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Our repertoire comes from the soul jazz and hard bop of the 1960s, with a smattering of New Orleans funk and boogaloo.

Here's a minute or so of each tune, recorded live on the bandstand. Pick a record; they play on, one into the next.

  1. Herbie Hancock

  2. Luiz Bonfá

  3. The Meters

  4. Charlie Parker

  5. Pee Wee Ellis

The book

What we play

Just a small sample of what we play, mostly from the Blue Note and Prestige years: hard bop, soul jazz, some Monk and a run of New Orleans funk for when the room needs to move. Got a favourite? Ask for it.

  • Adam's Apple

    1966

    Wayne Shorter Hard bop

  • All the Things You Are

    1939

    Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II Standard

  • Autumn Leaves

    1945

    Joseph Kosma Standard

  • Bemsha Swing

    1952

    Thelonious Monk & Denzil Best Bebop

  • Blue Bossa

    1963

    Kenny Dorham Bossa nova

  • Blues for Ben

  • Cantaloupe Island

    1964

    Herbie Hancock Soul jazz

  • Caravan

    1936

    Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington Standard

  • Cheese Cake

    1962

    Dexter Gordon Hard bop

  • The Chicken

    1969

    Pee Wee Ellis Funk

  • Chitlins con Carne

    1963

    Kenny Burrell Soul jazz

  • Cissy Strut

    1969

    The Meters New Orleans funk

  • Comin' Home Baby

    1961

    Ben Tucker Soul jazz

  • Green Chimneys

    1968

    Thelonious Monk Bebop

  • I Mean You

    1946

    Thelonious Monk & Coleman Hawkins Bebop

  • Impressions

    1961

    John Coltrane Modal

  • In Walked Bud

    1947

    Thelonious Monk Bebop

  • The Jody Grind

    1966

    Horace Silver Soul jazz

  • Killer Joe

    1960

    Benny Golson Hard bop

  • Look-Ka Py Py

    1969

    The Meters New Orleans funk

  • Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

    1966

    Joe Zawinul Soul jazz

  • Miss Riverside

    1971

    Sonny Stitt Soul jazz

  • Mr. Clean

    1970

    Weldon Irvine Funk

  • Nardis

    1958

    Miles Davis Modal

  • Nostalgia

    1947

    Fats Navarro Bebop

  • On Green Dolphin Street

    1947

    Bronisław Kaper Standard

  • Orange Peel

    1969

    Reuben Wilson Soul jazz

  • Pent-Up House

    1956

    Sonny Rollins Hard bop

  • Quantico, VA

  • Recorda-Me

    1963

    Joe Henderson Bossa nova

  • Root Down

    1972

    Jimmy Smith Soul jazz

  • The Sermon

    1958

    Jimmy Smith Soul jazz

  • Sister Sadie

    1959

    Horace Silver Hard bop

  • Solar

    1954

    Miles Davis Bebop

  • St. Thomas

    1956

    Sonny Rollins Calypso

  • Stolen Moments

    1961

    Oliver Nelson Modal

  • Strode Rode

    1956

    Sonny Rollins Hard bop

  • Sugar

    1970

    Stanley Turrentine Soul jazz

  • Summertime

    1935

    George Gershwin Standard

  • Sweet Emma

    1960

    Nat Adderley Soul jazz

  • Sweet Tooth

  • Syeeda's Song Flute

    1959

    John Coltrane Hard bop

  • Tenor Madness

    1956

    Sonny Rollins Hard bop

  • Watermelon Man

    1962

    Herbie Hancock Soul jazz

  • Well, You Needn't

    1944

    Thelonious Monk Bebop