SOUND IMAGE BAND
Based in Cape Town
The Sound Image band is one of Cape Town's most popular function bands. Headed by guitarist Gary Deacon, the five-piece consists of keyboard, Sax / Clarinet / Penny Whistle, Guitar / Bass Guitar, Drums and Vocals, and could be joined by an additional front vocalist to form a six-piece. Gary works with Cape Town's finest: Andrew Ford from VJR (on keyboard), vocalists Jeff Weiner (ex Jonny Cooper Big Band) and Denay Willie (exceptional female vocalist who has performed in many overseas countries including Japan), Willie van Zyl on saxes, clarinet, and penny whistle, and Ian Alexander on drums/vocals.
The band has an extensive repertoire to suite all musical tastes, including practically all styles of sophisticated music - Swing, Dixieland, Latino, Traditional, Rock & Roll and Contemporary Popular Songs from the 60 ’s to the present. (See repertoire below.) Whilst the group can provide quiet sophisticated background music during dinner, they are also able to change to dance format when required. Swing and Sinatra styles have become another speciality of this highly regarded band, due to the growing demand for these styles in Cape Town.
LISTEN:
SOUND SAMPLE 1 - Dance Music compilation
SOUND SAMPLE 2 - Swing / Latin / Contemporary compilation
REPERTOIRE:
The band's comprehensive playlist consists of over 300 titles, and can broadly be categorised under the following styles:
1) Jazz and Standard Adult Contemporary Vocals - ie. Michael Buble / Robbie Williams / Frank Sinatra / Diana Krall / etc.
2) Instrumental (All styles) ie Glenn Miller / Smooth Jazz / South African / Classic HIts / Ballads / Movie Themes, etc.
3) Classic Hits and Memories to the Present - ie. Shania Twain / Freddie Mercury / Tina Turner / Eric Clapton / Cher , etc.
* 1) and 2) are suitable mainly for background during dining - ie the initial part of the evening
* 3) would be suitable mainly for dancing - ie the second half of the evening
The band would probably be able to cover around 50/60 titles at the most during an average four hour function. They normaly try to adapt the repertoire to suit the average age profile of the guests - the ultimate aim is to keep everyone happy from age 7 to 77 !
1) Jazz and Standard Adult Contemporary Vocals - ie. Michael Buble / Robbie Williams / Frank Sinatra / Diana Krall, etc.
A Certain Smile
A Cry, A Smile, A Dance
A Night In Tunisia
Aint Misbehavin'
All Of Me
Almost Like Being In Love
Angel Eyes
Anthopology
Aqua De Beber
Bare Necessities
Beautiful Love
Besame Mucho
Beyond The Sea
Body And Soul
Bye Bye Blackbird
They Can't Take That away From Me
Caravan
Cherokee
Confrimation
Cry Me a River
Days Of Wine And Roses
Deed I Do
Don't Get Around Much Any More
Don't Know Why
Every Day I Have The Blues
Feel Like Making Love
Fly Me To The Moon
Four
Georgia
Gingi
Have You Met Miss Jones
How High The Moon
I've Got You Under My Skin
It Had To Be You
Just The Way You Are
Killing Me Softly
L.A. Is My Lady
Lady Love
Lady Wants To Know
L.O.V.E.
Laughter In The Rain
Lullaby Of Birdland
Mac The Knife
Mercy
Mona Lisa
More
My Baby Just Cares For Me
My Funny Valentine
My Romance
My One And Only Love
My Way
New York New York
Night And Day
No More Blues
Paper Moon
Perdido
Popsicle Toes
Round Midnight
Smile
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Stormy Weather
Strangers In The Night
Straight No Chaser
Summertime
Sunny
The Girl From Ipanema
The Lady Wants To Know
The Look Of Love
The Song Is You
The Shadow Of Your Smile
The Way You Look Tonight
The Summer Wind
They Can't Take That away From Me
Three Coins In The Fountain
Unforgettable
When I Fall In Love
Who Can I Turn To
Wichita Lineman
Wonderful World
You Make Me Feel So young
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Go To My Head
2) Instrumental (All styles) ie Glenn Miller / Smooth Jazz / South African / Classic HIts / Ballads / Movie Themes, etc.
