Metro Retro is a professional, upscale Twin Cities based jazz and swing band with over 900 arrangements that span the generations and styles.
Whether you need a trio for an intimate house party, a quiet reception, a large high energy sound that rounds out a gala or corporate event, or something in between, Metro Retro will work with you to meet your needs and help make your special event a roaring success.
The band can range in size from a trio to a sextet, and plays styles ranging from traditional jazz and swing, through “society” rock and funk (i.e., great beat, no earplugs necessary). A full selection of holiday music makes this band the perfect addition to a traditional holiday party or mixer.
With a track record of client and crowd-pleasing performances in private homes as well as at places such as the Downtown, Airport, and Bloomington Hilton Hotels, Edina and Interlachen Country Clubs, Mill City Museum, Minneapolis Convention Center, Hotel Sofitel, Lafayette Club, and other top venues throughout the Midwest, Metro Retro has the professionalism, experience, and sound you are looking for.
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody | Ain’t Misbehavin | Alice in Wonderland |
Almost Like Being in Love | Alright, OK, You Win | All Alone |
All Blue | All of Me | All the Things You Are |
Angel Eyes | Anthropology | April in Paris |
At Last | Autumn In New York | Autumn Leaves |
Baby, It’s Cold Outside | Bahia | Basin Street |
Besame’ Mucho | Bessie’s Blues | Beauty and the Beast |
Bewitched | Beyond the Sea | Billie’s Blues |
Birdland | Black Coffee | Black Orpheus |
Blame It on My Youth | Bli Blip | Blue Bossa |
Blue In Green | Blue Monk | Blue Moon |
Blue Prelude | Blue Room | Blue Skies |
Blue Train (Trane) | Blues for Alice | Blues in the Night |
Bluesette | Body & Soul | Brazil |
But Beautiful | But Not for Me | Bye Bye Blackbird |
C Jam Blues | Call Me Irresponsible | Can’t Buy Me Love |
Cantelope Island | C’est Si Bon | Cheek to Cheek |
Chega de Saudade | Chelsea Bridge | Cherokee |
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Chicago | Chitlins Con Carne |
Circle | Come, Fly with Me | Come Rain or Come Shine |
Come Sunday | Corcovado (Quiet Nights) | Cotton Tail |
Cry Me A River | Dancing on the Ceiling | Day By Day |
Day In, Day Out | Deed I Do | Desafinado |
Detour Ahead | Devil May Care | Dindi |
Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me | Don’t Be that Way | Don”t Blame Me |
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore | Don’t Know Why | Dream A Little Dream of Me |
Easy Street | Embraceable You | Estate |
Exactly Like You | Falling in Love with Love | Feel Like Makin’ Love |
Feeling Good | Feels So Good | Fever |
500 Miles High | Fly Me to the Moon | (A) Foggy Day |
Footprints | For All We Know | For Sentimental Reasons |
Four | Frenesi | Georgia |
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You? | Get Happy | (The) Girl from Ipanema |
Girl Talk | (The) Glory of Love | God Bless the Child |
Going Out of My Head | Gravy Waltz | Green Eyes |
Groovin’ High | Harlem Nocturne | Have You Met Miss Jones |
Heat Wave | Here’s that Rainy Day | Hoe Down |
Honeysuckle Rose | How Do We Keep the Music | How High the Moon |
How Insensitive | How Long has this Been Going On | I’m Beginning to See the Light |
I Can’t Believe that You’re In Love With Me | I Can’t Give You Anything but Love | I Cried For You |
I Don’t Know Enough About You | I Don’t Wanna Cry Anymore | I Feel Good |
I Found A New Baby | I Got it Bad | I Got My Love to Keep Me Warm |
I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues | I Love Paris | I Love You |
I Must Have That Man | I Remember Clifford | I Remember You |
I Thought About You | I Will Wait for You | I Wish You Love |
I Wished On the Moon | I Won’t Dance | I’ll Be Seeing You |
I’ll Never Smile Again | I’ll Remember April | I’m Beginning to See the Light |
I’m Glad There is You | I’m Through with Love | I’ve Got Just About Everything I Need |
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face | I’ve Never Been in Love Before | If I Could Be With You |
