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Los Angeles wedding bands, jazz bands, swing and big bands. Old Hollywood CA vintage retro-glam! Timeless, eclectic modern vintage live music and musicians for weddings and events.

Not your typical Los Angeles wedding band…or wedding singer!

Southern California’s most innovative vintage music resource, singer Judy Chamberlain’s unique live music boutique provides extraordinary jazz, swing and big band music for one-of-a-kind Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, Hollywood, Burbank, Palos Verdes, Pasadena, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Newport Coast, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, Orange County, Long Beach, Del Mar, La Jolla, San Diego, Temecula, Woodland Hills, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, Santa Barbara, Pismo Beach, Paso Robles, Santa Ynez, San Luis Obispo, Napa, Santa Cruz, Inland Empire, Southern California and California Central Coast weddings, concerts and events.

The musicians who perform in our Los Angeles wedding bands, jazz and swing bands and big band orchestra are the finest virtuoso soloists and ensemble players in the world. You’ve been listening to them on your favorite albums for years.

Our Los Angeles jazz bands, swing and big bands play all the cool music of the Twentieth Century, including the best of Old Hollywood, the Roaring Twenties, Swing Era, Big Band Era and the Rat Pack: jazz, deco, swing, big band, ballroom, standards, oldies rock & roll, doo-wop, R&B, Motown, Latin, classic country, funk, soul, disco, Broadway and eloquent movie music past and present.

Eclectic, organic and engagingly entertaining, we’re known for our spontaneity, versatility and an outrageous 4,000 song repertoire that we’ve made our own with modern vintage arrangements of Cole Porter, George Gershwin and the music of the 1920’s, 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s — all totally live, handcrafted and in-the-moment.

Everything we do is “bespoke,” customized to give you exactly what we know you want: the most exciting, meaningful and memorable wedding or event anyone you know has ever attended.

Los Angeles…Beverly Hills…Malibu…Palm Springs…Santa Barbara…Newport Coast: Destination Moon!

An A-Team innovator, we have warm relationships with many fine restaurants, hotels, resorts, wineries, golf properties and private estates. We navigate venues efficiently and use refined sound equipment that gives our performances “presence” without being overly loud.

Long-distance planning for California destination weddings and events is a specialty and we often get the “first call,” before the date has been confirmed or the venue booked.

From the first notes your guests hear us play, we are part of you and you are part of us. In our hands a bridal processional, first dance, parent dance and your entire wedding or event becomes a smoothly-staged Hollywood extravaganza. It’s no coincidence that many of our clients are in the entertainment business.

Modern Vintage Live Music for WOW Factor Weddings and Events!

Our Los Angeles jazz and swing combos play the best of Old Hollywood, the Roaring Twenties, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, jazz, swing and the Great American Songbook. At once familiar, nostalgic, evocative and edgy, our enormous repertoire is an amazing trip through a century of music! We bring the 1920’s, 1930′a and 1940’s deco, swing and big band eras to life, along with 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s rock & roll, oldies, doo-wop, R&B, Motown, funk, soul, blues, Rat Pack standards and classic country, ballroom, Broadway and movie music.

From classical, traditional or unusual wedding ceremony music to sleek modern vintage jazz, pop, ballroom and swing, Old Hollywood glamour, R&B, Latin, soul, funk and disco we really DO do it all — sometimes in the same set!

We mix styles, decades and genres in our big cocktail shaker, serving everything up with authenticity and our own fresh, updated modern vintage arrangements. Our well-rehearsed Rat Pack spontaneity is part of the fun!

You can dance to everything we play. Or not. We’re as comfortable putting on an impromptu concert for your guests as we are blending phrasing artistry with perfect tempos for dancing. Foxtrot, jitterbug, waltz, tango, rhumba, cha cha, mambo, polka, hora or just get down and boogie when we’re in the house. We play the right music at the right time and know when and what to do to pace concerts and events smoothly.

Always totally live and organic, we’re the real deal — a rarity these days. We’re not imitating anyone. We’re like those bands and orchestras you’ve seen in vintage movie musicals on late-night TV, with everyone crowded around the bandstand calling out requests. Bands like ours don’t really exist anymore, except perhaps in the movies.

Ella…Billie…Sinatra…Cole Porter…the Rat Pack…incomparable live musical entertainment!

