David is a professional, approachable, versatile jazz, swing, pop & rock & roll pianist who provides tasteful background or upbeat piano music for various events and settings, including weddings, parties, hotels and restaurants. David always updates his repertoire with the current favourites.
His style is predominantly jazz but is also versatile and well-versed with other styles, and he can adapt his repertoire to your needs. He is always keen to learn special requests and will even send you a recording of them before your event.
Audio
A Typical Set List
- My Baby Just Cares for Me – Nina Simone
- Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
- Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
- All of Me – John Legend
- Dancing Queen – ABBA
- Someone Like You – Adele
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – Frankie Valli
- Close To You – The Carpenters
- Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
- It Must Be Love – Madness
- Your Song – Elton John
- Dream A Little Dream of Me – Ella & Louis
- My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music
- Life of Mars – David Bowie
- I Got Rhythm – Ella Fitzgerald
- Don’t Mean A Thing – Duke Ellington
- Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra
- Perfect – Ed Sheeran
- Careless Whisper – George Michael
- L.O.V.E – Nat King Cole
- Beauty and The Beast – Alan Menken
- You’ve Got A Friend in Me from Toy Story
- A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman
- City of Stars from La La Land
- We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn
Repertoire
The 1920s-40s
- As Time Goes By from Casablanca
- Mack The Knife – Bobby Darin
- Beyond The Sea – Bobby Darin
- In The Mood – Glenn Miller
- Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller
- We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn
- White Cliffs of Dover – Vera Lynn
- Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square – Vera Lynn
- Over The Rainbow – Judy Garland
- Everytime We Say Goodbye – Cole Porter
- Let’s Do It – Cole Porter
- Summertime – Gershwin
- Embraceable You – Gershwin
- Our Love Is Here To Stay – Gershwin
- But Not For Me – Gershwin
- I Got Rhythm – Gershwin
- Oh, Lady Be Good – Gershwin
- The Lady Is A Tramp – Rodgers & Hart
- Blue Moon – Rodgers & Hart
- Bewitched – Rodgers & Hart
- The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
- All of Me – Frank Sinatra
- Anything Goes – Cole Porter
- Bei Mir Bistu Shein – The Andrew Sisters
- Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller
- Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Fats Waller
- Let’s Face The Music and Dance – Irving Berlin
- Blue Skies – Irving Berlin
- It Don’t Mean A Thing – Duke Ellington
- Take The A Train – Duke Ellington
- We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside -Mark Sheridan
- Night & Day – Ella Fitzgerald
- I Don’t Want To Set The World on Fire – The Ink Spots
- When The Saints – Louis Armstrong
- Dream a Little Dream of Me – Ella & Louis
- Let’s Fall In Love – Ella Fitzgerald
- Puttin’ on the Ritz – Ella Fitzgerald
- Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael
The 1950s-60s
- My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – Frankie Valli
- Autumn Leaves – Bill Evans
- Music! Music! Music! (Put Another Nickel In) – Teresa Brewer
- Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley
- It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley
- Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
- Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
- Return To Sender – Elvis Presley
- Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
- All My Loving – The Beatles
- Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
- A Little Help From My Friends – The Beatles
- Yesterday – The Beatles
- Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
- Something – The Beatles
- In My Life – The Beatles
- Blackbird – The Beatles
- Let It Be – The Beatles
- Michelle – The Beatles
- Here, There & Everywhere – The Beatles
- Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
- Hey Jude – The Beatles
- Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
- Spanish Flea – Herb Alpert
- Eggs In The Morning – Dean Martin
- The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book
- King Of The Swingers from The Jungle Book
- Smile – Nat King Cole
- L.O.V.E – Nat King Cole
- When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole
- Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
- Let There Be Love – Nat King Cole
- It Was A Very Good Year – Frank Sinatra
- New York, New York – Frank Sinatra
- Strangers in the Night – Frank Sinatra
- My Way – Frank Sinatra
- Somethin’ Stupid – Frank & Nancy Sinatra
- Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
- Bring Me Sunshine – Morecambe & Wise
- Dock of The Bay – Otis Redding
- Put On Your Sunday Clothes from Hello Dolly
- Daydream Believer – The Monkees
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
- Two To Tango – Pearl Bailey
- The Girl from Ipanema – Jobim
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins
- Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins
- The Pink Panther Theme – Mancini
- At Last – Etta James
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Carole King
- Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
- Misty – Erroll Garner
- Do Re Mi – from The Sound of Music
- The Sound of Music – Rodgers & Hammerstein
- Climb Every Mountain from The Sound of Music
- My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon & Garfunkel
- The Look of Love – Dusty Springfield
- Walk On By – Dionne Warwick
- What The World Needs Now – Dionne Warwick
- Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan
- Amazing Grace – Trad.
