Johns Jazz Jazz Band from Arroyo Grande, CA

Johns Jazz starts as a quartet with trumpet / flugelhorn, piano, bass and drums. Frequently, I include a vocal or instrumental guest artist to join us. Each of us enjoy playing different styles of music, but our primary focus is jazz. Our music is popular jazz, meaning jazz standards with some newer songs added for variety. More than likely if you live on or near the Central Coast of California, you have heard us play as a group or individually in other ensembles. The type of venues we would be appropriate for are restaurants, wineries, parties, conventions, or similar venues. Besides jazz standards like "Satin Doll", "There Will Never Be Another You" and "Autumn Leaves", we play songs everyone knows like "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", "More (from the movie Mondo Cane)", "Dream A Little Dream" (Mama's and Papa's) and "This Masquerade". We are always adding new songs to our repertoire so if there is something you wish to have played, we either already have it, or can get it.

• A Kiss To Build A Dream On | Louis Armstrong
• A Night In Tunisia | Gillespie / Papareli
• Ain't Misbehavin' | Fats Waller
• All of Me | Simon / Marks
• All The Things You Are | J. Kern
• Almost Like Being In Love | Fredrick Loewe
• Alone Together | A. Schwartz
• Anniversary Song | Al Jolson
• Anniversary Waltz | Al Dubin
• April In Paris | V. Duke
• Autumn In New York | V. Duke
• Autumn Leaves | J. Mercer
• Baubles, Bangles, & Beads | George Write
• Besume Mucho | Velasquez
• Bill Bailey | Hughie Cannon
• Blue Bossa | Kenny Dorham
• Blue Skies | Irving Berlin
• Bye Bye Blues | Lowe, Gray
• Can't We Be Friends | Paul James
• Cantelope Island | H. Hancock
• Caravan | I. Mills
• Christmas Song | Torme / Wells
• Christmas Time Is Here | Guaraldi / Mendelson
• Cute | Neil Hefti
• Darn That Dream | Van Heusen
• Dinah | Harry Akst
• Do You Know What It Means | Louis Alter
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington
• Dream A Little Dream Of Me | Fabian Andre
• Exactly Like You | Jimmy McHugh
• Fly Me To The Moon | Bart Howard
• Foggy Day (A) | Gershwin
• Four (MD) | M. Davis
• Frenesi | A. Dominguez
• Girl From Ipanema (The) | Carlos Jobim
• Have You Met Miss Jones | Richard Rodgers
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | Hugh Martin
• Hello Dolly | Jerry Herman
• Here's That Rainy Day | J. Van Heusen
• How High the Moon | Morgan Lewis
• I left My Heart In SF | Cross / Cory
• I Love You | Cole Porter
• I'll Remember April | Gene DePaul
• I've Never Been In Love Before | Frank Loesser
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear | R.S. Willis
• It Could Happen To You | Van Heusen
• It Had To Be You | Isham Jones
• It's A Wonderful World | H. Adamson
• It's Only A Paper Moon | Harold Arlen
• It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | Eddie Pola
• Jingle Bell Jazz | arr. D. Johns
• Joy Spring | Clifford Brown
• Just Friends | J. Klenner
• L-O-V-E | Bert Kaempfert
• Lady Bird | Tadd Dameron
• Lady Is A Tramp (The) | Richard Rodgers
• Land Of Make Believe | Chuck Mangione
• Lover Man | Jimmy Davis
• Lullaby Of Birdland | George Shearing
• Michelle | Beatles
• Misty | Erroll Garner
• Moon River | Mancini / Mercer
• Moonlight In Vermont | Karl Suessdorf
• More | Marcello Ciorciolini
• My Favorite Things | Richard Rodgers
• My Funny Valentine | Richard Rodgers
• My One And Only Love | Guy Wood
• My Way | Jacques Revaux
• Nature Boy | Eden Ambez
• Nearness Of You (The) | H. Carmichael
• Nica's Dream | Horace Silver
• Night And Day | Cole Porter
• Night Has A Thousand Eyes (The) | Buddy Bernier
• Oh When The Saints | James Black
• On Green Dolphin Street | B. Kaper
• On Green Dolphin Street | B. Kaper
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street | Jimmy McHugh
• Out Of Nowhere | J. Green / E. Heyman
• Over The Rainbow | Harold Arlen
• Pennies From Heaven | Johnny Burke
• Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer | Gene Autry
• Saint Louis Blues | W. C. Handy
• Satin Doll | D. Ellington
• Shadow Of Your Smile | Johny Mandel
• Skylark | H. Carmichael
• So Nice (Summer Samba) | Valle / Gimbel
• Softly As In A Mrning Sunrise | S. Romberg
• Some Day My Prince Will Come | Churchhill / Morey
• Song For My Father | Horace Silver
• Speak Low | Kurt Weill
• Star Eyes | Don Raye
• Stolen Momemts | Oliver Nelson
• Stompin At The Savoy | Edgar Sampson
• Struttin' With Some BBQ | Louis Armstrong
• Sunny | Bobby Hebb
• Sweet Georgia Brown | Pinkard / Casey / Bernie
• Take Five | Dave Brubeck
• Take The 'A' Train | Belly Strayhorn
• There Will Never Be Another You | Harry Warren
• Things Ain't The Way They Used To Be | D. Ellington
• This Could Be The Start Of Something Big | Steve Allen
• This Masquerade | Leon Russell
• Time After Time | Sammy Cahn
• Unforgettable | Irving Gordon
• Watermelon Man | H. Hancock
• Wave | A. Carlos Jobim
• Way Down Yonder In New Orleans | Tunner / Creamer
• What A Wonderful World | H. Adamson
• When Sunny Get's Blue | Jack Segal
• When You Wish Upon A Star | Ned Washington
• When Your Smiling | Shay / Fisher / Goodwin
• Where Fools Rush In | Johnny Mercer
• White Christmas | Irving Berlin
• Work Song | Nat Adderley
• Yardbird Suite | Charlie Parker
• Yesterday | Beatles
• You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To | Cole Porter