Vivian Lee Jazz Ensemble from Sacramento, CA

Vivian Lee is a jazz vocalist specializing in songs from the American Songbook as well as straight-ahead jazz from Monk, Gillespie, Miles Davis, Jobim and more. The band she carries with her consists of anything from trio(piano/bass/drums) to quintet (piano/bass/drums/sax). Her current band consists of Joe Gilman/Brenden Lowe on piano, Buca Necak or Ben Kopf on bass and Jeff Minnieweather on drums. Together with her unique style, phrasing and magical stage presence, they have been captivating audiences from Lake Tahoe to the Bay area. Known for her story-telling and banter with the audience she will pull you into the world that she creates on stage. For private events the group knows how to step back from show mode and create a wonderful ambiance that allows guests to chat and enjoy each other's company while listening to the music on the fringe of their consciousness. Ms Lee has three times (2005, 2006, 2007) been voted one of Sacramento's top jazz groups and top local entertainer by subscribers in Sacramento Magazine's annual "Best Of Sacramento issue. In 2009 she was voted by the editors of Sacramento Magazine as "Best Jazz Diva and also won the SAMMIE (Sacramento Area Music Award - Best Jazz Group 2007. In 2014 she was inducted into the Black Music Association of America's Sacramento Chapter as a Music Icon. She also was selected as Best Jazz Vocalist for 2014 by the same organization. She and her group are very adept at making a wedding, festival, jazz clubs, fundraiser, performing arts centers or whatever your event is a unique experience. Adding Vivian Lee and her group to your event will enhance and make that event something very special. I have quite an extensive songlist (283)that is constantly growing. Below is a a wide array of the songs we do but not the entire list.

• Wives and Lovers
• Emily
• Secret Love
• This Can't Be Love
• Day by Day
• Didn't We
• Surrey with the Fringe on Top
• Wolf Cry | Gregory Porter
• Don't Go To Strangers
• Somewhere | Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
• Bein Green
• Our Day Will Come
• Singing in the Rain
• It's a Lovely Day Today
• Why Don't You Do Right
• Stars Fell on Alabama
• My Baby Just Cares For Me
• Sarah
• Before We Fall In Love | John Clayton
• I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart | Duke Ellington
• Strollin | Horace Silver
• The End of a Love Affair | Edward Redding
• Sophisticated Lady | Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
• Dont Misunderstand
• Star Eyes
• At Long Last Love
• Who Can I Turn To | Anthony Newley
• Yardbird Suite | Charlie Parker
• Always | Irving Berlin
• You Are So Beautiful
• My Baby Just Cares For Me
• A Beautiful Friendship | Donald Kahn/Stanley Styne
• A Child is Born | Thad Jones
• A Day In The Life Of A Fool | Luis Bonfa/Carl Sigmand
• A House Is Not a Home | Burt Bacharach/Hal David
• A Night In Tunisia | Dizzy Go;;es[oe
• A Sunday Kind of Love | Beile/Prima/Leonard/Rhodes
• A Time For Love | Johnny Mandel
• Afternoon In Paris | John Lewis
• Alice in Wonderland | Sammy Fain/Bob Hilliard
• All of Me | Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks
• All of You | Cole Porter
• All The Things You Are | Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein
• Alone Together | Howard Dietz/Arthur Schwartz
• An Older Man Is Like An Elegant Wine | Lee Wong
• Angel Eyes | Matt Dennis/Earl Brent
• April in Paris | E.Y. Harburg/Vernon Duke
• At Last | Harry Warren/Mack Gordon
• Autumn in New York | Vernon Duke
• Autumn Leaves | Johnny Mercer/Joseph Kosma
• Ballad of The Sad Young Men | Tommy Wolf/Fran Landesman
• Baubles Bangles and Beads | Borodin, Wright and Forrest
• Beautiful Love | V. Young/Haven Gillispie
• Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
• Blue In Green | Miles Davis
• Blue Moon | Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers
• Blue Skies | Irving Berlin
• Body and Soul | Johnny Green/Edward Heyman
• Boy From Ipanema | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• But Beautiful | Jommy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke
• Call Me | Tony Hatch
• Can't Help Lovin That Man | Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein
• Caravan | Duke Ellington/Irving Mills
