Orchestras and Bands
Bacchus Group Productions currently owns, produces and manages numerous proprietary original live music and dance groups including:
| • | 8 full-size dance orchestras |
| • | 6 midsize bands |
| • | 5 smaller duos, trios, quartets and quintets |
| • | 8 professional dance troupes |
World Class Musicians, Vocalists & Dancers
We employ the world's finest musicians, vocalists and dancers. Carefully screened and impeccably rehearsed, these consummate artists are completely devoted to their profession. In addition, they possess substantial professional experience and advanced degrees from the finest music and dance conservatories in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.
Beyond talent, technique and experience, all of our musicians and dancers possess versatility, vitality, an engaging style, charisma, warmth, stage presence, personality and smashing good looks. They are members of a small international music and dance elite; and we deliver them to your next important event, directly from the world's greatest stages.
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In addition to performing with Bacchus proprietary bands and orchestras, our musicians and dancers perform with the biggest stars in the contemporary music industry including:
Christina Aguilera, Mark Anthony, Erykah Badu, Backstreet Boys, Tony Bennett, Andrea Bocelli, Brecker Brothers, Garth Brooks, James Brown, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Chick Corea, Celia Cruz, Destiny's Child, Dixie Chicks, Harry Connick, Jr., Sheryl Crow, Oscar D'Leon, Celine Dion, Djavan, Mercer Ellington Orchestra, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin, Gilberto Gil, Gipsy Kings, Juan Luis Guerra, Buddy Guy, Johnny Hallyday, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Faith Hill, Enrique Iglesias, Julio Iglesias, India.Arie, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Tom Jones, R. Kelly, Alicia Keys, Chaka Khan, B.B. King, Diana Krall, Alison Krauss, k.d. lang, Gerald Levert, Joe Lovano, Ramsey Lewis, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Manhattan Transfer, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews, Maxwell, Paul McCartney, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, John Mellencamp, Luis Miguel, Nicholas Payton, Prince, Tito Puente, Eros Ramazzotti, Arturo Sandoval, Santana, Shakira, Rod Stewart, Sting, Angie Stone, Barbara Streisand, Olga Tañon, James Taylor, The Temptations, Justin Timberlake, TLC, Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Carlos Vives, Luther Vandross, Caetano Veloso, Barry White, Stevie Wonder, Yo Yo Ma, et al.
World Class Repertoire
Our proprietary orchestras and bands perform an exciting, fun, uplifting, motivating and versatile repertoire of quality live music entertainment. With a combined repertoire of 2500+ original music arrangements, we feature the music of the most important classic and contemporary North American, European and Caribbean/South American artists and composers.
Collectively, our music groups perform the most popular North American, European, Caribbean and South American music genres and rhythms. These music styles, genres and rhythms include:
| • | traditional North American big band, swing, jazz and blues |
| • | contemporary North American gospel, soul, R&B, Motown, disco, funk, pop, rock and country & western |
| • | authentic Caribbean, Cuban, Brazilian and South American Latin dance rhythms such as salsa, samba, merengue, rumba, mambo, cha-cha-chá, cumbia, vallenatos, bomba, plena, bolero, bachata, tango, milonga, flamenco pop, rock Latino, Latin jazz, reggae, soca, calypso, ska, etc. |
View our orchestras and bands by music style.
Additionally, our European repertoire features traditional and contemporary popular music from Ireland, Italy, Greece, Poland, Germany, France, Spain and Israel (including Hebrew celebratory music and klezmer).
Bands, Orchestras & Interactive Dancers
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Our most popular ensemble. Internationally-acclaimed variety dance
band with a repertoire of 2500+ songs. Authentically performs all of
the most popular North American, Caribbean, South American and European
music styles. A perfect choice for corporate events, society galas,
private dance parties and weddings, where variety and diversity is at
a premium. Our most popular band for sophisticated weddings. No "Celebration",
"YMCA" or "The Chicken Dance". Orchestra
of the Americas performs it all: Duke Ellington to Count Basie
to Louis Armstrong to Frank Sinatra ... Tito Puente to Gipsy Kings to
Gloria Estefan to Enrique Iglesias ... Earth Wind & Fire to Donna
Summer to Stevie Wonder to Barry White ... Stevie Ray Vaughn to The
Stones to The Beatles ... Steely Dan to Dire Straights to Sting ...
