Manhattan Magic Jazz Duo specialises in providing stylish and sophisticated entertainment. A jazz band to hire for all occasions. We play popular cool dinner jazz, upbeat swing, romantic ballads, melodies from the Great American Songbook and modern tunes with a jazzy edge.

If you want a small jazz band for smooth background music to give suitable ambience and style to your wedding reception or formal dinner, lively foot-tapping tunes for your birthday or anniversary party or a combination of both for your dinner dance, Manhattan Magic Jazz Duo will perform the perfect mix just for you. Hire us either as wedding band or party band, our classic jazz band combination of saxophone and keyboard will be certain to delight you and your guests. Where appropriate the discreet use of backing tracks is added to the sax and keyboard combination to give a fuller sound.

Our playing list includes music from the Rat Pack era to the present day. Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Nina Simone, Eva Cassidy, Van Morrison, Abba, Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams, Jamie Cullum, Norah Jones and many others.

Here is just a small selection from Manhattan Magic Jazz Duo’s jazz band and party band set-list:

Rat Pack Swing: Fly Me to the Moon, Lullaby of Birdland, The Way You Look Tonight, I’m beginning to see the light, Come fly with me, Manhattan, Moon Dance, I've Got You Under My Skin, I Get a Kick Out of You, It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.

Rock and Pop: Night Fever, It’s still Rock and Roll to me, Baker Street, Summer Nights, See you later alligator, Crocodile Rock, Mamma Mia, Super Trooper, All shook up, Sex Bomb, Shake, Rattle & Roll, Addicted to Love, O What a Night, Uptown Girl, Does Your Mother Know, Eye of the Tiger, Sweet Home Alabama, Mercy

Romantic Ballads: Summertime, Georgia, Pennies from heaven, Have I Told you lately, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Hello, What a difference a day made, Stormy weather, Chanson D'Amour, The closest thing to crazy, Don’t know why, Rise, Guess that’s why they call it the blues, La Mer, Autumn Leaves, I’m in the mood for love, The Rose, Moon River, Can you feel the love tonight

Boogie Woogie and Blues: Hit the road Jack, Blues in the night, Blueberry Hill, In a Sentimental Mood, St. Louis Blues, Half of it Deary Blues, Tears in heaven, Cry me a river

Dixieland:  When the Saints, Millenburg Joys, Basin Street Blues, Charleston, Bill Bailey, Weary Blues,Tin Roof Blues, Sugar Foot Stomp

Christmas Jazz: White Christmas, Chestnuts roasting by an open fire, Sleigh Ride, Let it snow, Have yourself a merry little Christmas and many more

Kenny G Style (solo sax with backing tracks): Morning, Homeland, Songbird, The Moment, Silhouette, Theme from Dying Young, Angel Eyes, The Wedding Song