Jean Lenke's Repertoire
Jean Lenke can tailor a bespoke ensemble and set-list to meet your needs - Acoustic Jazz Standards, Classic Combos, Swing & Latin, Slightly Smooth, Jazz-Rock Fusion, Disco Dazz, & Jazz-Grass, Mid-Century Folk, Yacht Rock... Classic Wedding Ceremony & Cocktail Hour Music... Gatsby or Speakeasy Party.... mix, mash & twist! If we can't play it we'll find a band for you that can.
Here is a small sampling of our Repertoire:
The Red Rose Jazz Project
#allwomenalljazz
April Snow/April Fooled Me (Dorothy Fields)
Black Crow (Joni Mitchell, 1976)
Ceora (Lee Morgan, Jean Lenke)
Fine & Dandy (Kay Swift)
FLYING (Tobi Stone)
Harvest Moon (Nora Beyes)
Heart is as Black as Night (Melody Gardot, 2009)
Hit the Groung Baby (Lizz Wright, Toshie Reagon)
How High The Moon (Nancy Hamilton & Morgan Lewis, “Two for the Show”, 1940)
I Can’t Stand the Rain (Ann Peebles)
I Love Being Here With You (Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee)
I See a Million People (Una Mae Carlisle)
I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton)
In the Land of Ooo, Blah, Dee (Mary Lou Williams)
It’s Too Late (Carole King, Toni Stern)
Lawns (Carla Bley, Terry Lynn Carrington, Samara Joy)
Left Alone (Billie Holiday)
Man In The Mirror (Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett , 1988, Michael Jackson)
Music is the Magic (Abbey Lincoln)
Natural Woman, [You Make Me Feel Like] (Carole King & Gerry Goffin, 1967)
Sweet Love (Anita Baker)
Twilight World (Marian MacPartland)
Up Jumped Spring (Freddy Hubbard, Abbey Lincoln)
Way You Look Tonight, The (Dorothy Fields)
WHEN YOU RETURN (Rachael Contorer)
What a Difference a Day Made (Maria Grover)
When We Were Young (Adele)
Whispering Grass (Dorris Fisher & Fred Fisher)
Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Sandy Denny)
Witchcraft (Cy Coleman & Carolyn Leigh, 1957)
Woodstock (Joni Mitchell, 1970)
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Acoustic Jazz Trio
Ain't No Sunshine [When She's Gone] (Bill Withers, 1971)
Aja (Steely Dan, 1977)
All Blues (Miles Davis, 1959)
And I Love Her (Paul McCartney & John Lennon, 1964)
Autumn in New York (“Thumbs Up!” 1934)
Autumn Leaves (Johnny Mercer, 1945)
Black Orpheus/A Day in the Life of a Fool (Luiz Bonfá & Antônio Maria, 1959)
But Beautiful (Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen, 1947)
Case of You, A (Joni Mitchell, 1971)
Charade (Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer, 1963)
Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer, “St. Louis Woman” 1946)
Comes Love (Brown-Stept-Tobias, “Yokel Boy”, 1939)
Day By Day (Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston, 1965)
Devil May Care (Harry Warren & Johnny Burke, 1940)
East of the Sun [and West of the Moon] (Brooks Bowman, 1934 "Stags at Bay")
Fly Me to the Moon/In Other Words (Bart Howard, 1954)
Four (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, 1954 Miles Davis)
Fragile (Sting, 1987)
Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell, 1930)
Have You Met Miss Jones? (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, “I'd Rather Be Right”, 1937)
Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller & Andy Razaf, 1928)
I Could Write a Book (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart, “Pal Joey”, 1940)
I Fall In Love Too Easily (Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn, 1944)
I Wish I Knew (Harry Warren, 1945)
Imitation of Life (Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster, 1959)
In a Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington, 1935)
Invitation (Bronisław Kaper & Paul Francis Webster, 1950)
It Could Happen To You (Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burk, 1944)
Let's Fall In Love (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehle, 1933)
Light My Fire (The Doors, 1966)
Look of Love, The (Burt Bacharach & Hal David, 1967 Dusty Springfield)
Love Gets In The Way (Dayna Kurtz, 2002)
Love Will Find A Way (Lionel Richie, 1983)
Lover Man [Oh, Where Can You Be?](Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, & James Sherman, 1941)
Loving You (Minnie Riperton, 1975)
Make a Smile for Me (Bill Withers, 1973)
Moon River (Henry Mancini & Johnny mErcer, 1961)
More Than You Know (Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu, 1929)
My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, 1937)
Natural Woman, [You Make Me Feel Like] (Carole King & Gerry Goffin, 1967)
Nearness of You, The (Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington, 1938)
Night And Day (Cole Porter, 1932)
No More Blues/Chega de Saudade (Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinícius de Moraes, 1958)
Norwegian Wood (Lennon & McCartney, 1965)
Old Devil Moon (by Burton Lane & Yip Harburg, ”Finian’s Rainbow”, 1947)
On A Clear Day (Burton Lane & Alan Jay Lerner, 1929)
One For My Baby (Harold Arlen & Johnny Merce, “The Sky's the Limit” 1943)
One Step Ahead (Eddie Snyder & Charles Singleton, 1965 Aretha Franklin)
Our Love (Gregory Porter, 2002)
Out Of Nowhere (Johnny Green & Edward Heyman, 1931)
Quiet Nights/Corcovado (Antonio-Carlos Jobim, 1960)
Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael & Johnny Mercer, 1941)
Smile (Charlie Chaplin, 1936 "Modern Times", lyrics John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons, 1954)
Sunday Kind of Love, A (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, & Louis Prima, 1946)
