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About James

Professional, reliable (and fun!) pianist / piano vocalist with over a decade of high-end experience performing worldwide.

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Singing pianist

Sudbury

Public liability insurance of £1 million

Classically trained since age 5, James has built up years of experience playing in a diversity of venues, most prominently as a pianobar entertainer. Engagements include request-driven piano bars, duelling pianos, corporate events, weddings, parties, restaurants/pubs, cruises, private functions as well as session work and background music. With a large popular repertoire, James is always flexible to the needs of your event and eager to please. Available as a piano vocalist, solo pianist or for collaborative/band work.

James

5 out of 5

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Satisfaction

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Professionalism

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Communication

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Punctuality

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James' Reviews

5 out of 5

Another great performance from James! After performing at our wedding in 2021 we booked James for a 30th birthday house party and he totally made the night! Everyone loved the performance and there was music for every taste, James can play everything you and is such good fun. I 100% recommend James and would not hesitate to book him again, so pleased we found you, thank you.

5 out of 5

James was great! Our audience loved him. He was very friendly, communicative and went above and beyond to make the gig work within our preferences. Would recommend!

5 out of 5

Hire James! He was magnificent and played a huge part in a successful wedding. Was very relaxed and straight forward ahead of the event, after a useful intro chat we trusted him that he knew the sort of thing we wanted and with just a few songs we put on a ‘black list’ we let him get on with choosing tunes that fitted the mood and taking requests from our guests. He learned one song specifically for us and was able to switch up from a quiet mood as he started , to our first dance then in to full blown party with everyone on the dance floor belting out tunes . He is also just a good bloke who was great to work with and genuinely seemed to enjoy the event himself which was great and further added to the positive mood he created . Hire James for your event- it will be a good decision !

5 out of 5

Fantastic!! 14 50 and 60 year olds singing and dancing in a medium sized drawing room at private house party. What a start to the evening. Well done James, you got it spot on.

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5 out of 5

We cannot begin to thank you enough for playing at our wedding on Saturday. Our guests absolutely LOVED the surprise, and so many came up to us to comment on how much fun it was. They were very intrigued as to where we had found you! It was great to have such a fun and friendly pianist at the wedding who mingled with guests too. Thank you for being so animated and enthusiastic-we really appreciated it.

5 out of 5

James recently played at my 40th birthday party and he made the evening! Prior to the event he was completely professional and organised, visiting the venue to assess what equipment was needed and setting up earlier the day so as not to disrupt the party. At the party itself he was fabulous - great songs, brilliantly sung, and with a friendly and welcoming way of talking between songs that made all my friends feel like they could join in, make requests, sing along and get involved. I had an absolutely fabulous time and plan to hire him for every major event in my life from now on!

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James' Song list

Pop

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Sex Bomb

Your Song

She's Always a Woman to me

Hallelujah

I'm Yours

Brown Eyed Girl

Breakfast At Tiffanys

Save Tonight

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Jackie Wilson Said

Uptown Girl

Anything You Want

Up The Junction

Cool For Cats

Mustang Sally

Daydream Believer

500 Miles

Perfect Day

Englishman In New York

Ashes To Ashes

Dance The Night Away

Golden Brown

Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These

Delilah

Country House

Days

Waterloo

I'm Still Standing

I Can Hear Music

Love Shine a Light

Walking On Sunshine

Let Me Entertain You

Tired Of Waiting

I've Got My Mind Set On You

Bright Side of the Road

Oliver's Army

I Can't Go For That

Mad World

Shout

Everybody Wants To Rule The World

You're The One That I Want

Angels

You'll Never Walk Alone

Yesterday

Waterloo Sunset

Watching The Detectives

Karma Chameleon

The Joker

Tequila Sunrise

Take Your Mama Out

Take a Chance on Me

Sunny Afternoon

Summer In The City

Stuck In The Middle With You

Shoop Shoop Song

Saw Her Standing There

Rio

Pretty Woman

Please Please Me

Pianoman

Oh What A Night

Nights in White Satin

Money Money Money

A Man Needs A Maid

Mamma Mia

Love is all Around Me

It's Over

I Only Wanna Be With You

I'm a Believer

Imagine

If You're Going To San Fransisco

The Way You Look Tonight

Hey Jude

Hey Baby

Here Comes The Sun

Heart of Gold

Gold

Evil Woman

Do They Know It's Christmas

Devil Woman

Crocodile Rock

Californian Girls

California Dreaming

Aloneagainor

All I Need Is The Air That I Breathe

I Don't Like Mondays

It Must Be Love

Breakfast in America

Land Down Under

Don't You Want Me Baby

Wild World

Human

Valerie

Don't Stop Me Now

Wish You Were Here

Dedicated Follower of Fashion

Ziggy Stardust

Changes

Love Cats

Boys And Girls

Tainted Love

Dance With Me Tonight

Rock

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Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Don't Look Back In Anger

