The Jive Bombers

The Jive Bombers have performed at hundreds of functions, festivals and weddings all over Australia. Listed below are some of these. At most of them we have had a number of return bookings.

The band has developed a large and extensive repertoire for these events. If you have a particular song you would like performed please contact us. Here is a small selection of songs from a variety of styles:

Swing/Jazz: In The Mood (Glenn Miller), I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra), Just A Gigolo (Louis Prima), Straighten Up & Fly Right (Nat King Cole), Beyond The Sea (Bobby Darin) Choo Choo Ch’Boogie (Louis Jordan), Take The A Train (Duke Ellington), A Tisket A Tasket (Ella Fitzgerald), Steam Heat (Peggy Lee)

Rock n Roll: Teddy Bear, Return To Sender (Elvis), Wild One (Jerry Lee Lewis), That’ll Be The Day (Buddy Holly), You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry), Reet Petite (Jackie Wilson), Shake Rattle & Roll (Bill Haley), Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran), Lucille (Little Richard), Sweet Nothins’ (Brenda Lee)

Soul & Sixties: I Feel Good (James Brown), Soul Man (Sam & Dave), Shake A Tailfeather (Blues Bros), My Guy (Mary Wells), Baby Love (Supremes), I Only Wanna Be With You (Dusty Springfield), Dancing In The St.(Martha & The Vandellas), Twisting The Night Away (Sam Cook), Misirlou (Dick Dale/Black Eyed Peas)

Disco & Latin: I Love The Night Life (Alicia Bridges), Lady Marmalade (Patti Labelle), Copacobana (Barry Manilow), You Can’t Hurry Love (Diana Ross/Phil Collins), Danny’s All Star Joint (Rikkie Lee Jones), It’s Not Unusual (Tom Jones), Oye Como Va (Santana), Mambo # 5 (Perez Prado) La Bamba (Los Lobos), Smooth Operator (Sade).

Corporations Jive Bombers have performed for:

AMP – Macquarie Bank – KPMG – Leighton Constructions – Hotel Intercontinental – Skycity, Darwin – Royal Motor Yacht Club – Hilton Hotel – Sydney Regent – UNSW Student Guild – Swiss Consulate – Crown Plaza,Terrigal – Subaru Australia – Commonwealth Bank – Qantas – Historic Houses Trust – Royal Sydney Golf Club – American Chamber of Commerce – Temora Aviation Museum - Sheraton on the Park – City of Sydney Council – Darling Harbour Authority – ANZ – Museum of Contemporary Art – Taronga Zoo – Rural Fire Service – Ernst & Young – Nutri Metics – Deloitte – John Holland Group – Hermes Precisa – Readers Digest – Ritz Carlton – Fairmont Resort – Dunhill Madden & Butler – Aust. Federation of Travel Agents – Novotel – Sydney University – Sony – Entech – Acer Computers – Digital – Truffle Group – Cordon Bleu Catering – Kincoppal School – Burwood Council – St Josephs College

Jive Bombers Festival Record

MANLY JAZZ FESTIVAL: 1993,1995,1999, 2001, 2005
FESTIVAL OF SYDNEY (Bacadi Club): 1993, 1994, 1995
WINTERSUN FESTIVAL (Coolangatta): 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007
THREDBO JAZZ FESTIVAL: 1995, 2005
CANADA BAY JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL: 2007
MACKAY FESTIVAL OF ARTS: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009
MORPETH JAZZ FESTIVAL (Hunter Valley): 1998,1999, 2000, 2004, 2005
ILLAWARRA JAZZ FESTIVAL (Wollongong): 1996,1997,1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008
KIAMA JAZZ FESTIVAL: 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
JAZZ IN THE HIGHLANDS (Mittagong): 1994,1995
NOOSA JAZZ FESTIVAL: 2003
WAGGA WAGGA JAZZ FESTIVAL: 2001
MANLY FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL: 2000
COOLAC FESTIVAL OF FUN: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005
JAZZ IN THE GARDENS (Vaucluse House): 1999
CLASSIC CAR SHOW (Cronulla): 2000, 2001
BOUNTY OF THE SEA FESTIVAL (Forster): 2004, 2005
CAMDEN HAVEN MUSIC FESTIVAL (Port Macquarie): 2006

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