The Springfield Jazz Ensemble

May I please introduce our group of experienced musicians to your social calendar. We are known as The Springfield Jazz Ensemble, and play music in the New Orleans/Dixieland style. We can offer various group numbers from duo to sextet, depending on circumstances. Many of our performances are in quartet form. Our wide repertoire includes jazz standards, popular tunes, hymns and spirituals. We also have a vocal content. In addition to our Ensemble, I can offer solo clarinet performance, when required.

We play at a variety of functions. For example, wedding breakfast and/or evening wedding receptions, evening meals, dinner dances, conference dinners, village hall events, garden fetes, garden parties, church services and concerts, birthday parties, sports club events, presentation evenings, village open days, fund raising events, promotional events, barbecues, bandstand and theatre productions. We also offer street performance, when we are known as Happy Jazz and carry this name forward when we receive bookings from this source.

We travel extensively in the Midlands and East of England, and also to other parts of the United Kingdom.
If you require any further information, with no obligation, please contact John Haywood

After the Ball is Over.
Aint Misbehavin.
Aint She Sweet.
Alexanders Ragtime Band.
Algiers Strut.
Alice Blue Gown.
All of Me.
Amazing Grace.
April Showers.
As time goes By.
At a Georgia Camp Meeting.
At the Jazz Band Ball.
Baby Face.
Basin Street Blues.
Bill Bailey.
Black and Blue.
Blueberry Hill.
Bogalusa Strut.
Bourbon Street Parade.
Breeze.
Bring me Sunshine.
Bugle Boy March.
Butter and Egg Man.
Button up your Overcoat.
Canal Street Blues.
Careless Love.
Carolina Moon.
Carry me back to Old Virginny.
China Boy.
Chinatown.
Cradle Song (Brahms).
Curse of an Aching Heart.
Darktown Strutters Ball.
Darling Nellie Gray.
Dinah.
Doctor Jazz.
Down by the Riverside.
Exactly like You.
Five Foot Two.
From May to September.
Georgia.
Girl of My Dreams.
Hindustan.
His Eye is on the Sparrow.
Home in Pasadena.
Im alone because I love You.
Im forever blowing Bubbles.
I get the blues when it Rains.
Im looking over a Four Leaf Clover.
I cant give you anything but Love Baby.
I wish I could shimmy like my Sister Kate.
Ice Cream.
In the shade of the old Apple Tree.
In the Sweet Bye and Bye.
Indiana.
Is it true what they say about Dixie?
Its a long way to Tipperary.
Its a sin to tell a Lie.
It is No Secret what God can do.
Jazz Me Blues.
Just a closer walk with Thee.
Just a little while to stay Here.

Lady be Good.
Lead me on, Precious Lord.
Lord, Lord, Lord.
Lily of the Valley.
Lonesome Road.
Louisian-i-ay.
Marching through Georgia.
Margie.
Muskrat Ramble.
My Blue Heaven.
My old Kentucky Home.
Nearer my God to Thee.
Oh, you Beautiful Doll.
On a slow boat to China.
On the sunny side of the Street.
Over in the Gloryland.
Over the Waves.
Pennies from Heaven.
Petite Fleur.
Please dont talk about me when Im gone.
Put on your Old Grey Bonnet.
Red Wing.
Roses of Picardy.
Rosetta.
Royal Garden Blues.
Royal Telephone.
Running Wild.
Sentimental Journey.
S Wonderful.
Shine.
Should I Reveal.
Sometimes my Burdens so hard to bear.
St. Louis Blues.
Stranger on the Shore.
Sweet Georgia Brown.
Sweet Lorraine.
Thats a Plenty.
The Girls Go Crazy.
The Old Rugged Cross.
This little light of Mine.
Tiger Rag.
Tin Roof Blues.
Tishamingo Blues.
Too Busy.
Treasure Island.
Undecided.
Wait till the sun shines Nellie.
Washington and Lee Swing.
Way down upon the Swannee River.
We shall walk through the Streets of the City.
What a friend we have in Jesus.
What a wonderful World.
When I move to the Sky.
When somebody thinks youre Wonderful.
When the Saints go Marching In.
When you're Smiling.
When you and I were young, Maggie.
When you wore a Tulip.
Whos sorry Now.
Willie the Weeper.
You are my Sunshine.

The Springfield Jazz Ensemble.
For an afternoon or evening performance within 30 miles radius of Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Playing time, for a period of up to three hours with short breaks.
Quartet.
Dress. Black and white.
Requirements. One electric power socket and four chairs please.
Refreshments. Access to a few sandwiches within the afternoon or evening would be appreciated if possible please.

Fee, Payment on performance completion please. Cash would be appreciated for administrative reasons, but if by cheque, please make payable to John Haywood. A receipt would be provided. No deposit would be required. In all cases if we travelled out of our radius, we would have to add travelling costs to our fee.

Areas of playing which would be appropriate for us. Leicestershire, Rutland, and Lincolnshire. However, should a possible booking arise, we would consider travelling further afield.