The Diamond Collective are a Jazz, swing and Pop quartet from London. They blend modern and traditional with re-arrangements of popular songs. The perform with energy and flair and are perfect for weddings, parties and large corporate events. If you’re after some Electro-swing Beyonce or retro re-mixed Rhianna along side some toe-tapping tunes from Elvis and Ray Charles then they are the band for you.
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Background or Dancing Music
The band can offer two options. One a more background style perfect for a sophisticated cocktail evening or dinner. The other a dynamic and energetic performance perfect for dancing the night away. The band pride themselves on reliability and professionalism. The band are equally at ease playing at large corporate functions as they are at hotels, clubs, parties and weddings. The Diamond Collectives experience, versatility and attention to detail are not to be missed!
Modern Blend of Swing and Pop
Unlike many more traditional swing bands The Diamond Collective have created a unique blend of modern sounds with swing and pop. With their line-up of keys, sax, male and female vocals, bass and drums they can play a great range of music that everyone will know and love.
Swing and Pop Repertoire
Foreground Repertoire
Ain’t Misbehavin – Fats Waller
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
American Boy – Estelle
Black and Gold – Sam Sparro
Beat It – Michael Jackson
Boogie 2nite – Tweet
Dancing in the Moonlight – Toploader
Dreaming of You – The Coral
Do Your Thang – Basement Jaxx
Candy Man – Christina Aguilera
Chameleon – Herbie Hancock
Could You Be Loved – Bob Marley
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Fever – Eddie Cooley and John Davenport
Frontin – Jamie Cullum
Get A Move On – Mr. Scruff
Get Right – Jennifer Lopez
Got Your Money – Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Hit the Road Jack – Percy Mayfield
I Get A Kick Out of You – Jamie Cullum
I Got Life – Nina Simone
I Need a Dollar -Aloe Black
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Louis Jordan
It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – Duke Ellington
Jive Talkin – Bee Gees
Living For the City – Stevie Wonder
Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Moondance – Van Morrison
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
New Shoes – Paolo Nutini
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
Stop Me – Mark Ronson
Star Anise – Redstone Collective
Telephone – Lady Gaga
There Will Never Be Another You – Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
To Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Viva la Vida – Coldplay
We No Speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool
Why Don’t You Do Right? – Kansas Joe McCoy {arr. Gramophonedzie}
Yellow – Coldplay
You Give Me Something – James Morrison
You Know that I’m No Good – Wanda Jackson
Background
A Night in Tunisia – Dizzy Gillespie
Ain’t Misbehavin – Fats Waller
All Blues – Miles Davis
All of Me – Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons
Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma
Black Orpheus – Luiz Bonfá
Blue Bossa – Kenny Dorham
Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk
Chameleon – Herbie Hancock
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Ellington and Russell
Feelin Good – Duke Ellington
Fever – Eddie Cooley and John Davenport
Freddie Freeloader – Miles Davis
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You – Andy Razaf
Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
Green Dolphin Street – Bronislau Kaper
Hit the Road Jack – Percy Mayfield
In the Mood – Glenn Miller
In Walked Bud – Thelonious Monk
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby – Louis Jordan
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free – Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas
Let it Snow – Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
Love Me Or Leave Me – Nina Simone
Mack the Knife – Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
Make Me a Memory (Sad Samba) – Grover Washington, Jr.
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Joe Zawinul
Milestones – Miles Davis
Moondance – Van Morrison
Mopti – Don Cherry
My Baby Just Cares for Me – Donaldson and Kahn {arr. Nina Simone}
My Funny Valentine – Richard Rodgers
Nature Boy – Eden Ahbez
One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
So What – Miles Davis
Solar – Miles Davis
Someday My Prince Will Come – Larry Morey {arr. Dave Brubeck}
St. Thomas – Sonny Rollins
Straight No Chaser – Thelonious Monk
Summertime – George Gershwin
Sunny – Bobby Hebb
Take Five – Paul Desmond
Take the A Train – Billy Strayhorn
The Christmas Song – Mel Tormé
There Will Never Be Another You – Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
Watermelon Man – Herbie Hancock
Well You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk
White Christmas – Irving Berlin
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