Joe the Pianist

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Catering to every style and genre, Joe is able to perform jazz, pop, classical, ballads, blues, rock, cocktail piano and improvisation.

Besides the popular standards, Joe welcomes requests and provides a personal, friendly and professional service, and an individually tailored performance.

*Joe is also able to offer a duo option with either a fantastic female jazz vocalist or classically trained violinist*

Joe will provide the ‘Complete Piano Experience’ for weddings, functions, parties, restaurants and corporate events.

Joe was classically trained at the Birmingham Conservatoire where he obtained Grade 8 Distinction in 1992. Since then he has been a Professional Music-Coordinator, Choir Director and performer.

Catering to every style and genre, Joe is able to perform jazz, pop, classical, ballads, blues, rock, cocktail piano and improvisation.

Besides the popular standards, Joe welcomes requests and provides a personal, friendly and professional service, and an individually tailored presentation.

Offering sensitive performances to suit all requirements Joe is able to perform at wedding ceremonies and wedding breakfasts and in either civil or church services.

Solo Pianist with Duo option (Classical Violinist or Female Jazz Vocals)

Standards
A Beautiful Friendship - Styne/Kahn
A Foggy Day - Gershwin
A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square - Maschwitz/Sherwin
A Woman In Love - Frank Loesser
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Gershwin
Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Razaf/Waller/Brooks
As Time Goes By - Herman Hupfeld
Bess You Is My Woman - Gershwin
Black Coffee - Webster/Burke
Blue Moon - Hart/Rodgers
Blue Skies Are Round The Corner - Parker/Charles
But Not For Me - Gershwin
Chances Are - Stillman/Allen
Come Fly With Me - Kahn/Van Heusen
Do Something - Green/Stept
East Of The Sun - Brooks Bowman
Embraceable You - Gershwin
Every Time We Say Goodbye - Cole Porter
Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
Georgia On My Mind - Gorrell/Carmichael
Harlem Nocturn - Rogers/Hagen
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ - Gershwin
I Know Him So Well - Andersson/Ulvaeus
I Should Have Known You Years Ago - Hoagy Carmichael
I Wish You Love - Charles Trenet
I’ll Remember April - Raye/de Paul/Johnson
I’m Beginning To See The Light - Duke Ellington et al.
I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Cole Porter
In The Mood - Razaf/Garland
It Ain’t Necessarily So - Gershwin
It Was A Very Good Year - Ervin Drake
It’s Only A Paper Moon - Arlen/Harburg/Rose
Let There Be Love - Murray/Grant/Rand
Love Is Here To Stay - Gershwin
Lover Man Oh Where Can You Be - Davis/Ramirez/Sherman
Lullaby Of Birdland - Shearing/Weiss
Mack The Knife - Brecht/Weill
Misty - Garner/Burke
Mona Lisa - Livingston/Evans
Moonlight Serenade - Miller/Parish
More Than You Know - Rose/Eliscu/Youmans
My Man's Gone Now - Gershwin
My Way - Francois/Revaux
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Gershwin
One Morning In May - Parish/Carmichael
Over The Rainbow - Harburg/Arlen
Pennies From Heaven - Burke/Johnston
Promenade - Gershwin
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Harbach/Kern
Someone To Watch Over Me - Gershwin
Stars Fell On Alabama - Parish/Perkins
Strangers In The Night - Singleton/Kaempfert
Summertime - Gershwin
The Girl From Ipanema - Gimbel/Jobim
The Lady Is A Tramp - Hart/Rodgers
The Man I Love - Gershwin
The Moon Got In My Eyes - Burke/Johnson
The Way We Were - Bergman/Hamlisch
The Way You Look Tonight - Kern/Fields
These Foolish Things - Maschwitz/Strachey
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Gershwin
This Masquerade - Leon Russell
Try A Little Tenderness - Woods/Campbell/Connelly
Valmouth Songs - Sandy Wilson
What I Did For Love - Kleban/Hamlisch

Classical
Adagio from Spartacus - Khachaturian
Air (Water Music) - Handel
Air On The G String - Bach, J C
Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss
Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin) - Wagner
Canon - Pachelbel
Cello Concerto (1stmvt - Elgar)
Chanson de Matin - Elgar
Clair de Lune - Debussy
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
Gymnopédie no. 1 (Satie)
Hornpipe (Water Music) - Handel
Jupiter (The Planets) - Holst
Largo (New World Symphony - Dvo?ւѢák)
Meditation (Thaïs - Massenet)
Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
Nimrod (Enigma Variations) - Elgar
Orpheus (flute melody) - Gluck
Pathetique Sonata (2ndmvt - Beethoven)
Pavane (Fauré)
Prelude for Piano (no.2) -Gershwin
Prelude no.1 in C - Bach, J C
Preludes in A, E, Cm - Chopin
Promenade - Gershwin
Raindrop Prelude - Chopin
Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin
Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) - Tchaikovsky
Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach, J C
Sleepers, Wake - Bach, J C
Valse Brillante - Chopin
Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream) - Mendelssohn

