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About Bemsha Nights

Bemsha Nights are an exciting jazz, pop (and beyond!) expandable band based in London

Jazz band

London

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Our core line-up started playing regularly together in the lock down of 2021, developing our repertoire and discovering our mutual love for many of the same artists. We had all known each other from the London jazz scene, and found a real connection playing together in this trio format! Our repertoire ranges from classic jazz standards such as The Way You Look Tonight and Summertime, through to much loved pop songs like Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell or How Deep Is Your Love? by the Bee Gees (please see the video below!)

Bemsha Nights' Reviews

Thank you so much for playing at our summer party yesterday. Set the mood wonderfully, I'll definitely be recommending you!

Hiya, just a little note to say thank you for your fantastic performance last weekend. Many of our guests felt transported back in time! We loved your music and it was a pleasure to meet you both.

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Bemsha Nights' Song list

Jazz Standards (Great American Songbook)

All Of Me - Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks

All Of You - Cole Porter

All Or Nothing At All - Arthur Altman

All The Things You Are - Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern

Almost Like Being In Love - Frederick Loewe

Anything Goes - Cole Porter

As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld

Autumn In New York - Vernon Duke

Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer

Beautiful Love - Victor Young

Bewitched – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Blue Moon - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Body And Soul - John Green and Edward Heyman

But Beautiful - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

But Not For Me - George Gershwin

Bye Bye Blackbird - Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson

Chelsea Bridge - Billy Strayhorn

Darn That Dream - Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange

Days Of Wine And Roses - Henry Mancini

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington

Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me - Duke Ellington

East Of The Sun - Brooks Bowman

Embraceable You - George Gershwin

Exactly Like You

A Foggy Day - George Gershwin

Gone With The Wind - Allie Wrubel

Here’s That Rainy Day - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

Honeysuckle Rose - Thomas “Fats” Waller and Andy Razaf

If I Were A Bell - Frank Loesser

I Could Write A Book - Richard Rodger and Lorenz Hart

I Hear A Rhapsody - George Fragos

I Remember You - Johnny Mercer

I Should Care - Sammy Cahn and Axel Stordahl

I Thought About You – Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Mercer

I Wish I Knew - Harry Warren and Mack Gordon

I’ll Take Romance - Ben Oakland and Oscar Hammerstein

I’ll Remember April - Don Raye and Gene De Paul

Just Friends - Jerome Kern

Let’s Fall In Love - Harold Arlen

Like Someone In Love - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

Love For Sale - Cole Porter

Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) – Jimmy Davis and Robert Ramirez

Lullaby Of Birdland - George Shearing

Misty - Erroll Garner and Johnny Burke

Moon River - Henry Mancini

Moonlight In Vermont - Karl Suessdorf

My Foolish Heart - Victor Young

My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Nature Boy - Eden Ahbez

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Manning Sherwin and Eric Maschwitz

Polkadots And Moonbeams - Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke

Satin Doll - Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

September In The Rain - Harry Warren and Al Dubin

Skylark - Hoagy Carmichael

Someday My Prince Will Come - Frank Churchill and Larry Morey

The Song Is You - Jerome Kern

Speak Low - Kurt Weil

Star Eyes - Don Raye and Gene De Paul

Summertime - George Gershwin

S’Wonderful - George Gershwin

Take The “A” Train - Billy Strayhorn

Tea For Two – Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar

There Will Never Be Another You - Harry Warren

These Foolish Things - Jack Strachey and Harry Link

Time After Time - Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn

Weaver of Dreams - Victor Young

What’s New? - Bob Haggard

Yesterdays - Jerome Kern

You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cole Porter

You’re My Everything - Mort Dixon and Joe Young

Latin Jazz

Agua De Beber - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Black Orpheus - Louis Bonfi

Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham

Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars) - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Desafinado - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Dindi - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Girl From Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Groovy Samba - Julian “Cannonball” Adderley

How Insensitive - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Little Sunflower - Freddie Hubbard

Meditation - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Minha Saudade - Sergio Mendes

My Little Suede Shoes - Charlie Parker

O Amor En Paz (Once I Loved) - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Recorda-Me - Joe Henderson

So Danco Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim

Song For My Father - Horace Silver

Summer Samba (So Nice) - Marcos Valle and Sergio Valle

St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins

Triste - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Wave - Antonio Carlos Jobim

