Jazz & more
Intimate & danceable

(www.crackedcabaret.com)

  

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A repertoire of swing/jazz standards, traditional cabaret and adult pop/rock mixed with well-chosen "quirky" selections for intimate to "night club floor show" settings. Monologues and skits may be scripted to deliver event messages.


Description:

2-21 performers: 

Duo to Full Big Band, with or without vocals; Plays light jazz material that contains a warm sense of humor to heavy torch songs; "Cracks" Rock and R&B songs and turns them into jazz and cabaret.


For a sample of Cracked Cabaret’s extraordinary style, click below for an Mp3 or contact Dennis or Cherryl for a CD and info package.


GOOD FOR:

• Audiences sizes of 50 on up.

• Setting a jazz mood.

• "Golden Generation" audiences.

• Ballroom settings.

• Unobtrusively interactive or ice-breaking networking events.

• Cabaret and Speakeasy settings.

• Elegant and upscale settings.

SOLUTION FOR:

• Intimate spaces.

• Intimate floor show.

• Monologues to deliver your message.

• Quirky M.C. (Cherryl).

• When dancing is not expected.

• “Martini” themed events.

• An adjunct to Dennis Keith Band, Outside Influence, DKRocks and Industrial Strength.


Attire:

“Night Club” = Ladies in cocktail dresses, men in dark suit and tie.

“Hip Formal” = Ladies in cocktail dresses, men in black tuxes with black banded collar tux shirt & button cover.

“Formal” = Ladies in gowns, men in black tuxes with white banded collar tux shirt & button cover or long black tie.

“Dinner Show Formal” = Ladies in gowns, men in white tux coats with black pants, white or black tux shirts and bow ties.


Sample Repertoire:

AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET -Burton Cummings
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN -Fats Waller
ALL RIGHT, OK, YOU WIN -Peggy Lee
ANGEL EYES -Jerome Kern
ASTRUD -Basia
AT LAST -Etta James
BESAME MUCHO -Consuelo Velazquez
BEYOND THE SEA -Bobby Darin
BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY -Bette Midler
CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU -Frankie Valli
CHANCES ARE -Johnny Mathis
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES -Henry Mancini
DEACON BLUES -Steely Dan
DO YOU WANNA DANCE -Bette Midler
DOWNTOWN -Petula Clark
FEVER -Peggy Lee
FLY ME TO THE MOON -Sinatra
GEORGIE FAME -Blossom Dearie
GOD BLESS THE CHILD -Billy Holiday
GROOVIN' -Rascals
HEALER -Todd Rundgren
I CAN TAKE YOU TO HEAVEN -Otis Clay
I'M SHADOWING YOU - Blossom Dearie
IT DON’T MEAN A THING
(IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING)
IT HAD TO BE YOU -Sammy Kahn
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN -Sinatra
JUMP, JIVE & WAIL -Louie Prima
L-O-V-E -Natalie Cole
LULLABY OF BIRDLAND -Ella Fitzgerald
MOON DANCE -Van Morrison
MOON GLOW -Toni Tennille
I GOT IT BAD -Billie Holiday
MOON RIVER -Henry Mancini
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -Sinatra
NIGHT & DAY -Cole Porter
PEEL ME A GRAPE -Diana Krall
RUBY RUBY -Dion
SHE'S MY WIFE -Lyle Lovett
SHINY STOCKINGS -Duke Ellington
SINCE I FELL FOR YOU -Lenny Welch
TAKE FIVE -Dave Brubeck
THEY NEVER MET -Martin Mull
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE -Fats Waller
THOU SWELL -Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
TIME AFTER TIME -Sammy Kahn
TWISTED -Joni Mitchell
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW -Jackie DeShannon
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE -Natalie Cole
WHEN I’M 64 -Beatles
WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD FROM YOU -Reba
YOU & ME & THE BOTTLE MAKE 3 -Big Bad Voo Doo Daddies
YOUR MIND IS ON VACATION -Mose Allison
YOUNGER MEN -KT Oslin
GROOVY KIND OF LOVE -Mindbenders
YOU'RE NO BODY TIL
SOMEBODY LOVES YOU
-Dean Martin
I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT


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Contact Dennis or Cherryl for a CD and info package.