Jellybean

Sheffield based jazz band, available for weddings, parties and bar bookings

Welcome to Jellybean Jazz

Jellybean are a six piece jazz band, featuring two singers, piano, sax, bass and drums. We play a lively mix of jazz-inspired music: from Nina Simone to classic songs by the likes of Gershwin, Hammerstein, and Cole Porter, and taking in the ‘hard-bop’ of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. We love to play music that you can dance to – the girl from ipanema, simone’s ‘got my arms, got my legs’, our very upbeat ‘fly me to the moon’. We are intent on doing the tunes our way – though they are classics, we want to keep them fresh and original – but above all we want our audience to have fun.

Have a listen to Jellybean right here:

Fly Me to the Moon

Nature Boy

I Wish That I Knew

Moonlight in Vermont

We are available to play at your event for a reasonable price. We have previously been hired for birthdays, weddings, by a church and a university, and on behalf of bars and pubs. We travel with a top quality PA system, and are at home playing outside as well as in. If you’re interested, drop us a line: info@jellybeanjazz.co.uk, or phone Lucy on 07948 403155.

Photos by Katy Thomson of Serendipity Photography, taken at The Ivory, Regent’s Terrace, Sheffield

Friday 20th January – Jellybean return to the White Lion, Chesterfield Road

Back once again … but with our new drummer, Dan with us for his first pub gig (a private party already under his belt).

Following a new bass player (Nick) and new drummer coming along in 2011, this is now a line up that we’re all really happy with and hope can continue for some time. We can promise a more groovy sound than ever – come along and have a dance!

It’s free entry on the night, but we’ll be collecting for a great cause – a sitting service for elderly folks.

About 8pm start.

Lots of love

Mark xxx

Jellybean at the White Lion, Chesterfield Road, Friday 10 June 2011

From 8pm. Free gig. You can look forward to two hours of classics from Nina Simone, Peggy Lee, Miles Davis, John Coltraine, Frank Sinantra and more. See you there.

Jellybean at the White Lion, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield – Friday 11 February

Come and see our first gig in a few months, also featuring Nick on bass, at a great pub now under new management.
This gig is in aid of two excellent charities:
1. ASSIST – a Sheffield based charity that helps destitute asylum seekers with temporary accomodation, provisions etc. Basically keeping vulnerable people off the streets.
2. [...]

Jellybean at Clifford School Summer Fair

We were really pleased to be invited back to Clifford School Summer Fair, to provide some tunes whilst kids danced, adults knocked back wine, ice creams were eaten, and glorious sunshine enjoyed.
Check out some pictures right here – http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/stevetolo/JellybeanAtClifford2009#slideshow

We’re back!

Well, actually, Jellybean never went away, though this site did for a while during some technical mishap-ery … Anyway, we’ve been honing our jazz skills during the long, cold, winter, and we’re ready to unleash them on Saturday 20th June, at Clifford School, Psalter Lane, Sheffield. We played at the corresponding event last year, [...]