“Rat Pack” Standards

Come Fly With Me - Jimmy Van Heusen

Come Rain Or Come Shine - Johnny Mercer

Day In, Day Out - Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer

Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard

Have You Met Miss Jones - Rodgers and Hart

I Get A Kick Out Of You - Cole Porter

I Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter

Night And Day - Cole Porter

Pennies From Heaven - Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston

They All Laughed - George Gershwin

They Can’t Take That Away From Me - George Gershwin

The Lady Is a Tramp - Rodgers and Hart

The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern

Witchcraft - Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh

Blues

All Blues - Miles Davis

Angel Eyes - Matt Dennis and Earl Brent

Billie’s Bounce - Charlie Parker

Buzzy - Charlie Parker

Blues For Alice - Charlie Parker

Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk

Blue Trane - John Coltrane

Equinox - John Coltrane

Georgia - Hoagy Carmichael

Now’s The Time - Charlie Parker

Sandu - Clifford Brown

Stormy Weather - Harold Arlen

Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk

Sugar - Stanley Turrentine

When Sunny Gets Blue - Jack Segal and Marvin Fisher

Willow Weep For Me - Ann Ronell

Work Song - Nat Adderley

Contemporary Jazz & Bebop

A Night In Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie

Afternoon In Paris - John Lewis

Anthropology - Charlie Parker

Black Narcissus - Joe Henderson

Blue In Green - Bill Evans

Bouncin’ With Bud - Bud Powell

Eighty One - Miles Davis and Ron Carter

Footprints - Wayne Shorter

Four - Miles Davis

Good Bait - Tadd Dameron

Groovin’ High - Dizzy Gillespie

I Mean you - Thelonious Monk

In Walked Bud - Thelonious Monk

Lady Bird - Tadd Dameron

Oleo - Sonny Rollins

‘Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk

Scrapple From The Apple - Charlie Parker

Solar - Miles Davis

So What - Miles Davis

Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter

Take Five - Paul Desmond

Time Remembered - Bill Evans

Tune Up - Miles Davis

Very Early - Bill Evans

Virgo - Wayne Shorter

Waltz For Debby - Bill Evans

Well You Needn’t - Thelonious Monk

Wildflower - Wayne Shorter

Yardbird Suite - Charlie Parker

Jazz Funk & ”Blue Note” Groove Tunes

Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock

Chameleon - Herbie Hancock

I Wish I New (How It Would Feel To Be Free) - Billy Taylor (a.k.a Film 2012 Theme)

Killing Me Softly With His Song - Charles Fox

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Josef Zawinul

Mo’ Better Blues - The Marsalis Brothers

Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard

Road Song - Wes Montgomery

Sunny - Bobby Hebb

The Jody Grind - Horace Silver

The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan

This Masquerade - Leon Russell

Walk Tall - Joseph “Cannonball” Adderley

Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock

Classic & Contemporary Pop/Rock Repertoire List

American Boy - Estelle

And I Love Her - The Beatles

Beat It – Michael Jackson

Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

Careless Whisper – George Michael

Easy Lover – Phil Collins

Fields of Gold - Sting

Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles/George Harrison

Hotel California – The Eagles

How Deep Is Your Love? - The Bee Gees

I Feel Fine – The Beatles

I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye

I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin

Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

Just The Two Of Us – Bill Withers

Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack

Layla – Eric Clapton

Lean On Me – Bill Withers

Let It Be - The Beatles

Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan/Adele

My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder

My Girl – Temptations

Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello

Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna

Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder

Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon

She – Elvis Costello

She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding

Sound Of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks

Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

This Love – Maroon 5

Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

Wonderwall - Oasis

Yellow - Coldplay

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder

Your Latest Trick – Dire Straits

Christmas Repertoire!

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

I'll Be Home For Christmas

Jingle Bell Rock

Let It Snow!

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Sleigh Ride

Silent Night

We Three Kings Of Orient Are

Winter Wonderland

(Auld Lang Syne)

Bemsha Nights' Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Up to 1 hour	£700
Up to 2 hours	£1000
Up to 3 hours	£1250

Customer questions

Do you have different line-up options?

Yes, we have many line up options! Our line-up defaults as a trio (sax, organ and drums), we can also become a 4 piece (adding guitar or vocals), 5 piece (guitar and vocals) or six piece (sax, piano, bass, guitar, drums, vocals).

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We will be as flexible as we can to make sure your event runs smoothly and you have the best day possible. If your timings change, just let us know.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Yes, of course; there's a good chance we already are familiar with it, even if it's not included on our song list. Two requests are included free of charge, and we're happy to play any requests so long as we know them!

Musicianship

Genres:

Jazz, Christmas, Blues, Gypsy jazz, Modern jazz, Swing, Pop, Acoustic, Easy listening, Light music, Motown, Vintage, Covers, 1940s era music, 1930s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, Latin jazz, Gospel, Bossa nova

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Types:

Jazz band, Jazz duo, Pop band, Soul & Motown band, Vintage band, Cover band, Function band, Jazz trio

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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