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About St Louis Express

5/6/7 piece Swing / Jazz/ Jump Jive band. Fun music from the 1920's to 60's to get feet tapping & people on the dance floor.

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Swing & Jive band

Pontypridd

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After meeting at music events, our enthusiastic, like minded, professional musicians put together the 7/9 piece Swing, Jump Jive Band St Louis Express. Full of energy, great entertainment and fun, we play sounds from the Golden era of music, 1920’s to early 1960’s. We have developed our sound to suit all ages from 1 to 92 playing at various live music venues, weddings, hotels, restaurants, festivals, corporate and special events gaining great reviews. We perform songs from legends, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Louis Prima, Dean Martin. Louis Jordan. Harry Belafonte, playing Jazz, (Swing standards most people will recognise) engaging with audiences with infectious, uptempo feel good music. A totally live line up of saxophonist, clarinet, flute player, double bass, drums, guitar, lead and backing vocals, harmonica. We are top quality professional musicians, some of whom have performed at the Albert Hall, regularly at music festivals including Proms seasons. We are the resident band for the Peaky Blinder events at Cardiff Depot (on video) and Motion Bristol, playing to sell out nights, attracting over 6,000 people. Our band dress in 1930's 40's attire taking audiences back in time to a Swing /Jazz era, making the event a memorable occasion. With a large following throughout South Wales our band popularity is already spreading further afield in England. A fun, feel good professional band

St Louis Express

4.9 out of 5

8 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

4.6

St Louis Express' Reviews

5 out of 5

Mark and St Louis express played at our recent 1920’s/ Gatsby birthday party - they were absolutely fabulous and had the whole room dancing all night !! Great music, great song list and fabulous entertainers - everyone loved them ! They were helpful and punctual and worked very easily with us to make the event all go perfectly - vey highly recommended!!

Reply from St Louis Express

6 months ago

Thank you Peter, your review is very much apprieciated. We had a fab night, great to see everyone dancing and having so much fune. You, Rebecca and your guests made us feel very welcome.

5 out of 5

St. Louis Express was absolutely perfect at our wedding. They are not only the most excellent musicians with a great variety of songs that really anyone can dance and have fun to, but they are so kind as well and really added to the atmosphere of the wedding. They learned a song for us and it could not have been better as well !! Amazing all around. They kept our guests on the dance floor which is a lot considering we started at 9pm! We highly recommend them :)

Reply from St Louis Express

1 year ago

Thank you for your very kind review Michaela. We had the most amazing evening performing for you and your guests. A spectacular day :)

5 out of 5

This band was simply amazing.everyone that attended the party could not believe how good they were. In a word they were absolutely fantastic. They made the whole night go with a bang.Thank you very much indeed. Roger Hopkins (very satisfied customer)

Reply from St Louis Express

1 year ago

Thank you for your kind words Roger. It was a pleasure to perform for you on your special day. Fantastic dancing by all. A brilliant night

5 out of 5

St Louis Express played in the evening at our wedding this weekend. They arrived well ahead of time and were very flexible with timing their set up around our day. When it came to their set, they started with our first dance song, Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis (which they had learned specially by request). Their arrangement of this song was fantastic, and we loved the saxophone they had added to the piece in particular. The rest of their set was a mix of songs which were perfect for those dancing, and enjoyable for those who just wanted to listen and watch. The whole set was a perfect ending to our day, and the band were very friendly and in spirit with the happy and fun day we had- both when playing and when we spoke to them throughout the evening. We cannot recommend booking St Louis Express enough for an event like a wedding- they were friendly and incredibly accommodating in working around our schedule, and the music was excellent, with amazing vocals and superb instrumentals throughout. Thank you so much for being part of our amazing day!

Reply from St Louis Express

3 years ago

Thanks for the review Rhys, much appreciated. Thank you for booking us for your special day. We all enjoyed and the venue was fab.

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Worked with them last Saturday and they were brilliant absolutely loved them

Best band I have seen for a long time, amazing night at the peaky Blinders event !!!

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St Louis Express' Song list

King of Swingers- Louis Prima

Mack the Knife- Bobby Darren

Sway- Michael Buble

Lady is a tramp- Frank Sinatra

Hit the road Jack- Ray Charles

Don't mean a thing ain't got Swing.- Louis Amstrong

In the Mood- Glen Miller

New York New York- Frank Sinatra.

L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole

Minnie the Moocher- Cab Calloway.

Be my Guest- Fats Domino

Jump in line, Shake senora

I Got a Woman- Ray Charles

Let the good times roll

Ain't nobody her but chickens

That's Amore- Dean Martin

Route 66- Nat King Cole.

Hey Mambo- Rosemary Clooney.

Putting on the Ritz- Fred Astaire.

It Had to Be You.

Hey Boy Hey Girl

Tequila

All of me

Hallelujah I love her so

Flip Flop Fly

5 months 2 weeks 2 days

Gigalo

Alright Ok You Win.

Caldonia

Choo Choo Cha Boogie

Cry to me

Pennies from heaven

Buena Sera

King of the Road

Jump Jive Wail

Can't help falling in Love

Iv'e Got you Under my Skin

Stranger on the shore

Night Train - Louis Prima

Let's stick together

Never fall in love again

The Chicken & Hawk

When your smiling

Oh Marie

Summer Wind

Lavender Coffin

Let it Snow

Rockin around the Christmas tree

Jingle bell Rock

The Christmas song

Delilah

You are my Sunshine

Smile

Things

I cant stop loving you

Don’t fence me in

You make me feel so young

Whistle stop

Putting on the Ritz

Ain’t miss behaving

Let there be love

That's Life

Don't get around much anymore

Perhaps

Smile

When your Smiling.

Save the last dance

Bye Bye Blackbird

Green Green Grass of home

Father & Son

Dayo.

Theme from Godfather

Customer questions

Will the singer be the same as who I see in the videos?

Yes, Mark our lead singer is band leader too.

Do you have different line-up options?

Yes, we usually perform as a 6/7 piece band. With line up of Drums, Double bass, Guitar, Saxophone / Clarinet, Harmonica, vocal lead & 2 backing vocalists. We can add trumpet & trombone for 9 piece ( See Winter Gardens video) we can perform as a 5 piece too

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

Please contact us ASAP to see if we are available on rescheduled date.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Yes, we can play music between sets through our PA system. If you want DJ service via our PA after the final set until the venue closes, we provide this for an additional fee agreed.

How much time do you need to set up?

We take at least 1 hour. We can play background music around 30 mins after start of set up. Would always prefer to allow 1.5 mins to 2 hours for set up sound check. And little chill before performance.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Our set lists are crafted from countless performances and knowing what songs works best to ensure guests dance and have an amazing time. However, we're always happy to discuss any special requests. Making sure we find what works for your event. ”

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?

Yes, PA & our lighting is included in quote. Although for venues of over 300 people, larger hire PA's may be required.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

If a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance we already know it. Or if a requested song fits our genre of music 1920’s to 1960’s we may be Happy to learn it. There is a fee of £40 for this service to take into account rehearsal times etc. ”

Musicianship

Genres:

Blues, Jazz, Swing, Postmodern jukebox jazz

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Types:

Swing & Jive band, Vintage jazz band, 50s tribute band, Cover band, Party band, Vintage band, Wedding band, Function band, Festival band, Big band, Jazz band, Rat Pack jazz band

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Event types:

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

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