Recommended Based in West Yorkshire but travels UK wide
Perfect for creating an atmospheric, sophisticated ambience at your event, Just Us are a professional, award-winning jazz duo consisting of Tenor Saxophone and Jazz Guitar. Larger line-ups including vocals, double-bass and/or drums also available.Prices: From £264 +
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"Excellent band. Great music for our wedding reception, guests really enjoyed it.
Professional, organised and friendly. We would definitely book them again.
Line up:Duo: Tenor Saxophone and Jazz Guitar.
*Larger line ups also available including female vocals, double-bass and/or drums.
Highlights * Highly skilled, award-winning music-conservatoire graduates. * Much experience playing for prestigious clients such as HSBC, CBI and BT. * Duo format means a very small footprint (2m2), minimal power requirements (just one plug socket) and great overall flexibility. * Happy to learn song requests free of charge with at least a weeks’ notice. * More instruments can easily be added to suit differing needs, with trio, quartet and quintet line-ups all available on request (with vocals, double-bass and/or drums). * Short set-up time – no longer than twenty minutes from arrival. * Available to travel U.K.-wide and abroad.
Just Us are an experienced and talented jazz duo based in Leeds, consisting of in-demand, professional musicians Matt Hurt (guitar) and Matt Anderson (tenor saxophone).
With a wealth of experience playing for prestigious clients across the UK, as well as the music-conservatoire training to back it up, the duo is sure to add a sophisticated atmosphere to any event.
The Musicians Tenor-saxophonist Matt Anderson graduated from Leeds College of Music’s BA (Hons) Jazz degree course with First Class Honours, as well as being awarded the Sam Hood Rosebowl for Outstanding Performance (Jazz). Since graduating, he has been busy as a professional freelance musician working across the U.K., was awarded ‘Young Musician of the Year’ in the Jazz Yorkshire Awards 2010 and was named 'One to Watch' by the same organisation in 2013.
Guitarist Matt Hurt also graduated from Leeds College of Music with a BA (Hons) Jazz degree. During his time there, Matt played with both the Big Band and the Latin Big Band and his versatility has allowed him to perform professionally in a variety of contexts since graduating; touring Holland with ‘The Tenors’ show and playing in pop function bands all over the U.K. as well as playing the Cuban tres on the Latin circuit.
Previous Clients/Venues The duo is heavily experienced in performing in all kinds of situations. For example, their list of past corporate clients includes HSBC, CBI, BT, Logistik, Lawrence Scofield and many more, and they have also played at countless private weddings, parties and dinners. In other freelance work, both musicians have performed abroad in continental Europe, as well as appearing at many of the country’s top jazz clubs such as Charlie Wright’s, London; Matt n' Phreds, Manchester and The Wardrobe, Leeds.
Just Us are available in the following line-ups: These smaller ensembles are ideal to create an atmospheric, sophisticated background ambience for your event:
Just Us Duo (Standard Line Up):Tenor Saxophone and Guitar
Just Us Trio:Tenor Saxophone, Guitar and Double-Bass or Female Vocalist
Also on offer are the following larger ensembles which are more suited to being the centre of attention, for example giving a performance or providing music for dancing:
Special Quartet:Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Double-Bass and Drums or Female Vocalist
Vocal Quintet:Female Singer, Tenor Saxophone, Guitar, Double-Bass and Drums
Flexibility As well as being highly flexible in terms of space and power requirements, Just Us are keen to work out exactly what our clients want from us in terms of dress code, timings and set lists, so that your event goes exactly to plan.
Just Us's Set List / Repertoire
‘Round Midnight A Foggy Day All Blues All of Me All of You All or Nothing at All All the Things You Are Alone Together April in Paris Autumn Leaves Beautiful Love Body and Soul But Beautiful But Not For Me Bye Bye Blackbird Cry me a River Darn That Dream Days of Wine and Roses Everything I Love Fly Me to the Moon Georgia on my Mind Girl from Ipanema Goodbye Porkpie Hat Have you met Miss Jones? How Deep is the Ocean? How Insensitive I Could Write a Book I Hear a Rhapsody I Love You I Remember April I Remember You I Should Care I Wish I Knew I’ll be Seeing You If I Should Lose You If I Were a Bell In Your Own Sweet Way It Could Happen to You Just Friends Like Someone in Love Love For Sale Meditation Mr. Bojangles My Funny Valentine Nancy (with the laughing face) Night and Day Old Folks Out of Nowhere Polka Dots and Moonbeams Skylark Softly as in a Morning Sunrise Someday my Prince will Come St. Thomas Stairway to the Stars Stella by Starlight Summertime Take Five Take the ‘A’ train Taking a Chance on Love The Lady is a Tramp The Song is You There Will Never Be Another You They Can’t Take That Away From Me Watermelon Man Wave Weaver of Dreams What Is This Thing Called Love? What’s New? When Sunny Gets Blue You Don’t Know What Love Is You Stepped out of a Dream You’re My Everything
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Customer reviews for Just Us
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15/04/2013 Just Us
"Excellent band. Great music for our wedding reception, guests really enjoyed it.
Professional, organised and friendly. We would definitely book them again.
Many thanks
Jane and Simon Little
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Customer review by Jane and Simon Little
16/12/2012 Just Us
"Really impressed with the service and the artists. I had so much to organise on the day and the company and artists ended up contacting me before I had the chance to contact them. I was really happy about this as I wasn't expecting everything to be so well organised.
Just Us were great on the day too and lived up to all my expectations. Thank you."
Customer review by Claire Smith
28/08/2012 Just Us
"Just Us were absolutely brilliant. They are two very talented young musicians and on top of that they arrived on time, set up without a fuss and played their hearts out. Everyone commented on how nice the music and it made the party really enjoyable."
Customer review by Antonia Rae
08/07/2012 Just Us
"Just Us were very good, lots of guests commented on how good they were."
Customer review by Sarah Plummer
15/06/2012 Just Us
"Just Us get a 10, as does Alive Network. Everything went extremely well and I would be happy to use this service again."
Customer review by Mary Starling
13/06/2012 Just Us
"Just Us (Matt and Matt) + Rosie, the vocalist were an integral part of what turned out to be a great evening, they couldn't have been more accomodating; they contacted me two/three weeks before the event to enquire regarding any special requests.
Their performances were excellent, every one of my guests, without exception were extremely complimentary (including the restaurant owner). Excellent night made that much better by these three, thank you."
Customer review by Rod Farquhar
06/11/2011 Just Us
"You delivered a fine set on November 6 and some great music. You
arrived in good time for set up, sound check and "general organisation" with Kathy / Deidre who opened proceedings."
Customer review by Paul (Leeds Metropolitan University)
23/07/2011 Just Us
"We were very grateful to the two of you for your performance at Richard and Clare's wedding now a month ago.
We all thought it was a delightful day and much enhanced by having the music from the two of you during the reception.
It was a pleasure to meet you and I hope that the bookings will keep coming in. We should certainly recommend you.
"
Customer review by Jill (Wedding)
21/02/2011 Just Us
"Just Us played perfectly for our official opening. They judged the mood of the event brilliantly and many of our guests complimented us on our choice of music and musicians."
Customer review by Lesley (Headingley Arts and Enterprise Centre)
03/11/2010 Just Us
"We thought you were very good and suited the event perfectly. Time keeping was also very good. We would recommend you. Many thanks."
Customer review by Rebecca (Pinsent Masons LLP)
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