AlexBeston

SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist - Alto, Saxophone, Trumpet, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist, Upright bass.

ABOUT

I play piano & keyboards; based in Aberdeen, can travel upto about 30 miles. Currently working on Jazz Standards. I used to sing bass in choirs (Ipswich Bach Choir, St Margarets Church Choir, Parkside Singers Group, Aberdeen University Choir), can sight read just about.

Here's a selection of my repertoire:
A night in Tunisia
Autumn Leaves
All Of Me
All The Things That You Are
Angel Eyes
Bernie's Tune
Body and Soul
Can't help lovin' dat man
Cry me a river
Desafinado
Do Nothing til You Hear From Me
Early Autumn
From here to eternity
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
Good Morning Heartache
He'll have to go
I'm gonna live until I die
I Thought About You
Jeepers Creepers
Jersey Bounce
Long ago and far away
Line for Lyons
Lullaby of Birdland
Manteca
Moonlight in Vermont
Midnight Sun
Nature Boy
Polkadots and Moonbeams
'Round Midnight
Smoke gets in your eyes
Stormy Weather
Tenderly
Theme for Ernie
Undecided
Wave
We'll be together again
Willow Weep For Me
Witchcraft
Yesterdays

Screen name:: AlexBeston
Member since:: Nov 16 2010; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Just for Fun
Years playing music:: 20
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

50's bebop jazz, Frank Zappa, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Hendrix, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Miles Davis