The Night Shift Collective

The Night Shift is a cool jazz trio with top level musicality and taste featuring piano, upright bass, sax and flute We're at our best at social events, society and club dining, fizz and canapé receptions, civic and heritage concerts and wine and cocktail bars. We offer a mix of instrumental and vocal jazz classics, plus upbeat soul and RnB numbers when the time is right. We read the room and adapt our set to the mood of your guests, whether as a subtle backdrop to dining or an infectious upbeat shift when the time is right which will soon get people up dancing around their tables or on a dance floor. Core musicians are Peter Brown, Izzy Ryder and Ian Wray on, respectively, double bass, piano, sax and flute. Other guest players are brought in on vocals, guitar, vibraphone, drums, percussion and much else as needed. We range widely, from Duke Ellington to Elton John, from Wayne Shorter to Van Morrison, from Joe Zawinul to Antonio Carlos Jobim. So every performance is a refreshing surprise. Sometimes as much for us as you. We come from very different musical backgrounds. Peter from the Merseybeat era, Ian from the post punk world and Issy from a 1st class degree in music from Cambridge. The collision of our styles and abilities creates a surprisingly natural fit. Our music is suited to so many situations from background music for formal black tie dining and receptions to concerts in historic settings. Whatever your event we can deliver the best entertainment curated and formatted to suited to your guests or clientele.