Band and Ensemble Directory

CMP Participant: Yes

• 2-4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• International – French & European popular songs

La Petite Music is a duo plus, featuring Dane Waters, vocals and Mike O’Bryan on accordion, plus other instruments when called for. French cabaret, German Schlager, bossa nova, swing tunes, and American songbook are our specialties.

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist
• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Easy Listening

Acoustic Guitar/Vocals (1-4 musicians)

Band Website

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Small ensemble

Musical Styles:

• Traditional Ethnic

Klezmer and Jewish Music (6 Musicians)

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Bluegrass

Band Website

Band Facebook

Band Instagram

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

Duet, trio or quartet

Band Website

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Traditional Ethnic

Klezmer Trio

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Blues
• Classic Rock
• Top 40
• Variety/Standards
• Country
• Jazz
• Swing

All types of blues, classic-rock, 50s-60s, country, new-age rock, jazz and swing

Band Website

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist

Musical Styles:

• Easy Listening

Solo guitar

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1-5 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist
• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet
• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Americana

Memphis Beck is a veteran performer of stage, radio, television and recording. Memphis Beck leads a merry band that has travelled coast to coast performing at music festivals, art exhibits, fairs, clubs, farmers markets, house parties and celebrations of all kinds. Their unique versions of urban swing and rural rhythms are sure to bring a smile to your face and get your toes a’ tapping.

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3-4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Easy Listening
• Variety/Standards

Light-jazz and standards Guitar, bass, drums. Can add vocals.

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist

Musical Styles:

• Traditional Ethnic

Accordion: Italian, French, German, Irish, Klezmer

Band Website

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1-5 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet
• Quintet
• Solo Artist

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

Musical Styles:
• Standard to Jazz Classics, Contemporary to Brazilian
MIKE TRACY has performed worldwide in over fifty countries – Brazil to Kenya and Italy, Australia to China and Scotland, Belize to Singapore and Poland – in a variety of settings. He has performed alongside artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Buddy Rich, Ray Charles and Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin and the Four Tops and Temptations, Marvin Hamlish and Nancy Wilson, JJ Johnson and David Liebman.
MIKE TRACY JAZZ ENSEMBLE has been one of Louisville’s premiere jazz groups for over fifty years. Having performed in various social and educational settings, this group has considerable experience playing music appropriate for any occasion. The MIKE TRACY JAZZ ENSEMBLE performs classic jazz, originals, and standards, to produce an enjoyable atmosphere which will enhance any event and is available for your party, reception, or any other function where one desires the best in jazz music.

Band Website

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Folk
• Traditional Ethnic

Traditional Irish and Scottish Music – 4 musicians (fiddle, Irish Bagpipes, flute, whistle, tenor banjo, mandolin, vocal and Irish bouzouki

Band Facebook

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Folk

na Skylark, which loosely means “the Skylark” in Irish, is a Central-Kentucky-based trio that shares the rich beauty of ancient traditional Celtic music through voice, Irish harp, Irish uilleann pipes, Irish fiddle, Irish whistles, flutes, Irish bodhran, and a little Appalachian mountain dulcimer for good measure.

Band Website

CMP Participant: Yes

• 4-6 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Small ensemble
• Quartet
• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Jazz
• Dixieland
• Swing

Traditional Jazz – clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, banjo, washboard/drums

Band Facebook

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: Yes

• 2-6 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Variety/Standards

Quintet – female vocalist, sax, keyboard or guitar, bass and drums

Band Website

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist

Musical Styles:

• Variety/Standards

Piano Entertainer with 60 years of experience playing music from standards to contemporary popular selections.

Band Website

CMP Participant: Yes

• 4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Classical Ensembles

String quartet

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3-5 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quintet
• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Easy Listening
• Classical Ensembles

Quintet or Trio.

