SUGAR BLUE

Essentially a cool, swinging jazz outfit, Sugar Blue can offer a sophisticated jazz background with or without vocals and "change gears" to inspire the festive mood with reggae, latin, funk and pop grooves.

Available in vairous combinations to suit your type of occasion. This includes the addition of a piano player or female vocalist.

Paul Jamieson has performed at numerous functions, major events and festivals across .
These include the Crown Casino, Lassiters Casino, The Spirit of Tasmania (boat), The St.Kilda Festival, Menzies Rialto, Brighton International and the Maroondah Festival.
Paul is English/Jamaican and the cultural influence often comes across in the rhythms and vocal style though he is well versed in various popular music styles.

 Pete Mitchell also draws on wide experiences having been leader of his own bands and a member of well-known big-bands such as Bomba. He has toured and Internationally. Pete is a versatile musician playing the beautiful Soprano Sax right through to the deep sounding Baritone Sax as well as guitar and hand percussion. Recent tours have included New Caledonia and The Northern Territory.

Scott Hay is a well respected Melbourne drummer well established in the jazz scene. He appears regularly at Dizzy’s jazz club along with Paris Cat, Manchester Lane and Crown Casino. Festivals have included the Wangaratta Jazz festival.
Scott is a smooth drummer with great dynamic range according to the setting.

Vince Wienckowsky  also has wide experience in the Melbourne music scene having appeared at venues too numerous to mention. Many of the dates in recent times have been with Paul and Pete. Recently they have included trio performances at the Royal Hotel in Essendon, Music Day for the City of Casey and as quartet at Tesselaars Tulip Festival. Weddings are also a regular occurrence for the band.

Sugar Blue’s Repertoire of Modern Standards

• Wild World – Cat Stevens
• Fragile – Sting
• Moondance – Van Morrison
• Sway – Michael Buble
• Jammin’ – Bob Marley
• Jamaican Farewell – Harry Bellafonte
• Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
• Have I Told You Lately –Van Morrison
• Is This Love – Bob Marley
• Black And Gold - Sam Sparro
• Better Than - John Butler Trio
• Beautiful - Alex Lloyd
• Kingston Town - UB 40
• Red Red Wine – UB 40
• Picture Of My Life – Jamiroquai
• Bourbon Street – Sting
• Love of My Life – Santana/Mathews
• Smooth – Santana/Rob Thomas
• Oye Como Va – Santana
• St. Thomas Way – Sonny Rollins
• Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters
• Roxanne – The Police
• Message In A Bottle – The Police
• Fields Of Gold - Sting
• Jamaican in New York - Sting
• Corner of The Earth – Jamiroquai
• Kiss From a Rose - Seal
• Under The Milky Way – The Church
• Something – George Harrison
• Waiting In Vain – Bob Marley
• Bourbon Street – Sting
• Perfect Life – Sting
• Hero – Enrique
• Kiss – Prince
• I Feel Good - James Brown
• Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
• Set Them Free – Sting
• Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
• C.C. Rider – Ray Charles/Elvis
• Houndog - Elvis
• Fever – Various Artists
• Mustang Sally – The Committments
• You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate
• Love Is In The Air – John Paul Young
• My Girl – The Temptations
• Stand By Me - John Lennon/Ben E. King