Should we book a jazz band or a string quartet?
Dream City Jazz and Dream City Strings are sister acts, both part of Dream City Music. Plenty of couples book both.
If you want both, you can have both. Couples often book a string quartet from Dream City Strings for the ceremony and Dream City Jazz for cocktail hour. If you're choosing one, pick jazz for a jazz-club feel with piano, upright bass and drums, and strings for a string quartet sound.
Strings for the ceremony, jazz for cocktail hour
Couples often book this pairing. A string quartet plays your ceremony. Then, as guests head to cocktail hour, Dream City Jazz takes over with standards, bossa nova and jazz versions of pop and soul songs.
Dream City Strings has its own site and song list. See Dream City Strings and the string quartet song list.
If you're choosing one
| Dream City Jazz | Dream City Strings | |
|---|---|---|
| Instruments | Piano (keyboard), upright bass and drums; add a saxophone or trumpet, or a vocalist | A string quartet |
| Feel | A jazz club at your event | A string quartet sound |
| Music | Jazz standards, bossa nova, and pop, soul and R&B in a jazz style | See the string quartet song list |
| Where | Milwaukee and Wisconsin, and now Denver and Colorado | See dreamcitystrings.com |
Jazz is a good match if you love songs like Fly Me to the Moon, The Way You Look Tonight or The Girl from Ipanema, or if your event is a cocktail party at heart. Ceremony music, cocktail hour and dinner are all things the jazz band plays. Jazz at your wedding.
One company behind both
Dream City Music is the company behind both acts, and it has played over 300 weddings since 2018. It has won The Knot Best of Weddings, WeddingWire Couples' Choice and Wisconsin Bride magazine's best music award. For the jazz band, call Jared Judge, our Entertainment Director, at 414-253-2504 in Milwaukee or 720-699-9773 in Denver.
What couples say about the jazz band
★★★★★“Great sound and amazing vibes, we got so many compliments on our cocktail hour music!”
★★★★★“It was amazing working with Dream City Jazz. From the first contact, to the pre-wedding meetings, to the day of, everything was easy and professional. Their performance and capabilities were great and set a perfect tone for the end of our ceremony and the cocktail reception. They were even willing to accommodate a move from outside to inside, mid-performance. All in all, they were fantastic and I would recommend them to anyone who is looking for jazz music for any occasion.”
Jazz or strings questions
Can we have strings and jazz at the same wedding?
Yes. Couples often book strings for the ceremony and jazz for cocktail hour.
Are Dream City Jazz and Dream City Strings the same company?
Both are part of Dream City Music. Dream City Strings is the string quartet; Dream City Jazz is the jazz band.
Where can we see the string quartet's songs?
On the Dream City Strings site, at dreamcitystrings.com/string-quartet-song-list.
Does the jazz band play the ceremony too?
Yes. Dream City Jazz plays ceremony music, cocktail hour and background sets through dinner.