Songs
A Hard Day’s Night - Beatles
A Sunday Kind Of Love - Prima/Leonard
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Reid/Brooker
Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers
All I Have To Do Is Dream - Boudleaux Bryant
All My Loving - Beatles
All The Way - Van Heusen/Cahn
All You Need Is Love - Beatles
Always On My Mind - Thompson/James/ Christopher
American Pie - Don McLean
And I love Her - Beatles
Angela (Taxi) - Bob James
Angels - Robbie Williams
Any Dream Will Do - Webber/Rice
Billy Jean - Michael Jackson
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon
Can’t Buy Me Love - Beatles
Can’t Fight The Moonlight (Coyote Ugly) - Diane Warren
Candle In The Wind - Elton John
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Cavatina - Stanley Myers
Chattanooga Choo-Choo - Harry Warren
Circle Of Life (The Lion King) - Elton John/Tim Rice
Colours Of The Wind - Menken/Schwartz
Come Together - Beatles
Come What May - David Baerwald
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Freddy Mercury
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Dancing Queen - Andersson/Ulvaeus
Day Tripper - Beatles
Daydream Believer - Monkees (John Stewart)
Do You Want To Know A Secret? - Beatles
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina - Webber/Rice
Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder
Earth Song - Michael Jackson
Easy - Lionel Richie
Eight Days A Week - Beatles
Eleanor Rigby - Beatles
Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
Every Breath You Take - Sting
Everything I Do, I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
Frasier (Main theme) - Phinnessee/Miller
From Me To You - Beatles
Get Back - Beatles
He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother - Russell/Scott
Hello Goodbye - Beatles
Help - Beatles
Hey Jude - Beatles
Honesty - Billy Joel
I Dreamed A Dream - Boublil/Schönberg
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Cole Porter
I Got Rhythm - Gershwin
I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles
I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles
Imagine - Beatles
I’ll Be There For You (Friends)
I Will Survive - Fekaris/Perren
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Taylor/Dallas (Film ’86)
I Write The Songs - Bruce Johnston
Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
It Had To Be You - Jones/Kahn
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Killing Me Softly - Gimbel/Fox
La Isla Bonita - Madonna
Lady - Lionel Richie
Lady Madonna - Beatles
Let It Be - Beatles
Let's Do It - Cole Porter
Little Brown Jug - R Eastburn
Love and Marriage - Van Heusen/Cahn
Love Is All Around - Reg Presley
Love Me Do - Beatles
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Beatles
Macavity The Mystery Cat - Webber/Eliot
Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles
Maria - Leonard Bernstein
Masonic Grace - Trad
Masonic Ladies Song - Trad
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Beatles
Michelle - Beatles
Moon River - Mercer/Mancini
Mr Mistoffelees - Webber/Eliot
Mull Of Kintyre - Paul McCartney
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) - Jennings/Horner
New York New York - Ebb/Kander
Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me) - Sager/Hamlisch
Norwegian Wood - Beatles
Nowhere Man - Beatles
Ob-La-Di - Beatles
Octopus's Garden - Beatles
One Day I'll Fly Away - Joe Sample
Penny Lane - Beatles
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Pillar To Post - Flanders/Swan
Please Please Me - Beatles
Sailing - Gavin Sutherand
Saving All My Love For You - Gofin/Masser
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
She Loves You - Beatles
She's The One - Robbie Williams
Something Stupid - Carston Parks
Song For Guy - Elton John
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
Stand By Me - King/Leiber/Stoller
Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
Take My Breath Away - Moroder/Whitlock
Take The 'A' Train - Billy Strayhorn
Thank You For The Music - Andersson/Ulvaeus
The Fool On The Hill - Beatles
The Godfather - Nino Rota
The Lady In Red - Chris De Burgh
The Long And Winding Road - Beatles
The Muppet Show - Henson/Pottle
The White Cliffs Of Dover - Burton/Kent
They Long To Be Close To You - Burt Bacherach
This Boy - Beatles
Ticket To Ride - Beatles
Toxic - Britney Spears (Dennis et al.)
Truly – - Lionel Richie
Unchained Melody - Zaret/North
Underneath The Arches - Bud Flanagan
Unforgettable - Irving Gordon
We Can Work It Out - Beatles
We'll Meet Again - Parker/Charles
When I'm Sixty Four - Beatles
Where Do I Begin (Love Story) - Lai/Sigman
With A Little Help From My Friends - Beatles
Without You - Ham/Evans
Yellow Submarine - Beatles
Yes It Is - Beatles
Yesterday - Beatles
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
You'll Never Walk Alone - Rodgers/Hammerstein
Your Song - Elton John
You've Got A Friend - Carole King

Susan Buck, Wedding Event, Nottinghamshire
Hello Marie, We were very satisfied with Joe, he was such a nice guy. He was set up and ready to play by the time we arrived at the wedding drinks reception, and had previously telephoned to see if there were any other requirements. Thank you very much.

