting dressed up and showing some style is all part of planning any event. The juxtaposition of Location, Dress, Music, dynamically contribute as do decor & design. These elements are so much fun to play with when planning an event.

See: Alice and Wilson’s Beautiful Jazz Wedding @ Los Verdes Country Club

The Rat Pack

Speaking of “style” Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis and the rest of the “Rat Pack” established a style that inspired motion pictures like Oceans 8, Oceans 11, 12 & 13. Music and fashion are important design elements of these movies.

Here is the humorous song “Style” featuring Sinatra, Martin & Bing Crosby from the 1964 motion picture “Robin and the Seven Hoods”.

The Great American Song Book

“The Way you Look Tonight”, “Sway”, “Fly Me To The Moon” were popular contemporary songs (back in the day) that were made famous by performing artists such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and others. These timeless melodies (Standards) comprise a collection affectionately known as “The Great American Song Book.”  In addition to playing selections from “The Great American Song Book” the Elegant Music Jazz Trio also performs Jazz Covers of popular contemporary music.

Jazz Covers Contemporary Music song list (partial)

(Amazing) Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars  –  Skyfall, Adel  –  Firework, Katie Perry  –  Bad Romance, Lady Gaga  –  Astronomia, The Coffin Dance  –  Ena Gotta Da Vida, Iron Butterfly Jazz Cover  –  Cake By The Ocean, DNCE

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, Don Cheadle

Happy, Pharrell Williams  –  Game of Thrones, Main Theme  –  City Of Stars, La La Land  –  I’m Yours, Jason Mraz  –  I Do, Colbie Caillat  –  Get Lucky, Daft Punk  –  Beauty And The Beast – Jazz Waltz  –  Ex’s & Oh’s, Elle King  –  Shape of You, Ed Sherran  –  Tequlia, The Champs…

Pompeii, Bastille  –  I Shot the Sheriff, Bob Marley  –  Bennie and The Jets, Elton John  –  Sunday Morning, Maroon 5  –  September, Earth, Wind & Fire  –  All Night Long, Lionel Richie  –  Wide Awake, Katie Perry  –  Pon de Replay, Rhianna  –  Don’t Stop the Music, Rhianna  –  Dance Monkey, Tones and I  –  Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay…

Dressed To Kill

Girls having fun and looking good!

I like your style.

See you at the party ;-)

Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann Elegant Music 323-270-3650

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Events, Creativity, Problem Solving. Wedding & Event Podcast Episode 68

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“Events, Creativity, Problem Solving” Wedding & Event Podcast Episode 68 “Necessity is the mother of invention.”

There’s an old saying by Greek Philosopher Plato that “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Though he said it in Greek I think the concept is easy to understand. 

Here is another quote with similar meaning, “If you want the house cleaned up, just throw a party. Miraculously, the house gets cleaned up just before guests arrive;” at least this is the way it works at my house. 

Earlier this year I decided to have a neighborhood block party in my front yard. 

My wife Sheila pointed out that we couldn’t possibly have a party with our font lawn looking the way it did. So, I fixed my front lawn sprinklers and let nature do the rest. 

The result, a green front lawn and a successful Party which by the way turned into a neighborhood Concert featuring Motion Picture Themes performed by the Elegant Music Quartet. You are welcome to checkout the link to this event in this Episode on WeddingandEventPodcast.com.

Neighborhood Concert by Elegant Music
Elegant Music Quartet with special guests perform motion picture themes. 626-797-1795

See program of what we performed and pictures: Elegant Music Summer Concert 2020

Pushing through barriers & overcoming obstacles is part of event planning & event coordination.  One way or the other, creativity gets the job done.

And now please enjoy, “Events, Creativity, Problem Solving” Wedding and event podcast episode 68

Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann Elegant Music 626-797-1795

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My New Favorite Piano!

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Pianist Eric Zimmermann @ The California Club 626-797-1795

I enjoy the privilege of performing in some of the most beautiful locations throughout Southern California.

Elegant Music Jazz Trio – Rooftop Dinner Dance

Some have beautiful grand pianos that I enjoy playing very much.

Los Angeles Pianist Eric Zimmermann Elegant Music Valley Hunt Club

 

The “masked” Elegant Music Jazz Trio playing “Covid Compliant Swing”

Very often I have to bring a portable piano. I love my new piano! It sounds great, it feels great.

Here is a video of me playing my new keyboard in a performance with the “masked” Elegant Music Jazz Trio.

 

The event was an Autumn Dinner Party.

We are smiling underneath. Really :-)

Here is what we played:

-Autumn Leaves

-Canadian Sunset  

-Under Paris Skies Waltz

-Autumn Serenade

-Bad Romance

-Harvest Moon 

-Moten Swing

-Time of the Season

-Poinciana 

-Beauty And The Beast

-For The Love Of You

-My Favorite Things

-All Blues

-Firework

-Puttin’ On the Ritz

-Moon Dance

-Let’s Face The Music and Dance

-Moonglow 

-Game of Thrones

-Havana

-Old Devil Moon 

-Blue Moon

-Fur Elise

-Jingle Bells Cha Cha

Eric @ Shutters
Pianist Eric Zimmermann @ Shutters on the Beach, Santa Monica, CA

Sincerely, Eric Zimmermann Elegant Music 

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Master of Ceremonies

Pianist

Bandleader

Host of Wedding & Event Podcast

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