Campbell's Jazz Soup (www.campbellsjazz.com) plays a fun blend of 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 50s jazz and swing at events, parties, festivals, and weddings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Leader Brian Campbell serves up a tasty stew of hot clarinet, swinging saxophone, and hearty vocals. Mixed in to provide a feast for the ears is bluesy guitar and driving string bass. We play everything from mellow background jazz to upbeat danceable swing.
The band can perform with up to seven members by including trumpet, piano, drums, and/or trombone. Our most popular sizes are the trio (composed of sax/clarinet/vocals, guitar, and bass), the quintet (add trumpet and piano or drums to the trio), and the sextet (add trumpet, piano, and drums to the trio). If you want to dance we highly recommend hiring our quintet or sextet. And if you're interested in Dixieland in the New Orleans tradition with banjo and tuba, we can do that too (our last two audio samples demonstrate our Dixieland sound).
For close to two decades we've played many events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond including weddings, festivals, parties, and corporate functions. Please contact our leader, Brian Campbell, for availability and rate info. You can contact him and get additional info about the band at www.campbellsjazz.com. Thanks for visiting and we hope to hear from you soon!