Dance Format is the best dance songs from the 70’s through to the current top 40. Our clients that choose this format want to party. It is characterized by driving rhythm sections layered with our funky horn section keen to set the pace on the dance floor.

You’ve got to see our horn players dance!!. Like a DJ, the songs are all mixed keeping the dance floor pumping. This is typically a 5-8 piece lineup with female vocal, male vocal/guitar, bass, keys, drums, and a two or three piece horn section.

Often event managers will co-ordinate this format for after dinner and use the Jazz Format over dinner or earlier in the night.

Typical repertoire for this style includes:
Lets Get this Party Started (Black Eyed Peas)
Hot & Cold (Katie Perry)
Crazy in Love (Beyonce)
September (Earth Wind & Fire)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Blame it on the Boogie (MJ)
Walking on the Sunshine (Katrina&TW)
Play that Funky Music (AWB)
Love Shack (B52)
Lets Get Loud (J-Lo)
Celebration (Kool & The Gang)
RESPECT (Aretha Franklin)

The Current Pop style is targeted at the crowd keen to hear what is playing around the top 40. This current style is guitar & keyboard driven with a great male vocal backing it up. Ideal for events where there is a younger audience (typically under 30yo) wanting a live band playing dance tunes they know.

The typical line up for this is a 4 to 5 piece with Female Vocals, Male Vocals/Guitar, Bass, Keys and Drums. We are always adding new tunes to this format!

Note we can include sets in the Dance Format from this package. Ideal for audiences under 30.

Typical repertoire for this style includes:
Raise Your Glass (Pink)
Release Me (Agnes)
Price Tag (Jessie J)
Lets Get this Party Started (Black Eyed Peas)
Just Dance (Lady Gaga)
Please Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna)
American Boy (Estelle)
Hot & Cold (Katie Perry)
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
Ain't no Other Man (Beyonce)
UFO (Sneaky Sound System)
Love Foolosophy (Jamiroquai)
Valerie (Amy Winehouse)

The Café Del Mar style is contemporary jazz style grooves with a mix of funky takes on popular tunes.

This modern style is ideal for setting the atmosphere in corporate functions, product launches, and events where guests want to be entertained but still enjoy the ambiance of the function and chat with other guests.

The standard lineup is typically a 3 to 6 piece with Female Vocal, Keys, Guitar, Bass, Saxophone and drums. Is ideal for audiences in their 20’s and 30’s.

Typical repertoire for this style includes
Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock),
Whats Going On (Marvin Gaye)
Sunday Morning (Maroon Five)
Still a Friend of Mine (Incognito)
Affirmation (George Benson)
Beautiful (Disco Montago)
Summertime (Gershwin)
Masquerade (George Benson)
Smooth Operator (Sade)
Best of My Love (The Emotions)
Your Love is King (Sade)
Signed Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
I Wish (Stevie Wonder)

The Jazz format is ideal for events requiring background classy music over dinner or while guests are mingling. Ideal for corporate functions, weddings and cafes.

From soloists to typical trio formats - Piano Trio (piano, drums, double bass) or Guitar Trio (guitar, drums and double bass) they can include just instrumentalists or include a vocalist for more interest.

Often many function organisors will choose a jazz format over dinner and formalities and loosen up with a Dance Format after dinner. Great for all ages.

Typical repertoire for this style includes
Moon Dance (Van Morrison)
Fly Me to The Moon (Frank Sinatra)
What a Wonderful World – (Louis Armstrong)
Fever (Michael Buble)
Night & Day (Cole Porter)
All of Me (Frank SInatra)
Green Dolphin St (Ella Fitzgerald)
Don’t Know Why (Norah Jones)
Nightingale in Berkley Square (Manning Sherwin)
All Blues (Miles David)
Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock)

There are DJ's and there are DJ's!! As musicians we know the best DJ's not the cheesy DJ's from Uncles Rob's Place (no offence Uncle Rob). You probably want the latest Lady GaGa mixed maybe with some tunes for the oldies. The Smooth Groove have a funky team of DJ's in their 20's that are experienced in knowing the right mix for any age crowd. Our DJ's come with a full range of sound and lighting options including wireless mics for speeches and a range of lasers and LED or moving light options with hazers and all sorts of great gear and song choices.