• Cherokee | Ray Noble
• Christmas Song, The | Mel Torme
• Christmas Time Is Here | Vince Guaraldi
• Close Enough For Love | Johnny Mandel/Paul Williams
• Close Your Eyes | Bernice Petkere
• Come Rain or Come Shine | Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer
• Comes Love | Lew Brown/Sam H Stept
• Corcovado | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Cry Me A River | Arthur Hamilton
• Darn That Dream | Jimmy Van Heusen/Eddie DeLange
• Daydream | Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
• Days of Wine and Roses | Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
• Dearly Beloved | Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer
• Dexter's Tune | Randy Newman/Vivian Lee
• Dienda | Kenny Kirkland/Sting
• Dindi | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Do Nothing Till you Hear From Me | Duke Ellington
• Don't Be That Way | Benny Goodman
• Don't Explain | Billie Holiday/Arthur Herzog
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington
• Don't Miss You At All | Duke Ellington/Nora Jones
• Don't Say A Word | Bill Cantos
• Down Here on The Ground | Gale Garnett/Lalo Schifrin
• Dream | Johnny Mercer
• Dreamsville | Henry Mancini/Jay Livingston
• East of the Sun | Brookes Bowman
• Estate | Bruno Martino/Bruno Brighetti
• Fine and Mellow | Billie Holiday
• Fly Me To The Moon | Bart Howard
• Foggy Day | George/Ira Gershwin
• For All We Know | Fred Coots/Sam M. Lewis
• Fotografia | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You | Don Redman/Andy Razaf
• Gentle Rain | Matt Dubey/Luis Bonfa
• Girl Talk | Neal Hefti/Bobby Troup
• God Bless The Child | Arthur Herzog/Billie Holiday
• Goodbye | Gordon Jenkins
• Here's That Rainy Day | Jimmy Van Heusen
• Honeysuckle Rose | Andy Razaf/Fats Waller
• How High The Moon | Nancy Hamilton/Morgan Lewis
• I Could Write a Book | Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
• I Don't Know Enough About You | Peggy Lee
• I Get a Kick Out of You | Cole Porter
• I Only Have Eyes For You | Harry Warren
• I Should Care | Sammy Cahn
• I Thought About You | Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Mercer
• I Walk a Little Faster | Cy Coleman
• I Wish You Love | Charles Trenet
• If You Could See Me Now | Tadd Dameron/Carl Sigman
• I'll Look Around | Douglas Cross/George Cory
• I'll Remember April | Don Raye/Gene DePaul
• I'm In Love Again | Cy Coleman/Peggy Lee
• I'm Old Fashioned | Jerome Kern/Johnny Mercer
• In a Mellow Tone | Duke Ellington
• Inside a Silent Tear | Blossom Dearie
• It Could Happen To You | John Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen
• It Don't Mean a Thing | Duke Ellington
• It Had To Be You | Isham Jones/Gus Kahn
• It's Only A Paper Moon | Billy Rose/Harold Arlen
• I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm | Irving Berlin
• I've Got the World On A String | Ted Koehler/Harold Arlen
• I've Got You Under My Skin | Cole Porter
• I've Grown Accustomed To His Face | Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe
• I've Never Been in Love Before | Frank Loesser
• Just Friends | John Klenner/Sam M. Lewis
• Key Largo | Leah Worth/Benny Carter
• Lady Be Good | George/Ira Gershwin
• Lady is a Tramp | Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
• Laura | David Raksin/Johnny Mercer
• Let It Snow | Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne
• Let's Face The Music and Dance | Irving Berlin
• Like Someone In Love | Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke
• Lil Darlin' | Neal Hefti
• Little Boat | Ronaldo & Buddy Kaye
• Little White Lies | Walter Donaldson
• Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow | Harold Adamson/James McHugh
• Love Walked In | George/Ira Gershwin
• Lover Man | Jimmy Davis
• Lush Life | Billy Strayhorn
• Makin Whoopee | Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn
• Mean To Me | Roy Turk/Fred Ahlert
• Misty | Erroll Garner/Johnny Burke
• Moon River | Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini
• Moonglow | Irving Mills
• Moonlight | John Williams/Alan Marilyn Bergman
• Moonlight in Vermont | Karl Suessdorf/John Blackburn
• My Favorite Things | Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein
• My Funny Valentine | Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