Apartment Song

The Passenger

Live Forever

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Another One Bites The Dust

Won't Back Down

Baby When You're Gone

Have You Ever Seen The Rain

Walk Of Life

Help

Mr Blue Sky

I Want To Break Free

Badge

Sunshine of Your Love

House of the Rising Sun

Stairway To Heaven

Man Who Sold The World

Breakdown

School's Out

Time

Need You Tonight

Listen to the Music

Another Brick In The Wall

Alabama

Baby Please Don't Go

Apache

Gloria

Since You've Been Gone

Start Me Up

Who'll Stop The Rain

Whatever

We Will Rock You

We Are The Champions

You Really Got Me

Twist And Shout

Three Lions

Sympathy For The Devil

Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Child Of Mine

Smoke On The Water

Satisfaction

Rocking All Over The World

Riders on the Storm

Put The Message In The Box

Pretty Fly For a White Guy

One Of These Nights

Miss You

Love Me Two Times

Losing My Religion

Long Train Runnin'

Lola

Locomotion

Living on a Prayer

Light My Fire

Jumpin Jack Flash

I Was Made For Loving

I Love Rock 'n' Roll

Hush

Honky Tonk Woman

Hotel California

Highway to Hell

Hey Joe

Wipeout

Freebird

Dancing In The Dark

Cocaine

Brown Sugar

Born To Run

Born To Be Wild

Black Magic Woman

Because The Night

20th Century Boy

Comfortably Numb

Brain Damage

Wonderwall

Sex On Fire

Summer of 69

Day We Caught The Train

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

Boys Are Back In Town

Latin

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Smooth

La Bamba

Buleria

Bamboleo

Rock n Roll/Boogie

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Honky Tonk Man

Rock Around The Clock

Oh, Atlanta

Let's Twist Again

Johnny B Goode

Jailhouse Rock

Great Balls Of Fire

Blueberry Hill

Tutti Frutti

Folk/Blues

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They Call Me The Breeze

And It Stoned Me

The Boxer

Whisky in the Jar

When The Saints Go Marching In

Ring Of Fire

Mrs Robinson

Like a Rolling Stone

Layla

Itchycoo Park

Cantique De Noel

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

After Midnight

Sooner Or Later (One Of Us Must Know)

Soul/Motown

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Stand By Me

It's Alright

I Want You Back

Chocolate Salty Balls

Wonderful World

Who's That Lady

Superstition

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

Simply The Best

Shake Your Tail Feather

Sunny

Respect

Proud Mary

Midnight Hour

Low Rider

Lovely Day

Lean On Me

In The Summertime

I Feel Good

Hold On, I'm Coming

Do You Love Me

Heard It Through The Grapevine

Hard To Handle

Dancing In The Street

Barefootin'

Knock On Wood

Disco/Funk

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YMCA

Rivers of Babylon

Rasputin

Play That Funky Music

Lady Marmalade

I Will Survive

In The Navy

I'm So Excited

Go West

Get Down Tonight

Copacabana

Billie Jean

Shake Shake Shake

I'm Your Boogieman

That's the way I like it

Country

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Take It Easy

Country Roads

Cotton Fields

Cotton Eyed Joe

9 'till 5

The Gambler

Rap

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Rappers Delight

Insomnia

Hey Ya!

Ghetto Supastar

Ska/Reggae

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Baggy Trousers

Our House

One Love

Jammin'

Cecilia

Red Red Wine

Mysterious Girl

No Woman No Cry

Easy Listening/Jazz

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Lady is a Tramp

Have I Told You Lately

You've Got a Friend

New York New York

Music To Watch Girls By

Moondance

L-O-V-E

In The Mood

Fly Me To The Moon

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Feelings

Sway

Everything

Crazy

Girl From Ipanema

Buona Sera

Take Five

My Baby Just Cares For Me

That's Amore

Blue Moon

Moon River

Windmills Of Your Mind

Who's Got The Last Laugh Now

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Perfect Day

Life On Mars

Memories Are Made Of This

She

Palace of Versailles

South Of The Border

Mack The Knife

Musicianship

Genres:

Christmas, Contemporary classical, 1990s era music, 1980s era music, 1970s era music, 1960s era music, 1950s era music, Folk, Folk rock, Blues, Jazz, Easy listening, Pop, Covers, Hip Hop, Tribute, Vintage, Funk rock, Funk, Ambient pop, Acoustic, Disco, Karaoke, Rock, Glam rock, Indie, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Synth rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Ska, Reggae

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Instruments:

Singing pianist, Piano

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Event types:

Bar / Club / Venue event, Wedding, Hotel / Restaurant event, Private event, Corporate event, Concert, Recording session, Cruise, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Songwriter, Instrumental teaching

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