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Live Background Musicians In Minnesota and surrounding states
For background music or occasional dancing - From Jazz to Pop Music

Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians | Harpists
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop/ A Capella Groups  
Woodwind Groups | International Music-Mariachi and others | Wedding Musicians 

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Jazz Groups
Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop Quartets
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Type	Name of Group/Web Page The group ID #'s are an easy way for us to check availability on a group for you via phone and on the Internet
jazz, pop, everything	Pianist # 2363 Michael L
All styles	Group #173 Pianist and Vocalist or solo piano
Jazz and Standards	Group #468 One of the areas finest trio/quartets Piano/Bass/Sax or Piano/Bass/Drums/Sax  or Piano/Bass/Drums
Jazz & Pop	Jazz Trio - Piano/Bass/Drums - Group # 891 Photo Short Audio Demo - (download in 30-60 seconds)        Real Audio - Windows Media - MP3 Long Audio Demo (download in 3-9 minutes) 1.7MB        Real Audio - Windows Media Partial Song List - Biography    651-454-1124
Jazz/Pop	Group #887
Contemporary Jazz and variety	Group # 863  TRIO: keyboard-bass, drums and  guitar-flute-sax player.   3 musicians. Audio Clips -  Real Audio | Windows Media
Jazz and/or Swing	Group # 927 Jazz / Swing / Variety Band for background or dancing
Jazz and/or Swing	Swing  / Jazz Vocalist Audio Samples Vocalist # 608  - Vocalist # 668 -  Vocalist #758 -  Vocalist #857 - Vocalist  #887
Jazz Vocal/Piano Duo	Group # 658 -  Female Jazz Vocalist & piano duo Real Audio Demo | Windows Media Demo  Song List Page One | Page Two
Jazz	Group # 750 3-4pc jazz group Real Audio clip
Jazz Latin	Group # 528 - Latin/Jazz quartet Real Audio Clip
Jazz	Group # 857 2,3,4,5 or 6pc combinations Guitar/Sax (duo) or Guitar/Sax/Bass (trio)
Funky Jazz & Swing	Group # 828 Drums/Bass/Keys/Sax/Guitar & optional Percussionist. New Age sounding.
Jazz Vocalist / Duo Trio/Quartet	Group #714 Trio or Quartet F-Vocal/piano/drums/sax Real Audio Clip | Photo
Jazz	Group # 668 Excellent Female Vocalist. Piano/vocal or p/bass/drums/sax
Jazz	Group # 259  Harp/Bass/Drums Trio Real Audio Clip
Jazz	Group # 253 Piano/bass/drums  or Solo Piano Real Audio Clip Photo | Real Video15 second clip Trio-Real Video Clip #2 (longer)
Jazz	Group # 758 Duo/Trio Piano/Bass/Sax All Vocalists
Jazz/Pop/Rock Almost any style you  can think of. Mellow or Up-Beat For background music or for optional dancing.	Group # 799  Trio or quartet (add drums) Player 1 - Sax/Flute/Clarinet Player 2 - Guitar Player 3 - Bass Guitar Real Audio Clip Wave file Audio Sax Demo Wave File Audio Flute Demo Wave File Audio Clarinet Demo Wave File Audio Sax Demo #2
Jazz	Group # 721 Jazz Trio Partial Songlist
Jazz Group	#915    Piano/Bass/Drums  Photo Real Audio Clip

Pianists
Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop Quartets
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We have over 22 top piano players

Type	Name of Group/Web Page
jazz, pop, everything	Pianist # 2604 Sharon
Variety	Pianist # 253  WaveAudio Clip | Photo Real Audio Clip
Variety	Pianist #792 Real Audio Clip - Windows Media Clip
Variety	Pianist # 715 From pop to holiday music.
Variety	Pianist # 182. Pop to Holiday Music
Variety	Pianist # 573 Pianist/Vocalist
Variety	Pianist # 837 Pianist/Vocalist

Strolling Musicians
Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop Quartets
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Approx. $100-200 per person for 2 hours
Most have a minimum of 2 hours
We represent over 200 musicians in the area.