A String Of Pearls
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
All By Myself
All I Ask Of You
Autumn Leaves
Baker Street
Beauty And The Beast
Black Orpheus
Blue Bossa
Blue Danube Waltz
Change The World
Chattanooga
Cherry Pink
Clarinet Polka
Duelling Banjos
Easier Said Than Done
Everything I Do
Fields Of Gold
From A Distance
Glenn Miller Medley
Have I Told You Lately
Honeysuckle Rose
How High The Moon
If You Leave Me Now
In The Mood
Invitations
La Paloma
Mannenberg
Maputo
Misty
Moonglow
Moonlight Serenade
Morning Dance
Mull Of Kintyre
Night Birds
Nights In White Satin
Oh Lady Be Good
On Green Dolphin Street
Over The Rainbow
Pata Pata
Rise
Satin Doll
Songbird
Song For Guy
Stranger On The Shore
Summertime
Sweet Georgia Brown
Take Five
Take The A Train
Tears In Heaven
Tennesse waltz
The Click Song
The Music Of The Night
The Pink Panther Theme
The Rose
This Masquerade
' Till There Was You
Tuxedo Junction
Wind Beneath My Wings
Yakety Sax
3) Classic Hits and Memories to the Present - ie Shania Twain / Freddie Mercury / Tina Turner / Eric Clapton / Cher , etc.
A Hard Day's Night
A Lovely Day
Achey Breaky Heart
All Night Long
Amour
Ain't No Sunshine
Are You Lonesome Tonight
As
Bad Moon Rising
Baker Street
Believe
Billy Jean
Black Velvet
Blame It On The Boogie
Blue Moon
Blueberry Hill
Boogie Wonderland
Brown Eyed Girl
Build Me Up Buttercup
Bye Bye Love
Caberet
Can't Help Falling In Love
Can’t Hurry Love
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Careless Whisper
Celebration
Come Fly With Me
Conga
Cotton Fields
Country Roads
Crackling Rose
Crazy
Crazy Kind Of Thing Called Love
Crocodile Rock
Dancing On The Ceiling
Dancing Queen
Daniel
District Six
Do You Love Me
Don't Stop
Don't Sleep In The Subway
Easy Lover
Eight Days A Week
Eternal Flame
Every Breath You Take
Faith
Feel Like Making Love
Fever
Find One Hundred Ways
Fire
For Once In My Life
Forty Days
Georgia
Georgie Porgie
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Give Me Hope Joanna
Great Balls Of Fire
Greatest Love Of All
Green Door
Green Green Grass Of Home
Groovy Kind Of Love
Guilty
Have I Told You Lately
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
He Ain’t Heavy
Help Yourself
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Here Comes The Sun
Hero
Hey Baby
Hey Jude
Hippy Hippy Shake
Hold On I’m Comming
Hold The Line
Hooked On A Feeling
I Can See Clearly Now
I Feel Good
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
I Just Called To Say I Love You
I Only Have Eyes For You
I Say A Little Prayer
I Shot The Sheriff
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Will Survive
It’s In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)
If You Could Read My Mind
Imagine
Isn’t She Lovely
It Had To Be You
It’s Raining Men
It’s Not Unusual
Just The Two Of Us
Just Seventeen
Killing Me Softly
Knock On Wood
Knocking On Heaven's Door
La Bamba
Lady In Red
Laughter In The Rain
Let Your Love Flow
Let’s Twist Again
Let’s Stay Together
Life
Living Doll
Living Next Door To Alice
Locomotion
Long Train Running
Love Is All Around
Love Is In The Air
Macerena
Mambo No. 5
Mamma Mia
Man I Feel Like a Woman
Midnight At The Oasis
Moon River
Mustang Sally
Mr. Bojangles
Mrs. Robinson
My Girl
My Heart Will Go On
New York New York
Ob La Di ObLa Da
Oh What a Night
One Day I’ll Fly Away
Part Time Lover
Perfect
Personality
Promises
Pretty Woman
Proud Mary
Respect
Return To Sender
Rock n’ Roll Medley
Rosanna
Route 66
Sailing
Saving All My Love
Sea Cruise
September
Simply The Best
Smooth
Smooth Operator
Something
Something Stupid
Song Sung Blue
Stars
Stop In The Name Of Love
Street Life
Sway
Sweet Caroline
That’s What Friends Are For
The Great Pretender
Those Were The Days
To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before
Tootie Frutie
Top Of The World
True Love
Twilight Time
You Send Me
Unchain My Heart
Unchained Melody
Under The Boardwalk
Upside Down
Uptown Girl
Walking On Sunshine
Waterloo
We Are Family
Week-end Special
What A Difference A Day Makes
What’s Love Got To Do With It
When I Fall In Love
When A Man Loves A Woman
When You Say Nothing At All
Wichita Lineman
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Without You
Wonderful World
Wonderful Tonight
Y.M.C.A.
Yesterday
You To Me Are Everything
You’re Just To Good To Be True
You’re The One That I Want
You’re My First, My Last, My Everything
* Additional Songs to be covered include :
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
It Must Have Been Love - Roxette
Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
Over My Shoulder - Mike and The Mechanics
Running In The Family - Level 42
She's A Lady - Tom Jones
You Got It - Roy Orbison
* The band also also covers Jewish, South African, Irish, German and some traditional songs from around the world, depending on the requirements. A separate list of these songs is available on request.
