LISTING PHOTOS Click photo to enlarge Page Views: 77 Date Added: 10/08/2008 Last Updated: 10/08/2008 ! Read more about avoiding scams in classifieds Price: From £220 as a solo pianist Description: Wedding music Kent and other areas of the UK. Eugene Portman can be hired as a jazz pianist for your wedding in Kent or any other area of the UK. Eugene Portman performs throughout the UK both as a solo jazz pianist and also with his jazz trio. The Eugene Portman Trio consists of Eugene on piano , Dave Trigwell on Drums and Mike Porter Ward on bass. Whether Eugene is performing as a solo pianist or whether he is playing with his trio - you can be assured that the music is going to make a major contribution to your wedding or event. Eugene's style of piano playing is melodic and easy on the ear. His music consists of great tunes played in his own inimitable way and he has the ability to play music that that is just right for the occasion - matching the mood of the event perfectly. His influences are many but his main ones are: Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Erroll Garner, Monty Alexander and the Dudley Moore Trio. He doesn't just mimic these musicians but he uses these influences to create a style of playing that is unique. As you may have gathered, Eugene's repertoire and style of jazz is not ultra modern and it seems to have a 'feel good' quality that makes it the ideal choice for events and parties. He plays tunes that people know and he adapts them to his own style of piano playing. Eugene mostly plays the great jazz standards from "The Great American Song Book" - but Eugene was classically trained so he can also play classical music. This makes him the ideal choice for wedding as he can play classical music for the ceremony, lively up tempo jazz for the drinks reception and a more layed back bluesy jazz during the meal. Eugene can provide a digital piano for venues where there is no piano or where music is needed in moe than one location (i.e a wedding). All the MP3s on his site were recorded on the digital piano that he would bring to the event. So his website at http://www.the-pianist.co.uk is well worth a visit.   Here are some of the venues around Kent where Eugene has performed both with his jazz trio and as a solo pianist: Ashford International Hotel, Simone Weill Avenue, Ashford, Kent TN24 8UX Brands Hatch Place and Spa, Brands Hatch Road, Fawkham, Kent, DA3 8NQ Bridgewood Manor Bridgewood Roundabout, Walderslade Woods, Chatham, Kent. ME5 9AX Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley Hill, Bromley, Kent BR1 4JD Combe Bank School, Sundridge, Kent El Patio, Bromley, Kent Gillingham Football Club, KRBS Priestfield Stadium, Redfern Avenue, Gillingham, Kent ME7 4DD Grey Lady (The), 70 - 72 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. TN2 5TW Hall Place & Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent DA5 1PQ Hotel du Vin & Bistro Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. TN1 2LY Kent National Golf and Country Club, Watermans Lane, Brenchley, Kent TN12 6ND Lympne Castle, The Street, Lympne, Kent CT21 4LQ Penshurst Place Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent. TN11 8DG Salomons, Broomhill Road, Southborough, Tunbridge wells, Kent TN3 0TG Sandwich Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9AH Shorne Village Hall, The Street, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent DA12 3EA Spa Hotel  (The), Mount Ephraim, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. TN4 8JX St. Augustine's Priory, Priory Road, Bilsington, near Ashford, Kent, TN25 7AU St. Michael's School, Otford, Kent TN14 5SA Stade Court Hotel West Parade, Hythe, Kent. CT21 6DT Stocketts, Heath Road, Coxheath, Maidstone, Kent ME17 4PN Stone Court Hotel, 28 Lower Stone Street, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6LX Trinity Arts Centre Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. TN1 1JP West Heath School, Ashgrove Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1SR Westenhanger Castle, Stone Street,Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent CT21 4HX   Dont forget...   Eugene not only performs as a jazz pianist for wedding and events in Kent but he also covers other areas of the UK too. So if you are looking for great tunes played in a jazz idiom - then please visit his website and hear his free full length MP3s at http://www.the-pianist.co.uk. City: Canterbury County:   Kent Country:   United Kingdom Contact person:   Eugene Portman Phone: 01342 835394 Web-site: http://www.the-pianist.co.uk View Map: Click Here to view E-mail: Reply to Ad

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