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Repertoire
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Gallery
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Band Bio
Welcome to the world of the Merkai Jazz Collective, the latest jazz band for hire with Seventh Second. Despite their youthful age, this talented, accomplished and sophisticated ensemble offers up stunning, quirky jazz renditions of popular contemporary music as well as all the jazz classics you know and love.
Whether you're wanting cool background jazz to complement a dinner or drinks reception or upbeat, hot jazz to get that dance floor packed and bouncing, the Merkai Jazz Collective always deliver, performing a vast array of songs including Moonriver, At Last, No Diggity, Get Lucky, I Want It That Way, Summertime and Beyond The Sea. We suggest you take a look at their fantastic repertoire which includes swing and jazz sets, postmodern jazz sets and specially designed ballroom, Christmas, Latin jazz, Ella classics, Gershwin, songbook legends, jazz love songs, swinging standards and easy listening themed sets. There truly is something for every event and everyone with this stunning jazz band for hire plus they are happy for you to design your own setlist with them too. If you have a first dance or up to three songs in mind that you can't find on their extensive repertoire, they are happy to perform them for you free of charge!
Line up options are aplenty with this fantastic jazz act and include
Duo: Female vocals and keys
Trio: Female vocals, keys and double bass
Quartet: Female vocals, keys, double bass and drums or saxophone
Quintet: Female vocals, keys, double bass, drums and saxophone
If you're planning an intimate, smaller event that requires subtle background music or a larger, toe-tapping, dance hungry event, the Meraki Collectives flexible and affordable lineup options cover it all. Sample their video for authentic live recording examples of all their various lineups.
All prices shown are based on their quartet line up consisting of female vocals, double bass, drums and keys with 2x45, 2x60 or 3x40 minute live sets and free background music. Like all our acts, all prices include top-spec PA, lighting, musical equipment and PLI and PAT certificates. Please don't hesitate to contact us for more information on other booking options and pricing and please note that due to availability or illness, deputy musicians of very a high professional standard may sometimes be used.
With their shimmering, stunning smooth jazz sounds, competitive pricing, huge repertoire, setlist, booking and line up options, the Merkai Jazz Collective are the jazz band to hire for your wedding, birthday party, corporate event, Christmas party, charity ball, award ceremony or any other function out there! Don't you think it's time to hire some talented jazz musicians who love to design and deliver the best live jazz experience they possibly can for you and your guests?
Band Line Up
Checkout the band line up below.
- Laptop DJ
- Double Bass
- Female Vocals
- Saxophone
- Piano
- Drums
Reviews
" The Meraki Jazz band performed wonderful choices of songs – we loved the great songbook standard..."
More August 2023"We hired Meraki Jazz Collective for our wedding and they were amazing! Everyone commented on how gre..."
More March 2023" The Meraki Jazz Collective was the perfect classy background music we wanted for the reception. ..."
More January 2023"They played everything we wanted including learning our preferred first dance and checked in with us..."
More August 2022"They played everything we wanted including learning our preferred first dance and checked in with us several times throughout the night to check we were happy with everything. From the moment of their first song to the end of the last the dance floor was full and no other part of our wedding has received as much praise from our guests as the Meraki Jazz band did. "
August 2022"The Meraki Jazz Collective performed at our wedding just over a week ago now and they were absolutel..."
More August 2022"The Meraki Jazz Collective performed at our wedding just over a week ago now and they were absolutely brilliant. Jennifer and the guys looked after us from the moment everything was booked including communicating with the venue directly about the logistics so it was one less thing for us to worry about. "
August 2022" Watching Jennifer sing and the rest of the band perform was particularly mesmerising – they have ..."
More December 2019" It created exactly the mood we were after. People could engage in the music if they wanted but it..."
More May 2019" Jennifer and the band were lovely to work with, she is so accommodating and took a number of our ..."
More May 2019"We had our wedding day on Sunday at Brookfield Barn, Horsham West Sussex. The Jazz band was absolute..."
More April 2019"Jennifers engaging performance was the highlight of my evening! "
August 2018"A real professional band and helpful throughout the lead up to the wedding. A brilliant first dance ..."
More July 2018"Book them for whatever event you have got going on and you really will not be anything less than del..."
More May 2018What to expect
Requirements
The band generally will require a minimum of 3x4 metres of space to make sure they can set up safely. Please ask for rider details.
Gear
Along with their instruments (they do help), the band will provide top spec, full PA and lighting systems to cater for any event. Comprehensive PAT and PLI certification is supplied as standard.
Arrival and Set Up
The band can be flexible to suit your requirements, however, usually, set up time is roughly an hour. This time can vary depending on the complexity of the show.
Performance Duration
The band will typically play 2 x 60 or 3 x 40 minute sets, however, the band are flexible so please do ask if you have something more specific in mind. Extra sets or an early start/late finish available. Please contact us for more information.
Sound Limiter
Boo! However, we understand this is commonplace so all our acts have experience with venue sound limiters. If you’ve been instructed by your venue with anything specific, please be sure to let us know before hand.
Meraki Jazz Collective
starting from £1,100
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Booking extras
Looking for something extra?
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Live bandoeke
Some of our acts can provide bonus Bandeoke sets or complete Bandeoke packages suiting any occasion. Sets can vary from 20 minutes to 3 hours and most bands will provide a large list of your favourite hits to pick from. Sing along lyrics and microphones are provided so you and your guests can enjoy karaoke with a professional backing band! Ask us for more details.
- Bespoke options
- Extended performance
- Song requests
- Acoustic sets
- Extra muscians
- Full DJ’ing service