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  • Classic acoustic soul, jazz and pop act
  • Wide ranging repertoire of jazz classics from acts such as Etta James and Chet Baker and also perform their own specially arranged versions of songs from modern artists such as Coldplay and Pharrell Williams
  • Perform as a female 5 piece as standard and can reduce to a quartet or trio if required
  • Instrumental option available for background music

The band are London based and able to travel for events.


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  1. Valerie - The Zutons
  2. All Of Me - Ruth Etting
  3. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
  4. Corcovado - Antonio Carlos Jobim
  5. Dindi (instrumental) - Antonio Carlos Jobim
  6. St. Thomas (instrumental) - Sonny Rollins
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    About this Act

    The Backdrops are a female fronted soul, jazz and pop act with a fantastic repertoire of classic jazz, swing and modern pop. They play as an acoustic 5 piece act and take their musical cues from classic vintage acts such as Ray Charles and frank Sinatra and also perform their own arrangements of more modern pop artists such as Pharrell Wiliams, Adele and Coldplay. 

    They perform as a 5 piece as standard and can reduce down in number and can also be booked as an instrumental act for background music at drinks receptions or other events.

     

    Set List

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    Pop
    Happy – Pharrell Williams
    Somewhere over the rainbow – Eva Cassidy
    Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
    Come away with me – Norah Jones
    Angel – Sarah McLachlan
    All along the watchtower – Bob Dylan
    Clap your hands – Sia
    Someone like you – Adele
    Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison
    Royals – Lorde
    Back to black – Amy Winehouse
    Dirt in the ground – Tom Waits
    Time after time – Cyndi Lauper
    Psycho killer – Talking Heads
    Halo – Beyonce
    Beautiful day – U2
    By your side – Sade
    Jolene – Dolly Parton
    Jezebel – Sade
    Kiss me – Sixpence none the richer
    Life is beautiful that way – Noa
    Moondance – Van Morrison
    Mr tambourine man – Bob Dylan
    Bongo bong – Manu Chao
    This must be the place – David Byrne
    Rise up – Eddie Vedder
    Redemption Song – Bob Marley
    Fields of gold – Sting
    Fix you – Coldplay
    Revolution – Tracy Chapman
    I need a dollar – Aloe Blacc
    Wake me up – Avicii
    Valerie – The Zutons
    Rumour has it – Adele
    Teardrops – Womack & Womack
    Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
    Nobody’s perfect – Jessie J
    Smile – Lily Allen
    The sweetest gift – Sade
    Walking on sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
    Wish you were here – Pink Floyd
    Boa sorte – Vanessa da Mata & Ben Harper
    Clandestino – Manu Chao
    Cosi celeste – Zucchero
    L’appuntamento – Ornella Vanoni
    Classic jazz/latin:
    At last - Etta James
    Autumn leaves - Eva Cassidy
    Cheek to cheek - Ella Fitzgerard
    My baby just cares for me - Nina Simone
    Nature boy - Nat King Cole
    Wonderful world - Lous Armstrong
    A night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
    Autumn in New York
    All of me - Chet Baker
    But not for me - Chet Baker
    Black coffee - Sarah Vaughan
    Bye bye blackbird - Julie London
    Come rain or come shine - Ray Charles
    Easy living - Billie Holiday
    Embraceable you - Frank Sinatra
    Fly me to the moon - Frank Sinatra
    Have you met miss Jones - Frank Sinatra
    Like someone in love
    Lover man - Julie London
    Mack the knife - Frank Sinatra
    Misty - Billie Holiday
    My funny valentine - Billie Holiday
    Stella by starlight - Ella Fitzgerard
    Summertime - Ella Fitzgerard
    Time after time - Chet Baker
    Acqua de beber - Astrud Gilberto
    Chega de saudade (no more blues) - Joao Gilberto
    Corcovado - Astrud Gilberto/Stan Getz
    Desafinado - Joao Gilberto
    Dindi- Antonio Carlos Jobim
    Estate - Bruno Martino
    Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz
    Insensatez (how insensative)
    Les feuilles mortes (the autumn leaves)
    Mas que nada - Sergio Mendes
    Vou te contar (Wave) - Antonio Carlos Jobim

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    Instrumentals
    A large range of swing & latin tunes ( and many more) plus these popular popular songs played instrumentally:
    Killing me softly - Roberta Flack
    Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
    50 Ways to leave your lover - Paul Simon
    Isn’t she lovely - Stevie Wonder
    Brown eyed girl - Van Morrison
    Man in the mirror - Michael Jackson
    Son of a preacher man- Anita Franklyn
    Lets stay together - Al Green
    What’s going on - Marvin Gaye
    People are strange - The Doors
    Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd
    Little wing - Jimi Hendix
    Englishman in NY- Sting
    Windmills of your mind
    Fragile - Sting
    Every breath you take - Sting
    With a little help from your friends
    At Last - Etta James
    Both Sides now - Joni Mitchell
    Yellow – Coldplay
    and many more...

    Lineup

    • 5 piece - vocals, guitar, drums, bass and sax
    • 3 piece - vocals , guitar, percussion.
    • 4 piece - vocals, guitar, drums and bass
    • 3 piece instrumental - guitar, percussion and bass
    • 4 piece instrumental - guitar, percussion, bass and sax

    This act's standard set times are as follows:

    • We could perform a three 45 minutes sets (with breaks)
    • or two 60 minutes sets (with a break).

    Tags

    • 3 piece / trio
    • 4 piece
    • 5 piece
    • acoustic
    • ballad
    • double bass
    • female vocals
    • instrumental act
    • percussion

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