Cuppa Joe Music
Sample Repertoire
Almost Like Being in Love
The Girl from Ipanema
How High the Moon
I Got Rhythm
In My Life
Java Jive
Love is Here to Stay
Misty
My One and Only Love
My Romance
A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square
Route 66
Smile
Up on the Roof
The Very Thought of You
What a Wonderful World
Sample Christmas Repertoire
Caroling, Caroling
The Christmas Song
Christmas Time is Here
Deck the Hall
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Joy to the World
Merry Christmas, Darling
Photo by Linda Wilson
“The quartet displays a great dedication to the a cappella vocal jazz idiom, as well as a real sense of fun and a flair for entertainment. Their voices blend together beautifully.”
— Mark Ferguson, Pianist, Trombonist, Music Director, Arranger, Composer and Educator
Main influences:
- inspired the formation of Cuppa Joe, and
- whose rendition of Java Jive inspired our name.
- mentored Cuppa Joe with tenor Darmon Meader, and
- creates rich close harmony arrangements that we love.
Some favourite a cappella groups:
- Accent (Canada, England, France, Sweden, USA)
- The Real Group (Sweden)
- The Swingles (England)
- Take 6 (U.S.A.)
- Cadence (Canada)
- FreePlay (Duo) (Canada)
- The Idea of North (Australia)
- Rajaton (Finland)
- Naturally 7 (U.S.A.)
Cuppa Joe Arrangements
We start with arrangements created for 4 or more parts, some including a variety of instrumentation, and adjust them for our a cappella quartet format and to suit our style. And occasionally we make substantial changes, re-arranging the chart.
Some of our favourite arrangers include: Darmon Meader (of New York Voices), Kerry Marsh , Paris Rutherford , Gene Puerling (of The Hi-Lo’s and The Singers Unlimited), Mervyn Warren (formerly of Take 6), Russ Robinson , Kirby Shaw and Stephen Zegree. And we have arrangements by Toronto musicians and arrangers Debbie Fleming, Kevin Fox and David Lane.