Hi there

I've asked to play some jazz/cafe style music at a wedding.

Need some ideas for 2 hours worth.

Thanks

Rob

Our local coffee shop play the Smooth Jazz CDs on Rotation.
I think from memory there are 6 volumes each with a minimum of 2 cds.

Here are some suggestions

1. Salt Peanuts - Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
2. Goin' to Minton's - Fats Navarro
3. Opus de Bop - Stan Getz, Hank Jones, Max Roach
4. Night in Tunisia - Art Blakey, Percy Heath, Duke Jordan
5. Bee Jay - J.J. Johnson, Sonny Rollins
6. Strollin' - Kenny Clarke, Milt Jackson
7. Shaw 'Nuff - Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
8. Dexter Rides Again - Dexter Gordon, Bud Powell
9. Moving Nicely - The Modern Jazz Quartet
10. Ding Dong - Roy Haynes, Lester Young
11. Groovin' High - Kenny Dorham, Duke Jordan
12. Little Willie Leaps - Miles Davis, Charlie Parker
13. Moody Speaks - Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody
14. Koko - Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker
Link 1

Disc: 1
1. Deep In It - St. Germain
2. Feeling Good - Nina Simone (Joe Claussell Remix)
3. Love Theme From Spartacus - Terry Callier (Zero 7 Remix)
4. High And Dry - Jamie Cullum
5. Barrio Alto - Thievery Corporation
6. So Easy - Röyksopp
7. Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre) - Gotan Project
8. Queixume - Tom & Joyce
9. I Like It (I Like It Like That) - Pete Rodriguez (from the Odeon Cinemas)
10. Watermelon Man - Sundown Park
11. Comin' Home Baby - Quincy Jones & His Orchestra Feat. Roland Kirk
12. Pick Up The Pieces - The Average White Band
13. Backfired - MAW Feat. India
14. Days Like This - Shaun Escoffery (DJ Spinna & Ticklah Mix)
15. Spaces And Places - Mitchell and Dewbury Feat. Fertile Ground
16. Chasing Reality - Gerard Presencer (Micatone Remix)
17. Outro Lado - Zuco 103
18. The Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto
Disc: 2
1. For What It's Worth - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
2. California Dreamin’ - Bobby Womack (from the Saab Ad)
3. Couleur Café - Serge Gainsbourg
4. Sunshine Of Your Love - Rockers Hi-Fi meet Ella Fitzgerald (G Corp Mix)
5. Evolution - The Cinematic Orchestra Feat. Fontella Bass
6. The Girl Who Fell Through The Ice - Aim Feat. Kate Rogers
7. Les Nuits - Nightmares on Wax
8. Illest Hobo - Nathan Haines
9. Be Thankful - Omar Feat. Angie Stone (Dodge Soul Inside Mix)
10. The Essense - Herbie Hancock Feat. Chaka Khan
11. Private Sunshine - Ashley Slater
12. One Day - Two Banks of Four
13. Ponteio - Da Lata
14. Lullaby Of Birdland - Karen Lane
15. When Sunny Gets Blue - Sarah Vaughan
16. How Insensitive - Stan Getz
17. So What - Miles Davis
18. My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone
Link 2

Disc: 1
1. Jamie Cullum
2. Katie Melua
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Diana Krall
5. Marvin Gaye
6. Bobby Womack
7. Al Green
8. Stevie Wonder
9. Commodores
10. The Isley Bros
11. Will Downing
12. Diana Ross
13. Bobby Garrett
14. Marlena Shaw
15. Jeff Wayne
16. Astrud Gilberto
17. Brigitte Bardot
Disc: 2
1. George Benson
2. Nu Yorican Soul
3. Roy Ayers
4. Incognito
5. Omar
6. Young Disciples -
7. Dave Pike Set
8. Thievery Corporation -
9. Bonobo
10. Mica Paris
11. Lizz Fields
12. India Irie
13. Nina Simone
14. Nitin Sawhney
15. Ronnie Jordan
16. Ed Motta
17. Zodiac
Link 3

Some 'Nice' suggestions here

If your clients mean the sort of music played at The Jazz Cafe in Camden, London, for example you have a choice of Jazz, Soul, Funk, World, Dance and Hip Hop all of which are played there at some time.

i think he means discrete background eating music