Hire Orlando Jazz Band
Looking to hire an Orlando jazz band? Here are some helpful tips. There are many kinds of jazz bands that come in many sizes. Depending on the details for your event and the mood you would like to create, these descriptions and tips will help you hire the Orlando jazz band that will be the best choice for your event or wedding. Orlando’s Music Remembrance provides all of the jazz bands below and more.
Sizes and styles of Orlando Jazz Bands
Small Jazz Bands-Hire Orlando Jazz Band
A small band is usually from two to five musicians. A small jazz band is sometimes called a small jazz ensemble or a jazz combo. Different combos play different types of jazz or a mixture of styles.
Dixieland Jazz Band
This small jazz band is perfect for 1920’s, Great Gatsby, New Orleans and Casino themed events. It is also great for “wake up my business convention”, events wanting some fun energetic music, parades and New Orleans funerals.
Orlando Dixieland Bands performs 1920’s style jazz. They are often referred to by these names:
- New Orleans Jazz Band
- Traditional Jazz Band
- Great Gatsby Jazz Band or Great Gatsby Jazz Orchestra (when called this Great Gatsby costumes are normally worn)
- Brass Band
- New Orleans Brass Band
- Society Jazz Orchestra
When used for funerals the same bands are also referred to by these names:
- New Orleans Funeral Band
- New Orleans Funeral Processional Band
- Dixieland Parade Band
- Funeral Processional Band
- Dixieland Funeral Band
Dixieland Jazz Bands comes in different sizes. These are the most popular:
- Smallest: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo
- Small: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone
- Medium: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone, Drums or Clarinet
- Full Tradition Band: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone, Drums and Clarinet
Note – For dixieland bands performing for a parade:
- Snare drum replaces piano, banjo or accordion
- Add a bass drum for a full parade band
- Tuba replaces upright string bass
Mardi Gras Band
This band is perfect for New Orleans, Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday themed events and parties
People call a Dixieland band used for mardi gras events a mardi gras band. Some mardi gras bands play Cajun influenced music or zydeco music in addition to or instead of dixieland jazz. Some mardi gras bands use accordion to give a New Orleans Cajun flair. Otherwise, the instrumentation is the same as dixieland bands. Mardi gras bands perform for Fat Tuesday parties and parades. In mardi gras bands performing for a parade, snare drum replaces piano, banjo or accordion and they usually add a bass drum. Different names for mardi gras bands:
- Mardi Gras Band
- Mardi gras parade band or second line band
- New Orleans parade band
- Zydeco band
- Cajun Jazz band
- Parade brass band
- Brass Band
- New Orleans parade band
Swing Band
Swing Bands are great for themed WWII era events, dancing and assisted living concerts.
These jazz bands come in small size and big band sizes. They play music from the swing era and retro-swing or jump swing music like Jump, Jive and Wail. A traditional instrumentation is singer, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, upright string bass and drums.
Jazz Combo
Some small jazz bands play a variety of music or just one of the many jazz styles. These bands are great for wedding cocktail music, background music for dinner or events and assisted living concerts.
- Cool jazz – a mellow sounding jazz style
- Bebop jazz – a virtuosic jazz club or concert style jazz
- Jazz Fusion – a mix of rock styles and jazz. Some jazz fusion bands perform pop songs with jazz saxophone, trumpet and/or trombone
- Variety small jazz band plays a mix of all jazz styles including swing. They leave out bebop jazz unless the event is a concert.
People also refer to small jazz bands as:
- jazz combos
- small jazz group or small jazz band
- cocktail jazz group or cocktail jazz band
- jazz band
Big Bands – Hire Orlando Jazz Band
These bands are perfect for WWII era themed events and swing dancing. Because of the size the are best suited to medium to large spaces and larger budgets.
Big Bands are large jazz bands that play swing music. Most big bands perform swing music from the swing era/WWII era. Because of the number of musicians these are more expensive than small jazz bands.
The traditional instrumentation for big bands is 5 saxophones, 3 trombones, 4 trumpets and piano, bass, drums and vocalist. Smaller big bands between big band size and Swing Band Combo are available.
All these Orlando Jazz Bands and more are available at www.MusicRemembrance.com. To hire your own Orlando jazz band contact us.
Fun Ideas for your Ceremony Music
Orlando wedding ceremony music selected today by most brides and grooms is personal to them. Most brides and grooms used to select from the same few traditional selections, e.g. “Here Comes the Bride”. Now it has become more popular to personalize your Orlando wedding ceremony music. Brides and grooms often pick wedding songs, wedding music ensembles or musical styles that are personal to them. If having unique and personal wedding ceremony music is something that you are thinking about, here are some fun and unique ideas.
- Have a dixieland band parade your wedding guests from your traditional ceremony to the wedding reception or cocktail hour location. This is a fun way to transition from a quite and romantic ceremony to a celebratory and party mood.
- Have a dixieland band parade the bride and groom down the aisle for the recessional after the wedding ceremony. This can be done instead of the dixieland parade to the reception if the reception site is too far for your guests to walk. This can also be done in addition to the parade to the wedding reception or cocktail hour location.
