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A La Mode will leave you thinking you’ve been transported back in time! You will be  immersed in an experience that spotlights the very essence of Prohibition-era Kansas City.

 

The spirits of Django Reinhardt and the sultry songstresses of the past are alive and well in the present – all that it takes is a trip downtown to see KC Jazz band A La Mode. Led by UMKC graduate, guitarist Clayton DeLong and enchanting songstress Jesica “Baby J” DeLong, A La Mode takes that authentic, swinging, improvisational Kansas City style and blends it with French and gypsy jazz. Joined by KC’s finest players on upright bass, violin, drums, brass and more, A La Mode is a staple of today’s Kansas City Jazz scene. Their debut album, “C’est si Bón” was released in October of 2016 and can be heard on jazz radio stations across the US.

 

song list

Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Waller 1929

All Of Me – Simons 1931

All The Things You Are – Hammerstein 1939

Angel Eyes – Dennis 1946At Last – Gordon 1941

Autumn Leaves – Kosma 1945 (French and English)

Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen – Andrews Sisters 1938

Besame Mucho – Consuelo Velazques 1940

(Somewhere) Beyond The Sea (French and English)

        –Charles Trenet 1946

Blue Moon – Rodgers 1934

Blue Skies – Berlin 1926

But Not For Me – Gershwin 1930

C’est Si Bon – Henri 1948

Cheek To Cheek – Berlin 1935

Come Fly With Me – Van Heusen 1957

Cry Me A River – Hamilton 1953

Dance Me To The End of Love – Cohen 1984

‘Deed I Do – Rose 1926

Diga Diga Doo – Jimmy McHugh 1928

Dinah – Harry Akst 1925

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Duke Ellington 1942

Don’t Know Why – Harris 1999

Dream a Little Dream – Schwendt-Andre-Kahn 1931

Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You

         –Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart 1959

Fever – Blackwell 1956

Fly Me To The Moon – Howard 1954

The Frim Fram Sauce – Ricardel 1945

Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You -Redman 1929

The Girl From Ipanema – Jobim 1962

Hit That Jive, Jack – Alston 1943

I Get A Kick Out Of You – Cole Porter 1934

(Ooby Doo) I Wanna Be Like You – Sherman 1967

If I Were A Bell – Frank Losser 1950

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning – Mann 1955

Is You Is You Is or Is You Aint My Baby – Jordan 1944

It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing)

       – Ellington 1931

It’s Only A Paper Moon – Arlen 1933

I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm – Irving Berlin 1937

I’ve Got The World On A String – Harold Arlen 1932

I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Porter 1936

I Wanna Be Loved By You – Stothart 1928

Jump Jive An’ Wail – Prima 1939

Kansas City – Stoller 1952

La Vie En Rose – Piaf 1944

Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love) – Porter 1928

Li’l Red Ridinghood – Sam The Sham 1966

L-O-V-E – Gabler 1965

Lullubye of Birdland – George Shearing 1952

Lush Life – Billy Strayhorn 1933

Makin’ Whoopee – Walter Donaldson 1928

Michelle – McCartney 1967

Moon River – Mercer 1961

Moondance – Van Morrison 1970

My Favorite Things – Rodgers 1959

My Funny Valentine – Rodgers 1937

Nancy With The Laughing Face – Jimmy Van Heusen 1942

Nature Boy – Ahbez 1947

The Nearness of You – Carmichael 1938

Night and Day – Porter 1932

On The Street Where You Live – Lowe 1956

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

       – Harold Arlen 1943

One Note Samba – Antonio Carlos Jobim 1963

Peel Me A Grape – Frishberg 1962

Put On A Happy Face – Charles Strouse 1962

Route 66 – Troup 1946

So Nice (Summer Samba) – Marco Valles 1964

Someone To Watch Over Me – Gershwin 1926

Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Arlen 1939

Spooky – Shapiro 1967

Steppin’ Out With My Baby – Irving Berlin 1948

Strangers In The Night – Uvezian 1966

Stray Cat Strut – Setzer 1982

Sumertime – Gershwin 1935

Sway – Ruiz 1953

Sweet Home Chicago – Johnson 1927

Sweet Georgia Brown – Pinkard-Casey-Bernie 1925

Sweet Lorraine – Cliff Burwell 1928

Sweet Sue, Just You (Zazou) – Harris-Young 1928

That’s It, I Quit (I’m Moving On) – Adele 2008

The Very Thought of You – 1934 Ascher

The Way You Look Tonight – Kern 1936

Them There Eyes – Tracy-Tauber-Pinkard 1930

They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Gershwin 1937

Tout Doucement – Mercadier 1957

West Coast – Lana Del Rey 2014

What A Wonderful World – Bob Thiele 1967

When I Fall In Love – Young 1952

When I Get Low, I Get High – Marion 1928

Why Don’t You Do Right – McCoy 1936

Witchcraft – Coleman 1957

Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams – Barris 1931

You Go To My Head – Coots 1938

You Make Me Feel So Young – Myrow 1946

You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To – Cole Porter 1943

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