In A Sentimental Mood | Invitation | (The) In Crowd |
In the Mood | In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning | Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? |
It Don’t Mean A Thing | It Had To Be You | It’s Alright with Me |
It’s Just the Gypsy in My Soul | It Might as Well be Spring | It Never Entered My Mind |
It’s Too Late | Jitterbug Waltz | (The) Joint Is Jumpin’ |
Jump, Jive, and Wail | Just Friends | Just Squeeze Me |
Just the Two of Us | Just the Way You Are | Kansas City |
Killer Joe | Lady Bird | (The) Lady is a Tramp |
Lady Sings the Blues | (The) Last Time I Saw Paris | Lean On Me |
Let’s Fall in Love | Like Someone in Love | Linus and Lucy |
Little Girl Blue | (The) Look of Love | L-O-V-E |
Love for Sale | Love Me or Leave Me | Love You Madly |
Lullaby of Birdland | Mas Que Nada | Manha do Carnaval |
(This) Masquerade | Meditation | Memories of You |
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy | Michelle | Misty |
Moanin’ | Moonglow | Mood Indigo |
(The) More I see You | More Than You Know | (The) Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
Moten Swing | Mountain Greenery | My Blue Heaven |
My Favorite Things | My Foolish Heart | My Funny Valentine |
My Heart Belongs To Daddy | My Little Suede Shoes | My One and Only Love |
My Romance | My Shining Hour | Naima |
Nature Boy | (The) Nearness of You | Never Let Me Go |
Nevertheless | Nice Work If You Can Get It | Night and Day |
(A) Night in Tunisia | Night Train | Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out |
On Broadway | On the Street Where You Live | On the Sunny Side of the Street |
One for My Baby | One Note Samba | Once In Love with Amy |
Only A Moment Ago | Our Love Is Here To Stay | Over The Rainbow |
Oya Como Va | (The) Party’s Over | Peel Me A Grape |
Pennies From Heaven | Perdido | Playing |
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone | Polkadots and Moonbeams | Poinciana |
Pra Que Discutir com Madame | PS, I love You | Recorda – Me |
Robbin’s Nest | Route 66 | Sabor A Mi |
St. James Infirmary | St. Thomas | Save Your Love for Me |
S’Wonderful | Sailboat In The Moonlight | Samba de Orpheu |
Satin Doll | Sentimental Journey | Shiny Stockings |
Sing, Sing, Sing | Singing in the Rain | Sir Duke |
Sister Sadie | Skylark | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes |
So Many Stars | Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise | Solitude |
Some Day My Prince Will Come | Someone to Watch Over Me | (The) Song Is You |
South of the Border | Spinning Wheel | Stardust |
Stars Fell On Alabama | Stompin’ at the Savoy | Stormy Monday |
Stormy Weather | String of Pearls | (The) Summer Knows |
Summertime | Summer Samba | Sunday Kind of Love |
Sway | (The) Sweetest Sounds I Ever Heard | Tain’t What You Do, It’s the Way that You Do It |
Take Five | Take the A Train | That Old Black Magic |
That’s All | That’s Amore | Tea for Two |
Temptation | Tenderly | That’s Amore |
Them There Eyes | There is No Greater Love | There Will Never Be Another You |
These Foolish Things remind Me of You | They Can’t Take that Away from Me | Things Ain’t What They Used to Be |
This Could Be the Start of Something Big | This Is A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening | This Masquerade |
Time After Time | Tones for Joan’s Bones | Toot Toot, Tootsie |
Triste | Tuxedo Junction | Up A Lazy River |
Unforgettable | (The) Very Thought of You | Walkin’ My Baby Back Home |
Watch What Happens | Watermelon Man | Wave |
(The) Way You Look Tonight | We’ll be Together Again | What A Difference A Day Makes |
What A Wonderful World | What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? | What’d I Say? |
What’ll I Do | When I Fall In Love | When You’re Smiling |
Why Don’t You Do Right | Willow, Weep for Me | Witchcraft |
Wives and Lovers | Woodchopper’s Ball | Yesterday |
You Are the Sunshine of My Life | You Do Something to Me | You Don’t Know what Love Is |
You Go To My Head | You Made Me Love You | You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to |
Young At Heart |