Reception, Party, and Cocktail Hour Music List

Below is a list of some of the songs we play regularly for cocktails, receptions, and parties. Click on the underlined selections to download mp3 samples of our playing and singing. The instrumental or vocal combination on each recording is indicated in parentheses, but most of these songs can be performed with a variety instrumental/vocal combinations, including solo piano, solo guitar, voice, flute/guitar duo, guitar/bass duo, guitar/piano duo, flute/piano duo, jazz trio, and jazz quartet.

Please note that this is just a partial list -- our repertoire library of jazz standards includes several hundred selections. If there is a song you like that's not listed, we will do our best to locate it and add it to our repertoire!

• Air on the G String from Orchestral Suite No. 3 — Bach(piano/guitar duo)
• Andante from Sonata Pathetique — Beethoven(solo piano)
• Canon — Pachelbel(flute/guitar duo)
• Gymnopedie No. 1 — Satie (solo piano)
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring—Bach(solo guitar)
• Le Cygne (The Swan) — Saint-Saens(flute/guitar duo)
• Liebestraum — Liszt
• Polovetsian Dance (‘Stranger in Paradise’) — Borodin (piano/guitar duo)
• Reverie — Debussy(flute/guitar duo)
• Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini — Rachmaninov
• Romance from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik — Mozart(flute/guitar duo)
• Salut d’Amour — Elgar
• Serenade — Haydn
• To a Wild Rose — MacDowell(piano)
• Waltz — Brahms

• All I Ask of You — from “Phantom of the Opera”(guitar)
• All of Me(piano)
• All the Things You Are(piano)
• As Time Goes By(piano)
• At Last
• The Best Is Yet To Come
• Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
• Billie’s Bounce (Charlie Parker)(jazz trio)
• Blue Moon
• Body and Soul
• But Beautiful
• Bye Bye Blackbird
• Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man
• Come Rain or Come Shine
• Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)(voice and guitar)
• The Days of Wine and Roses
• Deep Purple
• Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
• Embraceable You(piano)
• Fly Me to the Moon(voice and piano)
• A Foggy Day (jazz trio)
• Four (Miles Davis)(jazz trio)
• Gentle Rain(jazz trio)
• Georgia on My Mind
• The Girl From Ipanema
• God Bless the Child
• Have You Met Miss Jones
• I Can’t Get Started
• I Could Write a Book
• In a Sentimental Mood
• Isn’t It Romantic
• It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing(jazz trio)
• It Had to Be You
• I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
• I’ve Got You Under My Skin
• Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
• Let’s Fall in Love
• Let’s Get Away from It All
• Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
• Misty
• Moon River
• More
• My Foolish Heart
• My Funny Valentine(piano/guitar duo)
• My One and Only Love
• My Romance(voice and guitar)  My Romance (solo guitar version)
• The Nearness of You
• Night and Day(jazz trio)
• Our Love Is Here to Stay(piano/guitar duo)
• Polka Dots and Moonbeams
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
• Some Enchanted Evening
• Someone to Watch Over Me
• Strangers in the Night
• That’s All(voice and piano)
• They Can’t Take That Away from Me
• This Can’t Be Love
• Triste(flute/guitar duo)
• Unforgettable
• The Way You Look Tonight(voice and piano)
• What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life?(flute/guitar duo)
• What a Wonderful World
• When I Fall In Love
• Where or When

• After All — Peter Cetera and Cher
• Always on My Mind — Willie Nelson
• Amazed — Lonestar
• Annie’s Song — John Denver
• Big Yellow Taxi — Joni Mitchell
• Bless the Broken Road—Rascal Flatts
• Both Sides Now — Joni Mitchell
• Bridge Over Troubled Water — Simon and Garfunkel
• Can’t Help Falling in Love—Elvis Presley
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight? — Elton John
• Classical Gas — Mason Williams
• Come What May — from “Moulin Rouge” (voice/guitar)
• Could I Have This Dance? — Anne Murray
• Crazy Love — Van Morrison
• Desperado—The Eagles
• Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me — Elton John
• Dust in the Wind — Kansas
• Endless Love — Lionel Richie
• Every Breath You Take — The Police
• Fields of Gold — Sting
• Fire and Rain — James Taylor
• Fly Away — John Denver
• Forever In Love — Kenny G
• For Sentimental Reasons — Nat King Cole
• From This Moment On — Shania Twain(voice/guitar)
• God Bless the Broken Road—Rascal Flats
• Grow Old With Me — John Lennon
• Happy Together — The Turtles
• Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? — Van Morrison
• Help Me — Joni Mitchell
• Hey Jude — The Beatles
• Here, There, and Everywhere — the Beatles(flute/guitar duo)
• How Do I Live — Leann Rimes
• In My Life — the Beatles
• Isn’t She Lovely — Stevie Wonder
• I Will — the Beatles
• Just the Way You Are — Billy Joel
• Kissing You — Des’ree
• Knocks Me Off My Feet—Stevie Wonder
• Let It Be — The Beatles
• Let It Be Me—Everly Brothers
• Let’s Stay Together — Al Green
• The Long and Winding Road — The Beatles
• Love Me Tender — Elvis Presley
• Love of My Life — Santana/Dave Matthews
• Love’s In Need of Love Today — Stevie Wonder
• Love Will Be Our Home — Steven Curtis Chapman
• Maybe I’m Amazed — Paul McCartney
• My Heart Will Go On — Celine Dion
• New York State of Mind — Billy Joel (piano)
• Only Hope—Mandy Moore
• Only Time — Enya
• On Your Shore — Enya
• Real Love—The Beatles/John Lennon
• Rocky Mountain High — John Denver
• The Rose — Bette Midler
• Scarborough Fair — Simon and Garfunkel
• Shape of My Heart — Sting
• She’s Got a Way — Billy Joel
• Silent Sunlight — Cat Stevens
• Something — The Beatles(piano/guitar duo)
• Speak Softly Love — Love Theme from “The Godfather”
• Still Crazy After All These Years — Paul Simon
• Take Me Home, Country Roads — John Denver
• This Masquerade — George Benson
• Till There Was You—The Beatles
• Tupelo Honey — Van Morrison
• Unchained Melody — The Righteous Brothers
• The Way We Were— Barbra Streisand
• The Wedding Song — Kenny G
• The Wedding Song (There Is Love) — Stookey(voice/guitar)
• What the World Needs Now Is Love — Burt Bacharach
• When You Say Nothing at All—Alison Krauss
• Where Do the Children Play? — Cat Stevens
• The Wind — Cat Stevens
• The Wind Beneath My Wings — Bette Midler
• Wild World — Cat Stevens
• Wonderful Tonight — Eric Clapton
• Yesterday — the Beatles(piano)
• You Are the Sunshine of My Life — Stevie Wonder
• You’re the Inspiration — Chicago
• You Raise Me Up—Josh Groban
• Your Song — Elton John
• You’ve Got a Friend — Carole King/James Taylor(piano)