The act
A piano and double bass duo can begin your wedding music, with The Graduates offering several ways to build the jazz ensemble around it. The Sydney band includes vocals, saxophone and drums among its instrumental colours, and performs for ceremonies as well as receptions. You can discuss particular songs for the aisle and signing, then move into background jazz during drinks or dinner. Their more upbeat soul and Motown selections bring a jazz influence to the early celebrations, which is where you might want to hear them before handing the evening to a DJ.
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Pricing
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What to expect
A jazz ensemble that plans the day with you rather than turning up for one slot. For weddings there's live ceremony music across the processional, signing and recessional, with room for a special request, then background sets for guest arrival, canapes and dinner, and reception music pitched to sit under speeches and dining. An upbeat set of jazz-influenced soul and Motown can lift things before the DJ takes over. Corporate work runs the same way: background music for networking and gala dinners, with pacing built around speeches and award presentations. Line-ups run from instrumental trios to a full vocal ensemble, and the group stays the same group. No rotating members, and a planning conversation before the day.
Performance options
Every line-up is drawn from the same core players, so nothing is assembled from strangers. For ceremony and cocktail hour there's a piano and double bass duo, an acoustic trio built around saxophone, accordion and bass, a classic jazz trio, or a vocal quartet where it suits. Reception coverage runs up to four hours through arrival, dinner, formalities and the early evening, as an instrumental trio of piano, bass and drums, a vocal trio, or a full quartet. The signature option joins ceremony, cocktail hour and reception into one continuous booking, with feature dance floor sets, a handover to a professional DJ and special song requests available on top. Corporate formats cover an ambient jazz trio or a vocal quartet, with custom builds for large or themed nights.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured.