The Allman Brothers to Van Morrison to Bonnie Raitt to Eric Clapton
... Shania Twain to Dave Matthews to Santana. Official Dance Band of
the 1996 Centennial Olympics, the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
OPTIONAL: Interactive Variety Dance Troupe available
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One of the world's premiere jazz, swing and big band dance orchestras.
Covers the entire range of authentic American jazz including big band,
swing, jump, jive, boogie woogie, rockabilly, early rhythm and blues,
classic jazz, modern jazz, contemporary jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz
and Latin jazz. Jazz you can dance to with a big band beat that just
won't quit. Featuring outstanding soloists and improvisers. The new
vanguard of hip, young, sexy, jazz legends. Sorcerers
of Swing faithfully performs the music of Duke Ellington, Count
Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughn, The Gershwins,
Nina Simone, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael,
Glen Miller, Cab Calloway, Louis Prima, Benny Goodman, Nat "King"
Cole, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Elvis, Tony Bennett, Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie,
John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau, The Crusaders, Weather Report,
Chick Corea, Brecker Brothers, Natalie Cole, Wynton Marsalis, et al.
OPTIONAL: Interactive "Swing Kids" Dance Troupe available
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Atlanta Soul Orchestra ... Austin Soul Orchestra ... Barcelona Soul Orchestra ... Berlin Soul Orchestra ... Boston Soul Orchestra ... Cape Town Soul Orchestra ... Chicago Soul Orchestra ... Dallas Soul Orchestra ... DC Soul Orchestra ... Detroit Soul Orchestra ... Hong Kong Soul Orchestra ... LA Soul Orchestra ... Lisbon Soul Orchestra ... London Soul Orchestra ... Madrid Soul Orchestra ... Manhattan Soul Orchestra ... Miami Soul Orchestra ... Milan Soul Orchestra ... Montreal Soul Orchestra ... Munich Soul Orchestra ... Nice Soul Orchestra ... Orlando Soul Orchestra ... Paris Soul Orchestra ... Phoenix Soul Orchestra ... Rome Soul Orchestra ... San Francisco Soul Orchestra ... Tokyo Soul Orchestra ... Toronto Soul Orchestra ... Vienna Soul Orchestra ... Zurich Soul Orchestra
The definitive Blues, Soul, R&B, Motown, Gospel, Funk, Disco, New
Jack Swing and Hip Hop review featuring the world's tightest Rhythm
Sections, legendary Horn Sections, and most gorgeous full-throttle belting
vocalists. It just don't get any mo' funkier and soulful than this!
There are currently 38 locally-based versions of Bacchus
Soul Orchestras in cities across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa.
Our proprietary soul orchestras authentically cover the legendary music
of James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson, Otis Redding,
Aretha Franklin, Sam & Dave, Al Green, The Temptations, Martha &
The Vandellas, Wilson Pickett, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight,
Marvin Gaye, Sly & The Family Stone, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder,
Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Tina Turner, Lou Rawls, The Commodores,
Roberta Flack, Earth Wind & Fire, Teddy Pendergrass, The Isley Brothers,
Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, David Bowie, Chic, Sylvester, Chaka Khan,
Rick James, Kool & the Gang, Ohio Players, Gap Band, George Benson,
Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, Prince, Sade, Babyface, Angie Stone, Mariah
Carey, India.Arie, Alicia Keyes, et al.
OPTIONAL: Interactive "Steppers", "Hip Hop" or "Break Dance"
Dance Troupes available
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The original internationally-acclaimed Brazilian carnival samba band.
Samba Samba 2000 authentically
recreates the splendor, pageantry and excitement of the Brazilian carnival.
Nonstop, exotic, hi-energy, percussive rhythms. Featuring the unforgettable
melodies and music of Black Orpheus, Sergio Mendes, Antonio Carlos Jobim,
Astrud Gilberto ("Girl from Ipanema"), Vinicius de Moraes, Olodum, Ivan
Lins, Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, et al.
