Corporate & company parties
Holiday parties, client dinners, launches, galas. Live jazz reads a room the way a playlist can't — present without taking it over, a lift the moment guests walk in.

A live musician changes a room. I'm a jazz singer at heart and a country storyteller by choice — the standards at a cocktail hour, the warmth in a late set, the difference between an event people attend and one they remember.
Rooms I play
Holiday parties, client dinners, launches, galas. Live jazz reads a room the way a playlist can't — present without taking it over, a lift the moment guests walk in.
Milestone birthdays, anniversaries, backyard evenings. A real voice and guitar make a gathering feel like an occasion — warm, unhurried, human.
A standing set for a room that wants atmosphere — standards, swing, and soul at a level that lets people talk, with the kind of feel that keeps them ordering another round.
How big a sound?
Voice and guitar — mobile, self-contained, right for intimate rooms and background sets.
Add upright bass or keys for a fuller sound without filling the floor.
A proper band when the room and the moment call for it.
For the feel: I performed jazz standards on HBO's Perry Mason — “It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing).” That's the sound that fills a room without crowding it.
Common questions
Sets are built to your evening — background during dinner, a lift after. Two to three hours is typical; we'll shape the timing on our call.
Yes — a clean PA sized to the space, plus a mic on hand if anyone needs to say a few words. One setup covers music and announcements.
The set leans jazz, swing, and soul by default, and flexes toward country/Americana or a specific era on request. Send a couple of reference songs and I'll build around them.
Los Angeles, Orange County, and greater Southern California. Farther is possible — just ask, and travel is quoted up front.
Send the details below. We'll talk it through, you get a flat quote for exactly what you want, and a deposit holds the date.
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