- Use nontraditional music for your Orlando wedding ceremony music. Many Orlando wedding couples choose to use music that is special to them rather than the traditional classical music. Music Remembrance had one couple that choose to have alternative 1980’s rock music like songs of “the smashing pumpkins” performed at their Orlando wedding ceremony. In order to make it more serious feeling and enjoyable for older guests they had the music performed by a classical guitar and bass duo. This way that had music that was unique and personal to them that still fit the tone they wanted to set for their wedding ceremony and their guests. If you are a jazz fan, romantic jazz ballads always make a beautiful edition to wedding ceremony music. They can be performed by vocalists or by instruments such as the trumpet, trombone, saxophone accompanied on piano or guitar. You could also have jazz ballads performed on solo guitar or solo piano.
- Use traditional music on nontraditional instruments. If you are a fun couple that would like to do something unique you may elect to have traditional classical wedding music played on nontraditional instruments. Electric guitar or electric guitar duo, electric guitar and bass duo, small rock band, singer with electric guitar, traditional organ with an oboe, english horn, french horn or other nontraditional instrumental soloist, bagpipe ensemble, solo bagpipe (has a limited classical repertoire), accordion, blue grass band, banjo or steel guitar are just a few choices.
- Use instruments that are special to you. If you met your fiancé at a concert, if you met your fiancé in a school band or at a concert, or if one or both of you play instruments you might consider using those instruments. If you met at a John Mayer concert you could use a guitarist/singer that performs his music. If one of you played trombone and the other piano a trombone and piano duet might be a fun and unique choice that your guests will enjoy.
- Ethnic music is a great way to personalize your Orlando wedding ceremony music. If you have an ethnic background or would like to pay tribute to a grandparent or parent from another country, Ethnic music can be so personal and unique. You can choose from using the style of music, the authentic ethnic instruments or both. I have yet to see a German band at a wedding so you could be the first in Orlando.
Whether you choose traditional music or something unique and personal for you, your Orlando wedding music will help set the tone and make your ceremony a day to remember.
Author-Andrea Rowlison. Music Remembrance. For more event and wedding music tips please visit the Music Remembrance blog or Published Ezine Articles by Andrea Rowlison.
New Orleans Band Parade
A New Orleans band parade is historically for funerals and are now used for funerals, weddings and events. The New Orleans parade was originally performed by dixieland jazz bands or dixieland brass bands in the early 1900’s. The dixieland band processes to the grave site performing slow sad music like “Just A Closer Walk With Thee”. After the funeral service the band plays upbeat dixieland songs like “When the Saints Go Marching In” to celebrate their loved one going to heaven to be with God. Now the celebratory part of the tradition is also used for weddings and events.
The New Orleans band parade is often called “second line” parade. This is because when the parades were first done, there would traditionally be a “second line” of people marching along with the band.
Events Using New Orleans Band Parades and Music
- Funerals: Traditionally the parade is at the cemetery. The dixieland band processional leads family and friends on foot, or in cars, to the gravesite. The band performs slow jazz funeral music until everyone gathers at the graveside. After the service the dixieland jazz band performs upbeat New Orleans jazz music to celebrate their loved one’s transition to heaven.
- Memorials: New Orleans jazz music at the memorial service. The band provides prelude music (music before the memorial service), service music hymns and postlude music or parade out of the service music. The postlude or exit processional parade music is traditionally upbeat second line music celebrating a love one’s transition to heaven.
- Weddings: Use jazz brass band parades for your wedding ceremony recessional (walk back down the aisle at the end of the wedding ceremony) for a memorable surprise for your wedding guests. Some wedding couples like A parade starting right after you walk back down the aisle. The most popular New Orleans wedding parade is a parade from the ceremony to the cocktail hour or the cocktail hour to the reception. What a fun surprise for your guests instead of being herded from cocktails to the reception. A trumpet performing a fanfare to get everyone’s attention and then inviting everyone to join the parade.
- Conventions/meetings: Wake up everyone at your morning meetings with a New Orleans Brass Band parade though the room performing fun interactive music. Imagine your CEO leading the parade with a traditional New Orleans umbrella.
- Parties and Events: Nothing livens up a party more than dixieland jazz music. Choose soft background music or a fun lively performance.
Costumes
Different brass band costumes for different occasions
- Funerals: The traditional New Orleans band parade Costume (pictured above)
- Weddings: The traditional New Orleans band parade costume (pictured) with mardi gras beads
- Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras Parades & Parties: The traditional New Orleans parade costume with mardi gras beads or purple, green and gold mardi gras costumes
Hire A New Orleans Band Parade
In Orlando, Florida, Central Florida and Florida contact Music Remembrance for an authentic New Orleans style brass band performing dixieland second line music. A large selection of different size brass jazz bands are available. If you would like, the band continues performing for your event after the parade.
While booking a second line parade, mardi gras parade, dixieland parade, jazz parade, funeral processional, and New Orleans wedding parade, ask your musicians if they are full time performers to get the best bands available. Music Remembrance uses all full time professional musicians.
New Orleans Band parades make your funeral, wedding or event memorable. We hope to be a part or your event. Please let us know how we can serve you.
