ABOUT US
Biographies - Where we’ve played - Current Set List
Jenny Kemble - Piano
Jenny started playing piano when she was 3 years old.
Coming from a musical family, her father a professional bass player, Jenny has been involved in the London & Cambridge jazz scene all her life; playing professionally and semi-professionally in a myriad of jazz venues, whilst also working for the U.K’s top Jazz Magazine ‘Crescendo’.
Jenny recently told us she once shook Oscar Peterson’s hand at Scot’s when she was a teenager and didn’t wash her hand for a week!
Jenny is an established talent in the world of jazz piano.
Noel Price - Bass
Noel’s been playing bass since he was 12.
His second ever gig, just after turning 16, was supporting Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames when he was playing on the circuit around Birmingham with the now legendary ‘vSpellbound’.
After selling his Recruitment Consultancy in London when he was 30, Noel toured an album with Cajun band ‘The Lizards’ who signed to Festival Records soon after his joining.
Noel is now in his late 60s. Shortly after retiring 8 years ago from his post of Head of Faculty, Noel started playing Jazz following an inspirational tutorial with Paul Young’s bass man.
Simon Bittleston - Drums
Simon started playing jazz drums professionally when he was 16 as a sight-reading session musician backing professional singers in the West End clubs of the 1970s.
After completing his PhD he took up a senior scientific post in Norway - recently ending his career as deputy CEO of a large corporation in Texas.
Simon has played a multitude of genres over the years in numerous bands and jazz groups. He also plays clarinet and has appeared at The Royal Albert Hall !
Lorraine Jones - vocal
Lorraine has been singing in a wide variety of bands since she was 15.
She has appeared in many well known venues over the decades including the Marquee in Soho, Rock Garden in Covent Garden and the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden.
In the 1990s, she was a session singer for bands who were showcasing their talents to prospective music promoters.
Lorraine has always had a deep love of jazz and put this quartet together in 2024 for the joy of singing some of the coolest hits ever recorded.
Our History
Each of us have been professional musicians when we were younger. Two of us appear on on original vinyl! (Yes we are indeed that old!).
Since leaving the music business we have had a variety of professional careers. We are now all retired and living in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire
Each one of us has continued gigging. It’s something we’ve always done all of our lives; either semi-professionally or just for the love of the music. Examples of some of the places where we have individually appeared over the decades include:
The Marquee, Wardour St
The Royal Albert Hall
Band on the Wall Manchester
Barbarellas Birmingham
Bury Town Hall
Derby Town Hall
The Alhambra Opera House Bradford
The Rock Garden London
Holmfirth Town Hall
Buxton Town Hall
Break for the Border, London
Headlining at Bradford world music festival in Manningham park
The Winter Gardens Malvern
The Winter Gardens Cleethorpes
The Half Moon Putney
The Half Moon Herne Hill
The Railway Birmingham
The Nashville Rooms London
The Cambridge Folk Festival
Tito’s, Almeria Spain
Oxford University
Warwick University
Kent University
York University
Birmingham University
Darlington Arts Centre
The Mean Fidler, London
Towngate Theatre, Basildon
The Tramshed, London
Set List
Set 1
East of the Sun
Night & Day
All the Things You Are
Besame Mucho
Girl from Ipanema
On Green Dolphin Street
Dream a Little Dream
You Go to my Head
Since I Fell for You
My Funny Valentine
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Can't Take my Eyes Off You
Don't Let it Go to your Head
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Set 2 - (Dance Set)
Film Night theme - Instrumental
The More I See You
The Look of Love
The Lady is a Tramp
Almost Like Being in Love
Cheek to Cheek
You 'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
The Nearness of You
Fly Me to the Moon
Blue Bossa
Sway
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
All I do is Dream of You
Beyond the Sea
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