Sunny (Bobby Hebb, 1966, Stevie Wonder, 1968, Dusty Springfield))
The Man I Love (George & Ira Gershwin, “Lady Be Good”, 1924)
Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson, 2007)
When lights Are Low (Benny Carter & Spencer Williams, 1936)
Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Sandy Denny, 198)
Wichita Lineman ( Jimmy Webb, 1986)
Young At Heart (Johnny Richards & Carolyn Leigh, 1953)
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Summer Jazz Band
All Blues (Miles Davis, 1959)
All or Nothing at All (Arthur Altman & Jack Lawrence, 1939)
Another Star (Stevie Wonder, 1976)
Caravan (Duke Ellington, 1936)
Cause We've Ended As Lovers (Stevie Wonder, 1975)
Chicken, The (Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, 1969, popularized by Jaco Pastorius)
Every Kinda People (Andy Fraser, 1978, Robert Palmer)
Feeling Good (Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse, 1964 Nina Simone)
Fly Me to the Moon/In Other Words (Bart Howard, 1954)
Fungii Mama (Blue Mitchell, 1965)
Grazin int he Grass (Hugh Masakeda)
Girl From Ipanema, The (Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes, 1962, English, Norman Gimbel)
Have You Met Miss Jones? (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, “I'd Rather Be Right”, 1937)
Home at Last (Steely Dan, 1977)
Into My Soul (Gabin, feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater, 2004)
It's Too Late (Carol King, 1971)
Mercy Mercy Me The Ecology / What's Goin' On (Marvin Gaye)
Mister Magic (Ralph MacDonald, 1975 Grover Washington, Roberta Flack)
Mornin' (Al Jarreau, 1983)
My Favorite Things (Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Sound of Music", 1959, Sergio Mendez 1968)
Night in Tunisia (Dizzie Gillespie, 1941)
No More Blues/Chega de Saudade (Antonio Carlos Jobim & Vinícius de Moraes, 1958)
On A Clear Day (Burton Lane & Alan Jay Lerner, 1929)
Peg (Steely Dan, 1977)
Roof Garden (Al Jarreau, 1981)
Sidewinder (Lee Morgan, 1963)
Spooky (Mike Sharpe/Shapiro & Harry Middlebrooks, Jr., 1967, lyrics 1968 The Classics IV)
St. Thomas (Sonny Rollins, 1955)
Summer Breeze (Seals & Crofts, 1972, Benson & Jarreau, 2006)
Summertime (George Gershwin, “Porgy & Bess”, 1935)
Sway/Quién sera? (Luis Demetrio & Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, 1953, Dean Martin 1954)
Time Out of Mind (Steely Dan, 1980)
Walk On By (Burt Bacharach & Hal David, 1964 Dionne Warwick)
Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1967)
West Coast Blues (Wes Montgomery & Sascha Burland, 1964)
What is this Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter, “Wake Up & Dream”, 1929)
Woodstock (Joni Mitchell, 1970)
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Swing, Latin, & Disco Danz Grooves
8 Counts for Rita (Jimmy Smith, 2001)
All or Nothing at All (Arthur Altman & Jack Lawrence, 1939)
Cantaloupe island (Herbie Hancock)
Caravan (Duke Ellington, 1936)
Caravan (Van Morrison, 1970)
Chameleon (song charadeHerbie Hancock, 1973)
Charade (Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer, 1963)
Could it Be Magic (Barry Manalo, Donna Summer)
Dancing in the Moonlight (King Crimson)
Girl From Ipanema, The (Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes, 1962, English, Norman Gimbel)
Give Me the Night (George Benson)
Glory Of Love (Billy Hill, 1936)
Have You Met Miss Jones? (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, “I'd Rather Be Right”, 1937)
I Could Have Danced All Night (Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe)
If This Is It (Huey Lewis, 1984)
It Don't Mean a Thing if it Don't Have That [GO-GO] Swing (Duke Ellington, 1943)
Into My Soul (Gabin, feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater, 2004)
Last Dance (Donna Summer)
Let's Fall In Love (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehle, 1933)
Love & Happiness (All Green)
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
Night And Day (Cole Porter, 1932)
On The Street Where You Live (Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner, “My Fair Lady” 1956)
Out Of Nowhere (Johnny Green & Edward Heyman, 1931)
Save the Last Dance for Me (The Drifters)
Sea Of Love (Philip Baptiste & George Khoury. Phillips, 1959)
Sidewinder (Lee Morgan, 1963)
What is this Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter, “Wake Up & Dream”, 1929)
Woodstock (Joni Mitchell, 1970)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke, 1957)
Young At Heart (Johnny Richards & Carolyn Leigh, 1953)
Your Love Is King (Sade, 1984)
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Winter Holidays
Cool Yule (Steve Allen, 1953)
Glory Of Love, The (Billy Hill, 1936)
Good Morning [Christmas] Blues (Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing & Count Basie, 1937)
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (Irving Berlin, 1937)
Last Christmas (George Michael, 1982 WHAM!)
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow! (Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne, 1945)
Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf & John Blackburn, 1944)
My Favorite Things (Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II, "The Sound of Music", 1959, Sergio Mendez 1968)
Pure Imagination (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley 1971)
September (Earth, Wind &. Fire)
Silver Bells (Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, 1950)
Snowfall (Claude Thornhill)
White Christmas (Irving Berlin, 1942)
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