• My Love Went to London | Tony Scibetta/John Wallowitch
• My One and Only Love | Guy Wood
• Nardis | Miles Davis/Vivian Lee
• Nature Boy | Eden Ahbez
• Never Let Me Go | Jay Livingston/Ray Evans
• Nice n Easy | Lew Spence/Alan Marilyn Bergman
• Night and Day | Cole Porter
• Old Country | Cannonball Adderley
• Old Devil Moon | Burton Lane/E.Y. Harburg
• On a Clear Day | Burton Lane/Alan Jay Lerner
• On Green Dolphin Street | Bronislau Kaper/Ned Washington
• Once I Loved | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• One For My Baby | Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer
• Our Love is Here To Stay | George/Ira Gershwin
• Out of Nowhere | Johhny Green
• Over The Rainbow | Harold Arlen
• People | Bob Merrill/Jule Styne
• Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone | Sidney Clare/Sam H. Stept
• Poinciana | Buddy Bernier/Nat Simon
• Polka Dots and Moonbeams | Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke
• Pure Imagination | Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley
• Remember Me | Ivan Lins
• Round Midnight | Thelonious Monk
• Route-66 | Bobby Troup
• Ruby My Dear | Thelonious Monk
• Satin Doll | Duke Ellington
• Save Your Love For Me | Buddy Jackson
• Shadow of Your Smile | Johnny Mandel
• Shiny Stockings | Frank Foster/Ella Fitzgerald
• Skylark | Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer
• Smile | Charlie Chaplin
• Softly As In a Morning Sunrise | Oscar Hammerstein
• Solitary Moon | Johnny Mandel/Alan Marilyn Bergman
• Solitude | Eddie De Lange/Irving Mills/Duke Ellington
• Some Other Time | Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden
• Some Time Ago | Sergio Mihanovich
• Someone To Watch Over Me | George/Ira Gershwin
• Something To Live For | Billy Strayhorn
• Sometimes I'm Happy | Vincent Youmans
• Soul Eyes | Mal Waldron
• Stompin at the Savoy | Benny Goodman
• Stormy Blues | Billie Holiday
• Strange Fruit | Lewis Allen
• Strictly Confidential | Bud Powell
• Summer Samba | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Summerwind | Henry Mayer/Johnny Mercer
• Surrey With The Fringe On Top | Richard Rodgers
• Tain't What You Do | Sy Oliver/James Young
• Take The "A" Train | Billy Strayhorn
• Teach Me Tonight | Gene DePaul/Sammy Cahn
• That Old Black Magic | Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer
• That's All | Alan Brandt/Bob Haynes
• The Boy Next Door | Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane
• The Christmas Song | Mel Torme
• The Christmas Waltz | Jules Styne/Sammy Cahn
• The Lamp Is Low | Peter DeRose/Bert Shefter
• The Long and Winding Road | John Lennon/Paul McCartney
• The Man I Love | George/Ira Gershwin
• The Midnight Sun | Lionel Hampton/Johnny Mercer
• The Moon's a Harsh Mistress | Jimmy Webb
• The More I See You | Harry Warren/Mack Gordon
• The Nearness of You | Hoagy Carmichael
• The Rainbow Connection | Paul Williams/Kenneth Ascher
• The Secret of Christmas | Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn
• The Summer Knows | Michel Legrand/Alan Marilyn Bergman
• The Very Thought of You | Ray Noble
• The Way You Look Tonight | Dorothy Fields/Jerome Kern
• There is No Greater Love | Isham Jones/ Marty Symes
• They Can't Take That Away | George & Ira Gershwin
• Time After Time | Jule Styne
• Time Alone | Eliani Elias
• Triste | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Try Your Wings | Barr & McGregor
• Two For The Road | Henry Mancini
• Ugly Beauty/Still We Dream | Thelonious Monk
• Up Jumped Spring | Freddie Hubbard/Abby Lincoln
• Watch What Happens | Michel Legrand
• Wave | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• We Can Try Love Again | Dori Cayimmi
• Welcome To My Love | Sammy Cahn/Bill Schluger
• What A Difference a Day Made | Stanley Adams/Maria Grever
• What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life | Michel Legrand/Alan Marilyn Bergman
• When I Fall In Love | Edward Heyman/Victor Young
• When Sunny Gets Blue | Marvin Fisher/Jack Segal
• Where Do You Start | Johnny Mandel
• Where or When | Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
• Windmills Of Your Mind | Michel LeGrand/Alan Marilyn Bergman
• Witchcraft | Cy Coleman
• You Don't Know What Love Is | Don Raye/Gene DePaul
• You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To | Cole Porter