Chris Melville – Premium Quality Event Entertainment Stylish solo jazz vocalist for weddings, corporate functions and cocktail parties.
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Lead singer for 14 years with the highly regarded Grand Central Band, Chris has a wealth of live stage experience. Hes performed both nationally and abroad, from Hong Kong to Vanuatu to Queenstown, and is equally at home singing at an intimate island wedding or engaging a large corporate crowd.
Chris sings a wide selection of songs ranging between jazz, blues and soul. Hes considered one of the top jazz vocalists in NZ; with a warm velvet vocal delivery and a friendly onstage persona he does justice to the classic jazz standar¬¬d or smoothly delivers a beautiful soul ballad.
Through his career Chris has performed for a stellar client list including:
BMW, American Express, KPMG, Karcher, NBC/Universal, AA, Skycity Auckland, Buddle Findlay, Coca-Cola Amatil, Guardian Trust, Bartercard, ING, Sovereign Insurance, Hewlett Packard, Adidas, The All Blacks, Zeacom, Nelson Jazz Festival, The Hong Kong Country Club, APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Vanuatu Jazz Festival, Montana Waiheke Jazz Festival, Montana Tauranga Jazz Festival, Montana Mission Bay Jazz Festival, Queenstown Winter Festival, Auckland City Council, Waitakere City Council, North Shore City Council, Bridgewater Estate, The Edge, Butterfly Creek, Massey University, BFM, AUSM Students Association, Devonport Wine & Food Festival.
Setlist
- Come Fly With Me Fly Me to the Moon
- L-o-v-e It Had to Be You
- Memories Are Made of This Ain't That a Kick
- What now my love Let there be love
- Cheek to Cheek Love And Marriage
- My Funny Valentine Someone Like You
- The Lady is a Tramp You Make Me Feel So Young
- Feeling Good It Had To Be You
- Love Is Here To Stay All Blues
- We Are In Love Forever, For Now
- Recipe For Love It's Alright With Me
- I Could Write A Book Just In Time
- Nice Work if You Can Get It Strangers in the Night
- The Way You Look Tonight What A Wonderful World
- I've got you under my skin For Once in my life
- How Sweet it Is Sway
- That's Amore Girl from Ipanema
- Blue Moon World On a String
- A Foggy Day Hit the Road, Jack
- Mack the Knife Sunshine of My Life
- Wonderful Tonight The Lady Is a Tramp
- All of Me The Way You Look Tonight
- Cry Me a River When I Fall In Love
- New York, New York Fever
- You Don't Know Me Mr Bojangles
- I Love Paris Beyond the Sea
- Me and Mrs Jones Minnie the moocher
- Straighten Up and Fly Right Summertime
- All of Me Can't buy me love
- Englishman In New York Just the Way You Are
- Some Kind of Wonderful Puttin' On the Ritz
- Can't Take My Eyes Off You Dream a Little Dream of Me
- I Get a Kick Out of You Old Devil Moon
- Let's Fall In Love Night and Day
- All the Things You Are Almost Like Being In Love
- Me And Mrs Jones Our day will come
- You Know I'm No Good So Danco Samba
- Anything Goes Unforgettable