We play the material popularized by artists like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Nat King Cole, The Platters, Bobby Darin, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Paul Anka, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, The Doors, The Eagles, The Mamas and the Papas, The Beach Boys, Astrud Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Nina Simone, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Diana Krall, Michael Buble and many more.

If Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rogers & Hart, Rogers & Hammerstein, George & Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen or Hoagy Carmichael wrote it, it’s in our repertoire. We also adore anything associated with Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Audrey Hepburn and cinema noir movies and play all of that music, too! ALL of it! The people who hire us not only love the Great American Songbook, some of them actually wrote it.

Expect the Unexpected!

We’re hard to define, and are prepared to switch gears in an instant. When people are dancing, we play continuous music, segueing from one song to the next seamlessly without missing a beat — or even pausing to start another song. DJ’s think they invented that trick, and it’s something that not many bands can do. We are experts at “reading” a crowd and don’t have to slow down to turn pages in a book.

Our collective repertoire is literally endless, which makes us very versatile and flexible. Because the styles of music we perform are so diverse and we play them so well, we are pretty much in a league of our own for live music that is both attainabel and affordable.

Over the years, our seasoned and talented musicians have performed and recorded with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughn, Little Anthony & The Imperials, The Temptations, The Commodores, The Supremes, The Platters, The Drifters, The Coasters, James Brown, Quincy Jones, Gladys Knight, Gloria Gaynor, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers, Herbie Hancock, Paul McCartney, Barry Manilow, Natalie Cole, Better Midler, Barbra Streisand, Diana Krall and Michael Buble, to name just a few.

Guests at weddings and corporate events often tell us they thought they were listening to a CD until they made their way through the ballroom, looked up at the stage and realized it was a live band.

“Judy Chamberlain is an incredible jazz singer, and I say that as someone who hates jazz utterly and completely.” Rebecca Schoenkopf, OC Weekly/Village Voice

“You’re just like the ‘Old Man,’ cookie.” Al Viola

Kodak Theater Marquee for 2005 Frank Sinatra Tribute Photo by: Photography By Jane

Los Angeles jazz singer and swing bandleader Judy Chamberlain, named “one of the top jazz singers of all time,” has appeared on E! Entertainment, The Style Network, ABC’s “The Bachelor” and in the Playboy Jazz Festival.

Known for her spontaneity, versatility and legendary 4,000 tune repertoire, Chamberlain is also a food, lifestyle and society columnist and broadcast personality.

The late guitarist Al Viola, who was on many of Frank Sinatra’s albums, has said:

“Judy sings the hell out of a tune, the way Sinatra did. She can come out of nowhere and take the pickup on a song and the band is instantly with her because she gives great signals. She has a tremendous repertoire, and she knows how to use it.”

“I love working with her, because I’m never bored. She hears every note, just like Sinatra did. You have to be the best in the business to work at her level. You have to know what you’re doing.”

“Jazz singer Judy Chamberlain,” says jazz critic Don Heckman, writing in the Los Angeles Times, “solidly affirms the music’s far-reaching, continuing vitality.”

Party Like It’s 1959!

Planning a fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration? We have your music! An Asian, multi-cultural Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Jewish, Italian, Irish, Hispanic or specialty wedding? Dreaming of live vintage music for an Old Hollywood wedding, Roaring Twenties theme party, 1950’s party, 1960’s pool party or other vintage-themed event? Great Gatsby…Audrey Hepburn…Grace Kelly…Palm Springs Weekend…a Sinatra Rat Pack lounge party? Casino Royale! My Fair Lady…Breakfast at Tiffany’s…Sabrina…Funny Face…The Bandwagon…Flying Down To Rio in Swingtime?

If you can think of it, we can play it. And if you can’t think of it, we can!

“Hiring your band was the best money we spent on our wedding.” Helen Park

We are a unique live music boutique. We’re not for everyone! Our clients tend to be real music lovers with a high taste level. We encourage communication and out-of-the-box thinking and are always delighted to hear your ideas.

We’ll help you with a timeline for your event or work with one provided by your wedding coordinator or event planner and supervise staging requirements. Songlists can be yours, ours or a collaboration. Our custom-designed sound equipment gives us all the presence we need without blasting you and your guests out of your seats! We also M/C entertainingly, keeping in mind the overall “tone” of your event.

It is an honor and privilege to be there for you every step of the way as your vision becomes a reality!

Judy Chamberlain with President Reagan

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