Sue Matsuki > Shows

I am a multi-award-winning veteran singer/songwriter. I have 100 shows and over 400 songs in my repertoire. I sing jazz standards, blues, show tunes, American Songbook and even country! I can custom make a show for your venue or create a show for a special event.

All of the shows listed below can be booked with piano/vocals only; with a trio or with a full band depending on your budget. All shows can be a 60 minute, 90 minute or a 2-act show of two sets of 50 minutes each with an intermission.

Two different 1-hour shows may also be booked for a 2-set evening. All shows are appropriate for all age groups; universities (with a teaching component included), theaters, senior centers, jazz venues, private parties, Cabarets, theme show venues and cruise ships. I can also do set singing gigs with the band or just piano.

Shows

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY

This show brings Sue together with an extraordinary Multi-Award Winning talent, Marcus Simeone. The music is all very well-known standards with a few original songs written by some of today’s standard writers. Their intention is to take you on a musical journey, to let these songs take you…Somewhere Along the Way…on your timeline, to a place where you may have first heard the song or even to whatever emotional place the song may take you to in that moment.

2004 MAC Award Nominated Show for Duo

JESTERS OF JAZZ or FUNNY JAZZ CHICKS

The Funny Jazz Chick, Joan Crowe, teams up with Sue Matsuki and a world class jazz band to become five, jazz, jive jesters as they team up…to rip it up…both musically & hysterically! Featuring some songs written and performed by the Master Jazz Jester himself…Mr. Jay Leonhart…who the Jazz Times calls: “the Fred Astaire of Jazz”. Do not miss the opportunity to book this extraordinary, celebration of some of the funniest, jazz songwriters of our day: Bob Dorough; Dave Frishberg; Marcy & Zina; Mary Liz McNamara along with the historic, hipsters like Cab Callaway; Redd Evans; Louis Joardan; Tommy Wolf; Fats Waller and MORE…you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll swing, you’ll jive and then you’ll laugh some more! Be there or be square Daddy-O!

“Crowe & Matsuki make a modern day Hope & Crosby with sharp comic timing.”
David Hurst, Show Business

STRAIGHT JAZZ SETS

Sue’s band is also available for standard jazz sets, "background" music, weddings, private parties, corporate events and, of course, bar/bat mitzvahs…you name it! She comes with Piano/Vocals or a traditional Jazz Trio [piano, bass, drums] or with the full band [piano, bass, drums, sax, etc.]. Additional musicians can be added depending on the budget/gig requirement. Again, you can build your own show and select your own song list by clicking here.

2002 MAC Award Nominee for Female Recording of the Year

2007 Cabaret Hotline On Line's #1 pick for Top 10 CDs of all Time!

"Each Track is a gem. In an ideal universe, this album would go platinum."
Art Hilgart, The Journal of International Association of Jazz Records Collectors