Donna Stringer, Wedding, Worcestershire.
Thank you so much for the amazing job you did during our wedding keeping us all entertained and happy! Such a great collection of songs and a very impressive talent that you have! I'm so happy that you managed to get hold of our favourite tunes and play them on the day. I've never heard so many compliments about one person, but you deserved every one of them. Non stop playing all day! Such a lovely person to work with - always smiling and very professional. By far the best recommendation we had for our big day!

Cathy Rawson, Wedding, Gloucestershire.
Thankyou so much for providing such a wonderful service on our wedding day. Everything you played was pitched perfectly for the style of our day and delivered beautifully. So many of our guests commented on your talent and professionalism. Your liaison with us prior to the event was excellent and very reassuring. It made my list of things to do a little smaller for which I was extremely grateful. I'm sure a bride panicking about entrance music is not unusual, but your suggestions saved the day and you made us feel nothing was too much trouble so thankyou for helping to make our wedding day so wonderful! We would have no hesitation in recommending you to others and would definately book you for any future events. Thanks again for truly outstanding service playing on the day and pre-event liaison.

Susan Buck, Wedding, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire
Hi Joe, I would just like to Thank you for playing at Matt and Rosanna's wedding, we got many positive comments from the guests, and thanks for learning Swinging Safari for us, it went down well. Matt and Rosanna were so pleased that you were there. We all thought what a nice guy you are, and wouldnt hesitate to recommend you.

Vicky Boulton, Corporate Events, Banbury
Joe was perfect for both the occasions we booked him for and we had some very good feedback about his non-intrusive yet very likeable style of playing. He was quick to sense the mood and played a selection of music which appealed to our clientele. I would definitely book him again for future events where we need a pianist and would also have no hesitation in recommending him to other firms in the area.

Joe has previously performed at the following venues:

Adrian Boult Hall, Ardencote Manor, Beach Ballroom, Brantwood House, Brussels Cathedral, Beach Ballroom, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham Town Hall, Buxted Park Hotel, Café Craycombe, Colwall Village Hall, Concept Saab – Coventry, Copthorne Hotel, Cotford Hotel, Falcon Hotel, Flanders Hall, Georgetown Restaurant, Grieg Hall, Hilton Hotel, Hotel Du Vin, Hanbury Manor Marriot Hotel, Highbury Hall, Leamington & County Golf Club, Lennoxlove House, Lower Slaughter Manor, Market Bar and Dining Room, Middleton Hall, Menzies Welcombe Hotel, New Hall Hotel, Newbury Racecourse, Notre Dame Cathedral, Palace Theatre, Park Hall Hotel, Symphony Hall, St Martin’s, Studley Castle, The Elms, The Lygon Arms, The Manor Hotel, The Manor House, The Manor of Groves Hotel, The Olde Rectory, The Red Hart, Ramada Hotel, The Nags Head, The Vine Hotel, Throckmorton Chapelry, Weston Park, Whately Hall Hotel, Beechcroft House Hotel - Wiltshire, Clearwell Castle, Coombe Abbey Hotel – Coventry, Mollington Banastre, Chester, Pendley Manor - Tring, St John’s Hotel – Solihull, The Jinney Ring, Tissington Hall – Derbyshire

.... plus many more.

The fees in the auto-quote section are based on 2 hours playing plus the hire of a superb Kawai ES6 digital piano. If your venue has an instrument for Joe to play then these fees will be reduced. Extra hours are available at great rates.

In addition, Joe is now also available as a duo option with the fantastic female vocalist Elly. Elly is an experienced singer and able to turn her hand to any style of music. Her classical training brings a touch of class to any wedding service or formal event, whilst her toe-tapping jazz and upbeat numbers are ideal for a wedding party or corporate event.

Elly was born into a family of artists in Versailles, France, and started singing and performing from a very young age. At 16 she moved to the UK where she studied Performing Arts in Shrewsbury for four years. She then specialised in Music, Dance and Popular Songwriting at Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama in Nottingham. She then spent time touring the Paris Jazz scene, singing in cabarets and piano bars, before returning to the UK. Elly Grace has a unique, poetic performance style that is reminiscent of rich 1930’s and 40’s jazz, and greatly influenced by her French heritage.

Joe is also available as a duo with the addition of violinist Joanne. Joanne first performed with Joe at Throckmorton Chapelry in 2007 during a classical concert featuring music by Elgar and Pachelbel. Joanne is a former holder of the prestigious title of Worcestershire Young Musician of the Year and is a former leader of the Sandwell Youth Orchestra. Please ask your agent for further details.

Joe is able to provide a portable instrument and sound system where no piano is provided at the venue.

Please Note: The fees indicated below are approximate and based on a central location for each county. They are intended to provide a rough guide only and exact quotes can only be given once the date and exact location of your event have been provided.