Types of Music

Jazz standards, swing, ballads, latin, blues and such.

Who's in the band

This will vary. A 3 piece may consist of sax, keyboard, bass; 4 piece add drums; 5 piece add trumpet or trombone; 6 piece add another sax.
Singers can be added to any size band.
The actual musicians will also vary. There is a pool of excellent musicians to be drawn from. Trip Hazard is no rehearsed band.
The guys/girls get together on the gig and play jazz. The unrehearsed nature gives the music an edge, an excitement, a frission that can be lost in set bands.

What the band is not

It is not a 'function' band (although we obviously play at functions), the sort of band required to play a range of styles to suit the occasion - (Knees Up Muvver Brown, Irish Washer Woman, Gay Gordons, Hava Nagila, Okey-Cokey or whatever).  We've been there and done that. We play jazz, and that's pretty much it (well you might get a Happy Birthday out of us).

We are also not loud.

Why the name Trip Hazard?

The band started some years ago based on primarily a group of ex-professional/semi-pro  musicians who still wanted to perform.
We played at many charity events - school fêtes, church bazaars, country shows etc. At one regular church event (regular as in every 2 years) a photographer from the local paper asked the name of the band. It didn't have one but  a cable had been run from the church to the grave yard where we were set up (don't ask) and there was a sign, pointing in our direction saying, you've guessed it, 'Trip Hazard'. At last a positive story about Health & Safety.

There is no truth to the story that band acquired its name after a couple of people tried to dance to us. Dancing is allowed provided suitable waivers have been signed.

Some of the band have also played under the banner of the  Woodford Wheezards performing, to great acclaim, at events during the annual Woodford festival.

Cost

How long is 32 bars? This depends on location, time required and so forth but £100 per musician would be a good guide.

So if you want a real jazz band for an event at home or in a hall or pub or restaurant or wherever, whether it be private, corporate or public, phone 070107 25267 or email for a quote giving timings, location  and nature of the event.

A few sound bites

These were recorded live, on an mp3 player/recorder, with a bunch of the guys at a jam session:

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