Light-classical and pop (Disney, jazz standards)

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Country

Guitar, bass, drums, vocals

CMP Participant: Yes

• 4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Traditional Ethnic

1920s – 40s French Cabaret, Edith Piaf, elegant swing, etc.

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

Jazz Standards

CMP Participant: Yes

• 4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Jazz
• Variety/Standards

Sax, drums, bass, piano

Band Website

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

Piano, bass, drums

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Jazz
• Variety/Standards

Guitar, bass, drums, piano, vocals

CMP Participant: Yes

• 2 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo

Musical Styles:

• Classical Ensembles
• Traditional Ethnic

Flute and guitar

Band Website

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist

Musical Styles:

• Bluegrass

Solo guitar

CMP Participant: Yes

• 4-7 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio
• Quartet
• Quintet
• Small ensemble

Musical Styles:

• Jazz
• Swing
• Big Band
• Variety/Standards

3-5 piece instrumentation or 6-7 piece big-band sound

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1-3 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Easy Listening
• Jazz

Guitar/drums duo (can add bass)

Jazz Standards, Latin and Variety

Band Facebook

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

Musical Styles:

• Booking/Event Agencies

Band Website

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3-4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Classical Ensembles

String trio or quartet

Band Website

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Classical Ensembles

Playing 20th-century American and French woodwind chamber music.

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

Accordion, tuba, banjo, drums

Band Facebook

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

Musical Styles:

• Booking/Event Agencies

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3-4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Bluegrass

Bass, guitar, banjo/mandolin

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist

Musical Styles:

• Easy Listening

Solo piano

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3-4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Jazz
• Swing

Guitar, acoustic bass, violin

Band Website

Band Facebook

CMP Participant: Yes

• 3-7 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Small ensemble

Musical Styles:

• Swing
• Big Band
• Traditional Ethnic
• Variety/Standards

Big-band sound with vocals

CMP Participant: Yes

• 4-5 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet
• Quintet
• Small ensemble

Musical Styles:

• Classical Ensembles
• Easy Listening
• Booking/Event Agencies

Brass quintet, string quartet – Full chamber ensembles and more.

Classical, pop and jazz

Band Website

CMP Participant: Yes

• 2-4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Easy Listening

Guitar – vocal duo

Classic and contemporary standards (can add bass and drums)

Band Facebook

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Rhythm and Blues
• Funk

Band Facebook

CMP Participant: Yes

• 4 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Variety/Standards
• Funk

We play a variety of standards, latin, fusion, and funk.

Band Website

CMP Participant: Yes

• 5 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Traditional Ethnic

Klezmer (Traditional instrumentation)

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1-7 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Solo Artist
• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet
• Quintet
• Small ensemble

Musical Styles:

• Country
• Dixieland

Piano, guitar, mandolin, bass

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: Yes

• 1-7 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Small ensemble
• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet

Musical Styles:

• Variety/Standards

Piano, guitar, mandolin, bass, vocals

Band YouTube

CMP Participant: Yes

• 5-6 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Small ensemble
• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Classic Rock
• Top 40
• Variety/Standards

5-piece plus vocalist (classic-rock, soul and variety)

Band Facebook

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Small ensemble

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

Swing is the thing with The Upbeats, bringing you the very best of jazz standards from The Great American Songbook.

CMP Participant: Yes

• 2-5 Musicians

CMP Information

Ensemble Type(s):

• Duo
• Trio
• Quartet
• Quintet

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

One of Louisville’s saxophone elites, Tim Whalen spent many years in New York where he performed with such luminaries as organist “Brother” Jack McDuff, Sammy Davis Jr., Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Hartman and others. Since moving back to Louisville in 2005, Tim has been a fixture on the jazz scene leading the jazz quintet The Buzzard while also touring with the Harry James Orchestra.

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Jazz

Piano, bass, drums

Band Website

CMP Participant: No

Ensemble Type(s):

• Trio

Musical Styles:

• Classical Ensembles

Flute, violin and cello