Chris Mason Battley

Chris Mason Battley
is a popular Auckland sax player and songwriter who has enjoyed enormous success particularly with his world music internet MP3 sales (second most popular jazz artist)
He is available either solo using backing tracks or with his 3 or 5 piece bands

a mixture of traditional modern jazz, world music and if necessary funky dance music including vocals from Chris Melville

Chris is available:
solo (with backing tracks)
as Trio (with guitar/bass)
as Quintet (add keyboards/drums)
for dance (add vocalist)

Ideal for: background for corporate function and wedding. House party, wedding dance

Jazz Funk tunes: (these names may not be familiar but they're
definitely great for dancing)
Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man, Cantaloupe Island, Chameleon
Ronnie Jordan: Blues Grinder, Get to Grips

Funk Versions of Jazz tunes - So What, Milestones, Well You Needn't,
Song for my Father...
New Orleans style tunes: Cissy Strut, Old Joe Clark
Jazz-Rock tunes: Green Onions, Tequila
Our own Jazz-Funk originals Funky/Jazzy Vocal arrangements:
After Midnight - JJ Cale
Nature Boy - Jazz standard
I Got You - James Brown
Ain't no sunshine - Bill Withers
Sunny - Bobby Hebb

'Classic' jazzy vocal tunes:
Moondance, Have I told you lately - Van Morrison
Summertime - Gershwin

Well known jazz tunes (instrumentals)
The Look of Love - Dianna Krall
Don't know why - Norah Jones
Just the Two of us - Grover Washington
Girl from Ipanema - Jobim

Kellie,

Thanks so much, the guys were amazing we have had so much positive feedback from the staff about their performance!

Would definitely recommend to anyone in the future J

Regards

Jennifer Simmiss

Datacraft

Hi Kellie,
The music was wonderful and our guests really enjoyed it. The Chris Mason-Battley Duo really helped making our wedding a special day. They were punctual, professional and most importantly sounded great!
Cheers
John Blackstock

Hi Kellie,
Thank you for your well-wishes. We had a wonderful wedding-day! We found the Chris Mason-Battley Trio to be excellent and highly-professional, and they set a wonderful atmosphere to our wedding reception. Please pass on our thanks to the group.
Kind regards,
Imelda & Tim Morgan

We were very pleased with Chris and the band. They were very professional and Chris was pleasant and easy to work with. Please pass on our comments and let Chris know we have had good feedback from 'musos' who were our guests at the wedding.
They certainly added to a great wedding and played the kind of music we were looking for.
Regards,
Marianne Martin (Wedding)

Hi Pete, once again they were fantastic, very professional and happy with their performance.
Thanks
Kind Regards
Kelly Hutchinson
Sales and Marketing Co-Ordinator
Century Yuasa Batteries NZ Ltd (Nov 2006)

Thank you it was a great evening. The band was great. Lovely background music. We will post the cheque today.
Many thanks
Alana Nathan Oct 2006

Thanks a million for those two acts on Sat. Karen Hunter was brilliant and same for the Chris Mason Battley Duo. I have referred Parnell Mainstreets on to you as a result of Sat's event. thanks a million, robyn.
Robyn Simon
Manager - Remuera Business Assn Feb 2006

Hi Pete,
That band were great - thank you for asking!
I will be in touch when we come back to NZ again.
Cheers
Natalie Keating PDK Events (April 2005) event at Aotea Centre

The guys were fantastic - please pass on our sincere thanks to them all.
D ebbie Bain
CB Richard Ellis (Nov 2005)

Hello
You bet me to it. I was going to send a note to you to forward to Chris and Graham. They were so lovely and did such a wonderful job. Unfortunately we got rained out and had to move venues. They were so accommodating and didn’t complain about packing up and moving. We thought they were fabulous. Absolutely perfect for the occasion
Please pass on my thanks
Thank you again
Cheers
Victoria
Network PR Nov 2005