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UpFront "Live Music For All Occasions" UpFront is a versatile musical group that specializes in professional, live music, and entertainment for any special occasion. Whether your special day brings together family from many age groups, or your company wants to impress your guests with top-notch enteertainment, UpFront can help make it an event you'll always remember. The band brings over 70 years of combined professional performing experience together in a way that adds a touch of class and polish to any event.
Chris Bidleman, (keyboards, bass) and Steve Burpee (saxophones), the founders of the band, have been playing music together since junior high school, and formed Upfront in 2002. Chris and Steve are joined by Robert Schultz on drums and are often fused together with good friends Ed Couture on bass, and Larry Pindar of "Pin and the Hornets" fame, on guitar.
 Steve Chris
UpFront has been featured on the KINK.FM local music spotlight radio show. While they often focus on Jazz, there are no single labels to describe the wide range of musical styles they can perform, such as oldies and pop tunes from every decade. They also love to play cultural favorites, seasonal standards, and the elegant, traditional classical music, which is most appropriate for weddings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Requests are welcome from their songlist of 300 tunes, but they also play many more hits not listed. They love to take requests from the audience, and will play them whenever possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UpFront Selected Song List
Jazz Standards Contemporary Jazz
All of Me - Simons & Marks Affirmation - Jose Feliciano Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra Harlem Nocture - Hagen & Rogers Misty - Erroll Garner Mister Magic - Grover Washington New York, New York - Frank Sinatra Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra Over The Rainbow - Harburg and Arlen Revelation - Perry & Ferrante Satin Doll - Duke Ellington Shaker Song - Spyro Gyro Star Dust - Hoagy Carmichael Spooky - David Sandborn Summertime - Gershwin / Heyward The In Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Take Five - Paul Desmond / Dave Brubeck Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Classical and Musicals Cultural Favorites Ave Maria - JS Bach Beer Barrel Polka - Brown, Timm, Zeman, Polka Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin - Wagner Danny Boy - Traditional - Irish Canon In D-Pachelbel Hawaiian Wedding Song- Traditional - Hawaiian Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - JS Bach Irish Washerwoman - Traditonal - Irish Eine Kliene Nachtmusik - Mozart La Vie En Rose - French - Traditional Trumpet Tune - Purcell Lovely Hula Hands - Hawaiian - Traditional Wedding March - Mendelssohn MacNamar's Band - Irish - Traditional I Dreamed a Dream - Les Miserables O Sole Mio (MY Sun) - De Capua - Italian Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera Tarantella - Italian- Traditional Andrew LLoyd Weber Volare - Domenicio Modulas - Italian Tonight - West Side Story Leonard Bernstein
Classic Rock Pop and R&B Bennie and the Jets - Elton John Another Star - Stevie Wonder Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Classical Gas - Mason Williams Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones Copacobana - Barry Manilow Despardo - Eagles Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker Fields of Gold - Sting Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis I Feel Good - James Brown In The Midnight - Wilson Pickett Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry Mercy, Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye Let It Be - Beatles Pick Up the Pieces - AWB Peg - Steely Dan Saturday In The Park - Chicago Sea Of Love Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Swing Latin
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Gordon / Warren Besame Mucho - Velazquez Come Fly With Me - Van Heusen/Cahn Black Orpheus - Louis Bonfi In the Mood -Glenn Miller Blue Bossa - Dorham Kansas City - Various Corcovado (Quiet Nights) Jobim Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller Girl From Ipanema - Jobim Orange Colored Sky - Nat King Cole Night and Day - Cole Porter Pennies From Heaven - Berke/Johnston One Note Samba - Jobim Puttin' On The Ritz - Irving Berlin Spain - Chick Corea Stompin' At The Savoy - Chick Webb Sway - Luis Demetrio Take The "A" Train - Duke Ellington Summer Samba - Sergio Call Nancy soon for Availability and Quote. 503-774-2511 nancy@nwam.com
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