The Mood Merchants

You'll be communicating with Dan from the outset, and get quick answers to any questions and a quote for you to consider. If you go ahead with the booking, you'll pay a ten percent deposit to secure the booking. On the day, we arrive in plenty of time to be set up and playing at the agreed start time. We use only the best professional musicians, with high production values, so you can expect it to sound amazing. We will co-ordinate our breaks to coincide with any formalities. We supply all of our own sound equipment included in the price, which you're welcome to use for speeches etc. If you'd like to have recorded music after the band is finished, you can keep the PA for an small extra hourly charge and run your own playlist, or we can DJ for you for a slightly larger extra charge.

Our setup needs are fairly straightforward. We need to have shelter from sun and rain. For stationary performances, it's best if there's a power point somewhere nearby. We do have off-grid power options if necessary. For roving performances, somewhere to change and stash cases while we play is very useful. We need enough space to set up, which varies according to the size of the group, but we can squeeze into some pretty tight spaces when necessary. We've played for an intimate dinner for six, and we've played at the Crown Palladium, and most venues in between.

We play from a shared repertoire of thousands of jazz tunes, so if your favourite is somewhat in the jazz wheelhouse, then there's a very good chance we can play it. This is a tiny sample of what we can do:

Fly Me to the Moon
What a Wonderful World
Sway
Take 5
I've Got You Under My Skin
Blue Moon
La Vie en Rose
I Got Rhythm
Stardust
Summertime
Unforgettable
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps
The Girl from Ipanema
All of Me
Bye Bye Blackbird
Come Fly With Me
Caravan
Moondance
L-O-V-E
I Love Paris
Pennies from Heaven
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Where or Wen
Ain't Misbehavin'
Embraceable You
Moonglow
The Nearness of You
As Time Goes By
At Last
For Once In My Life
It Had To Be You
Let's Stay Together
The Look of Love
Moon River
Quando Quando Quando
The Way You Look Tonight

For performances within the Melbourne Metro Area:
Quintet: $2300 for up to three hours, $460 per hour after that
Trio: $1380 for up to three hours, $280 per hour after that
Duo: $920 for up to three hours, $185 per hour after that

We have full public liability cover.
Players have WWC/VIT (please specify when required).