Orlando Combo jazz band

Orlando Combo gives you the genuine live Jazz experience from Melbourne's best working band. The group first formed in 2000 when the members met at the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne) whilst completing a BA in music performance. Through the experience gained from over 2500 performances (including over 500 wedding bookings) the Combo has gone on to become one of Melbourne’s best working bands, offering professionalism, reliability and outstanding musicianship.

From our compact acoustic Trio line-up for sophisticated, instrumental background music through to our Quintet with vocals for lively Swing and Soul material, Orlando Combo can provide the genuine live Jazz experience for your event.

Playing vintage Swing & Lounge Jazz from ‘The Jazz Age’, ‘Great American Songbook’ and cool sounds of the ‘Blue Note’ records label – through to old school Rhythm & Blues, New Orleans brass band street music and retro dancefloor Soul & Motown classics – Group size ranging from our compact Trio to a full Sextet, playing both instrumental & vocal repertoire

*Quotes include all the necessary equipment for the band to perform. This includes amplifiers, lighting and vocal PA (which can also be used by clients free of charge for speeches/announcements). We also provide appropriate recorded set break music for when the band is on a break.

*All quotes are for total playing time and include an additional hour for arrival and set up. Sets of music are up to 45 minutes of each hour booked but are flexible and can be worked in around the event formalities as required.

*Some clients also request to include both a female and male vocalist for our performance, please contact to discuss timing details for this option.

*We have full public liability insurance (likely required by your venue)

The genre is Jazz but more specifically the sound is a special blend of Swing/Rhythm & Blues/Bossa Nova/Soul/Motown/Boogaloo and Rock & Roll. Inspiration and repertoire comes from the swing of Louis Armstrong, the big band era and the roaring Jazz of the 1920′s/’Great Gatsby’ period, the cool sounds of Miles Davis and the ‘Blue Note’ label, ‘Great American Songbook’ standards and show tunes of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Michael Buble, smooth bossa nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim, the old school Rhythm & Blues and retro Rock & Roll party starters of the 1950′s and 60′s by Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Elvis and Chuck Berry and the dance floor soul classics of Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Al Green and The Beatles. Our repertoire is carefully selected to suit our instrumentation as we are a 100% live band – no backing tracks, synthesizers or cheesy-tired-typical function band material.

From our compact acoustic Trio line-up for sophisticated background music through to our Quintet for lively Swing and Soul dance material, Orlando Combo can provide the genuine live Jazz experience for your event.

We have full public liability insurance