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Holiday Music Options

Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop Quartets
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We have many holiday groups

Harpists

Harpists & Harp Ensembles Harpists range from $250-350 for 2 hour minimum in most cases
We have 16 harpists and 7 harp-combination groups.
Harpist #259 - Photo | Real Audio Live Demo | Small Wave file sample
Harpist #650 Harp - Harp/Flute or Harp/Cello or Harp/Flute/Viola Availability
Harpist #549 Harp   or Harp/Flute/Cello and other 2 or 3 musician groups
Harpist #279 - Photo1- Photo2 - Over 10 years exp. experience - Very easy to work with. AV
Harp/Flute Duo #665 - Real Audio Demo | Call for availability 
Harp/Flute Duo #947 
              #947 (moved from MN to Indiana)- Real Audio Demo | Clip # 2  
              #947 Welsh Folk Songs | General Info | Harpist or Harp/Flute Duo #947
Violin/Harp Duo #465a  (no audio yet)
Violin/Piano Duo #4 65b (no audio yet)
Harpist #867 Trudy
Harp #459 23 years experience! Also available Harp Duo (2 harps) with this harpist. 
Some of our high quality ensemble photos Photo1 Photo2 Group # 465

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Brass Groups

Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop Quartets
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Various Classical/Pop Ensembles and String Quartets
Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop Quartets
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Barbershop Quartets /Acappella Groups

Group #912  - Photo | Real Audio Clip One | Two | Three
Group #896 - Photo - Real Video Clip One Two Three
Group # 897 - Photo
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Woodwind Groups 
Bassoon Quintet - Weddings or Background Music
Group #730 Photo | Real Audio Clip Demo

Bagpipers
Bill #588

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Ethnic Groups

Live Bands-International Themes

• Bavarian / Oktoberfest Groups
  German Group #540 German & many other types of music
• Blue Grass
• Calypso Groups
• Cajun/Zydeco Real Audio Demo Clip
• Country
• Folk Music
• French Groups and solo musicians
• Greek Belly Dancers and Greek musician groups
• Hawaiian Live Band #367-61
• Hawaiian/Polynesian dancers and dance instructors PHOTO
• Italian Groups Photo1 . 2-6pc groups featuring all the traditional Italian Songs- O Solo Mio, Sorento, Tarantella, Arrivaderchi Roma, Isle of Capri & many more. Accordian/Violin/Mandolin and many
  combinations
• Irish Groups (solo/duo/trio/quartet) many combinations
  Include Irish/Celtic Group #356 Real Audio Clips  Fast Song  Slow Song  Very Fast Song
• Bagpipers (we have 10 of them!) 
• Klezmer (8 groups!)
• Latin American 4-14 pc groups  drums/piano/bass/conga drums/sax/vocalists and more!
  Kico Rangel Quartet Real Audio 28.8 connection Real Audio for busy times (downloads first)
• Dixieland Photo1 Group 367 Dixie Group#2 Photo1 Photo2
  We represent 4 dixie groups or combinations in this area.
• Mariachi Photo1 We have over 14 players (many are native Mexicans). 2-10 pc groups
         Music from Celito Linda to La Cucaracha! Real Audio Demo Clip | Windows Media Demo 6pc group 
  Mariachi Group #200 2-3-4-5 or more musicians - Whatever you need!
  Mariachi Band Minneapolis MN group # 13070  Photo   Audio Demo 1  Audio Demo 2  Audio Demo 3
• Reggae (we have 8 reggae/calypso groups)
  Shangoya / Calypso, Soca, Reggae
  Tropical Breeze / Standard Reggae, Calypso, Soca
  SHALITA Band / African, zouk, kwasa, Kwasa, Soukous, Reggae
  INNOCENT / Roots, Rock, Reggae Bob Marley Style
  U.B.O.K / Reggae, African High Life, Calypso, Kwasa-kwasa
  Prince Jabba / Dance Hall Lover's Rock, Reggae
  New Beat Confidential / Reggae, Dance Hall Rock Steady
• Russian Groups
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Spanish Flamenco Guitar (Spanish Guitar Group or Solo)
Artist #664 International Performer

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Steel Drum Band/Tropical Variety/ Reggae

• Tropical Breeze - Steel Drums/Bass/Guitar/Drums/Vocals 4-5pc group 
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• The Tropical Islanders Steel Drums/Bass/Keyboard/Percussion(drums)/Vocals
• The Tropics Steel Drum Band (Steel Drums/Vocals/Guitar/Drums) 2-4pc group
  Tropics Real Audio Demo ____ Wave File Demo ___ Photo _ Hi-Resolution Photo
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• Dred I Dread (call for info)
  Reggae, Dance hall, ska, Rock steady, Hip Hop
• Innocent (call for info)
  Roots, Rock, Reggae Bob Marley Style
• U.B.O.K. (call for info)
  Reggae, African High Life, Calypso, Kwasa-kwasa
• Prince Jabba (call for info)
  Dance Hall Lover's Rock, Reggae
• New Beat Confidential (call for info)
  Reggae, Dance Hall Rock Steady

• 50's 60's Groups
  • Bob and The Beachcomers

Jazz Groups | Pianists | Strolling Musicians | Holiday Musicians
Brass Groups | String Quartets | Bands for Dancing | Barbershop Quartets
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