- I’ve Got A Woman – Ray Charles
- All Blues – Miles Davis
- What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
- La Vie En Rose – Louis Armstrong
- Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cook
- Moon River – Andy Williams
- Linus & Lucy from ‘Peanuts’
- Song for my Father – Horace Silver
- For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder
- Mr Sandman – The Chordettes
The 1970s-80s
- Careless Whisper – George Michael
- Life on Mars? – David Bowie
- Space Oddity – David Bowie
- Easy – Commodores
- Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon
- Close To You – The Carpenters
- Yesterday Once More – The Carpenters
- We’ve Only Just Begun – The Carpenters
- Uptown Girl – Billy Joel
- Piano Man – Billy Joel
- Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
- Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Imagine – John Lennon
- Ben – Michael Jackson
- Your Song – Elton John
- Rocket Man – Elton John
- Candle In The Wind – Elton John
- Sorry Seems to Be The Hardest Word – Elton John
- Pure Imagination from Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
- Always Look On The Bright Side of Life – Eric Idle
- It Must Be Love – Madness
- Dancing Queen – ABBA
- Knowing Me, Knowing You – ABBA
- Chariots Of Fire – Vangelis
- Purple Rain – Prince
- Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack
- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
- The Imperial March from Star Wars
- Leia’s Theme from Star Wars
- Binary Sunset from Star Wars
- The Cantina Band from Star Wars
- Vincent – Don Mclean
- Lately – Stevie Wonder
- I Just Called To Say – Stevie Wonder
- Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
- You Are The Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
- Desperado – The Eagles
- She – Charles Aznavour
- Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
- Moondance – Van Morrison
- Heaven – Bryan Adams
1990s-present
- Never Enough from The Greatest Showman
- A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman
- This Is Me from The Greatest Showman
- Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
- Photograph – Ed Sheeran
- Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
- Perfect – Ed Sheeran
- Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
- How Far Will I Go from Disney’s Moana
- Let Her Go – Passenger
- All of Me – John Legend
- Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter
- The Jurassic Park Theme – John Williams
- Clocks – Coldplay
- Something Just Like This – Coldplay
- I’ll Be There for You (Theme from ‘Friends’)
- Let It Go from Frozen
- Theme from Monsters Inc – Randy Newman
- Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid
- Rather Be – Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne
- City of Stars from La La Land
- Another Day of Sun from La La Land
- Main Theme from La La Land
- Married Life from Pixar’s ‘UP!’
- All About You – Mcfly
- A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
- Fields of Gold – Sting/Eva Cassidy
- Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid
- Make You Feel My Love – Adele
- Someone Like You – Adele
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight? – Elton John
- You’ve Got A Friend from Toy Story
- Jessie’s Song (When She Loved Me) from Toy Story
- A Whole New World from Aladdin
- Beauty and The Beast – Alan Menken
- Be Our Guest – Alan Menken
- Somewhere Only We Know – Keane/Lily Allen
- You Do Something to Me – Paul Weller
- Mad World – Tears for Fears/Gary Jules
- Better Together – Jack Johnson
- The Luckiest – Ben Folds
- Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Film Scores
- Cavatina – Stanley Myers (Deer Hunter)
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Judy Gartland (The Wizard of Oz)
- The Feather Theme – Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump)
- Kissing You – Des’ree (Romeo + Juliet)
- My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion (Titanic)
- The Pink Panther Theme
- SkyFall – Adele (“SkyFall”, James Bond)
Testimonials
As well as being a very good pianist, David was professional and friendly. We received many comments on the evening about how good his music was. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend David to colleagues and friends. He even played some space-related tunes to fit our event!
The National Space Academy
The music David played was fantastic, absolutely fantastic! Just what we’d asked for in advance as we had a retro theme. All our guests kept complimenting how amazing his playing was; he played for the duration of our lunchtime reception for two solid hours. We can’t recommend David highly enough. I would hire him again without hesitation. Such a lovely guy. Thank you for bringing a touch of class to our big day.
Louise & Rob
We very much enjoyed your piano playing at our dinner party. Your carols were perfect, and you managed to bring us all along with singing despite us not being too tuneful. After dinner, we all really liked your background popular music.
Sir William and Lady Renice Castell
David has just started playing at the Grand Hotel, and he already impresses the audience with his elegant and sophisticated style, which perfectly complements our afternoon tea service. He is approachable, friendly and, most importantly, a true professional.
Gabor Kovacs
A Fabulous Job, You did a fabulous job on the day and made it so special. Thank you so much for your skill and talent; we look forward to seeing you play again at the pier.
Giles and Zoe Eccleston
Hit Absolutely The Right Note. Many thanks for your playing, which hit absolutely the right note and volume level for the occasion.
Ian Morgan
MFL134
Hi Dave,
Can you send me through your contact details – I have a project that you may be interested in.
Many thanks,
Ben.