OPTIONAL: Interactive Brazilian Samba or Capoeira Dance Troupe
available
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The ultimate, swingin', smokin', slammin', authentic big-band orchestra
tribute to Ol' Blue Eyes, without the "cheesy" Sinatra impersonators
or wannabees! America's top pro jazz and pop vocalists - singing in
their own natural voices - perform a repertoire of 500+ beloved Sinatra
hits by Cole Porter, Sammy Cahn, Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen, Jerome
Kern, Ray Noble, Johnny Mandel, Billy Strayhorn, Frank Loesser, Henry
Mancini, Burt Bacharach, et al. Frankie
Baby! features the original swing jazz arrangements by
Nelson Riddle, Quincy Jones, Neal Hefti, Billy May, Don Costa, et al.
All Sinatra. All night. Ring-a-ding-ding!
OPTIONAL: Interactive "Rat Pack" Swing Dance Troupe available
A soulful masterful tribute to one of the acknowledged treasures of
modern American popular music, Stevie Wonder. The
Wonder Band features unforgettable vocalists, a dazzling
Horn Section and some of the funkiest, most joyous American dance music
ever created. A guaranteed won-n-n-der-ful dance party with over 70
of Stevie's most famous hits including "I Was Made To Love Her",
"Until You Come Back To Me", "For Once In My Life",
"My Cherie Amour", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours",
"Superwoman", "Superstition", "You Are The
Sunshine Of My Life", "Too High", "Living For The
City", "Higher Ground", "Don't You Worry About A
Thing", "You Haven't Done Nothin'", "Boogie On Reggae
Woman", "Creepin", "Sir Duke", "I Wish",
"Isn't She Lovely", "Another Star", "All I
Do", "Master Blaster (Jammin')", "Lately",
"That Girl", "Do I Do", "Part-Time Lover",
"Go Home", etc. All Stevie Wonder. All night.
OPTIONAL: Interactive "Wonder" Dance Troupe available
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A 100% authentic international Latin salsa dance band with a full radiant
horn section and an impressive afro-Cuban / afro-Caribbean / afro-South
American / afro-Brazilian percussion section. Over 45 separate and distinct
afro-Latin dance rhythms! ¡KÚBA!
features the music of the legendary masters and hot new contemporary
stars including Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Gloria Estefan, Santana, Machito,
Ivan Lins, Ricky Martin, José Feliciano, Carlos Vives, Ray Barretto,
Buena Vista Social Club, Olga Tañon, Gato Barbieri, Perez Prado,
Mario Bauzá, Xavier Cugat, Cachao, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Eddie
Palmieri, Roberto Carlos, Eros Ramazzotti, El Gran Combo, Sonora Matancera,
Sonora Ponceña, Rubén Blades, Orquesta Aragón, Marc Anthony,
Afro-Cuban All Stars, La India, Gipsy Kings, Beny Moré, Arturo
Sandoval, Oscar D'Leon, Paquito D'Rivera, Juan Luis Guerra, Chico O'Farrill,
Astor Piazzolla (tango), Danilo Perez, Julio Iglesias, NG La Banda,
Michel Camilo, Los Lobos, Victor Victor, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira,
Barrio Boyzz, et al.
OPTIONAL: Interactive "Salsa / Mambo / Merengue" Dance Troupe available
An authentic gypsy flamenco band featuring the fiery repertoire of
the Gipsy Kings, Paco de Lucía, Ketama, Ottmar Liebert, Struntz
and Farrah, Camarón de la Isla, Tomatito, Gerardo Nuñez, Jorge
Pardo and other gypsy-inspired artists from France, the Mediterranean,
Israel, Turkey and the Middle East. The
Flamenco Kings, with their flaming guitars, soaring voices,
driving percussion and melancholic horns, transport you to Sevilla,
Granada and Salamanca. ˇBamboleo! ¡Olé!
OPTIONAL: Interactive "Flamenco" or "Belly Dance" Dance Troupes
available