Live jazz band for weddings and events in Milwaukee and Denver
Dream City Jazz brings a jazz-club feel to ceremonies, cocktail hours, dinners, galas and holiday parties.
Dream City Jazz is a live jazz band for weddings, corporate events, galas and holiday parties, booking in Milwaukee and Wisconsin and now in Denver and Colorado. The signature lineup is a trio of piano, upright bass and drums, and you can make it a duo, add a horn, or add a vocalist. It is part of Dream City Music, which has played over 300 weddings since 2018.
Choose your city
Milwaukee and Wisconsin
Where the band started. Dozens of Wisconsin weddings, galas and corporate events, from the Milwaukee Art Museum to The Pfister Hotel.
Milwaukee →
Denver and Colorado
Now booking Denver and the rest of Colorado, with Colorado-based jazz players.
Denver →See the band play
The band's Music Director is pianist Anthony Deutsch. Read how Dream City Jazz started, from a night at The Jazz Estate on Cramer Street to weddings across Wisconsin.
Why hosts book Dream City Jazz
- Music for the ceremony, cocktail hour and dinner. We play background sets, not dance sets. Jazz at your wedding.
- A sound your guests know. Jazz standards, bossa nova, and pop, soul and R&B songs played in a jazz style, like Fly Me to the Moon, The Girl from Ipanema and Isn't She Lovely.
- Happy to share the night with your DJ. Jazz early in the evening, then the DJ takes over for dancing. Jazz band or DJ?
- Easy for your venue. The band brings its own keyboard, amps and drums. The venue gives us space and a power outlet near the band.
- Everything in one place. Contract, payments and song picks all happen in your BookLive client portal.
- A company couples trust. Dream City Music has won The Knot Best of Weddings, WeddingWire Couples' Choice and Wisconsin Bride magazine's best music award.
What clients say
★★★★★“So glad we found them. Very easy to work with, great communication. Showed up on time and played perfect music for our cocktail hour. It was a special touch that many guests commented on.”
★★★★★“We hired Dream City Jazz for one of our corporate events and they were amazing! They were great to work with and all of the guests really enjoyed them! We absolutely would hire them again and recommend to anyone!”
★★★★★“Great sound and amazing vibes, we got so many compliments on our cocktail hour music!”
★★★★★“They made our wedding something special that people won't forget.”
Questions couples ask
Where do you play?
Milwaukee and the rest of Wisconsin, and now Denver and Colorado with Colorado-based jazz players.
Are you a dance band?
No. We play the ceremony, cocktail hour and background music through dinner. For dancing, book a DJ. We work alongside DJs.
What's in the band?
The signature lineup is a trio: piano (keyboard), upright bass and drums. You can also book a duo, add a saxophone or trumpet for a quartet, or add a jazz vocalist.
How do we book?
Start with a free consultation. Then you sign a digital contract and pay a 50% deposit in your BookLive client portal to hold the date.