NEIL MAYA QUARTET
"Electrifying Performance from a band that has everything - Crisp melody lines and improvisation to match "
Dave Phillips, Chairman Teignmouth Jazz Festival 2009
Repertoire
The quartet plays a mix of originals by Neil and Tom and re-workings of standards. Styles wise we like to be pretty eclectic with their choices. For sure we recognise that swing is the rhythm of jazz and we love playing it but there are loads of other great grooves out there including samba, bossa, salsa and other latin styles, african grooves, rock, folk rock and the list goes on. We try to get a whole load of different grooves into the music to keep it fresh and exciting for us and the audience. We also think melody, dynamics and expression are important. . Briefly I'd like to think that what we do is play top quality grooving jazz which appeals to a wide audience. But what use are words when there is music. Go on to the CD's page and hear what we can do!
Depending on the event we do alter our set to make it fit the occasion. At times we've played all standards and at times we've played all origianls. Usuaully it is a mix of both.
Some of the standards we have played through the years are detailed below
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Alice in Wonderland
A Night in Tunisia- Dizzy Gillespie
Chega DeSaudade- Jobim
Cheesecake- Dexter Gordon
Django- John Lewis
Driftin-Herbie Hancock
Everything Happens to Me
Fables of Faubus- Mingus
Guataca City- Paquito d'Rivera
Greensleeves- Trad
Israel- John Carisi
Joy Spring-Clifford Brown
La Fiesta-Chick Corea
Love for Sale-Cole Porter
My Funny Valentine-
Night and Day- Cole Porter
Recordame-
Somewhere Over the Rainbow-
Spain-Chick Corea
Stella by Starlight-
Take 5- Paul Desmond
The Peacocks-
This I dig of you- Hank Mobley
Tom Thumb-
Well U needn't / Think of one- Monk
You can't have everything- Django Bates
Some of the originals we play are detailed below
A Bitter Ballad- Neil Maya
All change please- Neil Maya
Big Girl funk Machine- Neil Maya
Ethan- Neil Maya
Faxosone- Neil Maya
Ode to a great shed- Neil Maya
Round the bend- Neil Maya
The MIsts of time-Neil Maya
Time on my hands- Neil Maya
Welcome to the Circus- Neil Maya
Short Skirts and White Stilettos -Neil Maya
Five-Neil Maya
Meditative-Neil Maya
A Day at the Races -Neil Maya
Big Sur- Tom Unwin
Blue Sunflowers- Tom Unwin
Copshow Kapow- Tom Unwin
Dolores- Tom Unwin
Eric- Tom Unwin
Fingerprints- Tom Unwin
Funny Face- Tom Unwin
King Tut- Tom Unwin
Slinky- Tom Unwin
Undercurrents- Tom Unwin
The Low Down-Tom Unwin
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