Vintage Jazz & American Songbook Vocalist in East Sussex
Weddings · Corporate Events · Private Celebrations · Hotels & Country Houses
Kitty Mazinsky is a vintage jazz vocalist based in Hungerford, Berkshire, performing 1920s to 1960s American Songbook, swing and 1940s wartime classics for weddings, corporate events and private occasions across East Sussex and the wider South East. Her repertoire spans the elegance of Ella Fitzgerald and Cole Porter, upbeat swing and sophisticated lounge sets, with music tailored to the setting and occasion.
East Sussex is particularly at home with this music. Brighton has the glamour of a grand seaside resort; Lewes and the South Downs are surrounded by country estates and a remarkable cultural landscape; and further east, Rye, Battle and the High Weald bring together centuries of architecture and English countryside. From a country house wedding to a Brighton black-tie dinner or a summer garden party in the Downs, live jazz can add atmosphere without overwhelming the occasion.
Jazz in East Sussex — Events, Venues & Occasions
Brighton — Seafront Glamour & Black-Tie Events
Brighton has always known how to make an occasion of things. The Grand Brighton, built as a Victorian seaside retreat and still one of the city’s landmark hotels, provides the kind of setting in which the Great American Songbook feels entirely at home. Kitty is available across Brighton for hotel events, weddings, corporate dinners, drinks receptions and private parties, from relaxed cocktail-hour jazz to an upbeat swing set as the evening begins.
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Eastbourne — Grand Hotels & Afternoon Tea
Eastbourne’s seafront, Victorian architecture and long tradition as a resort give it a character quite distinct from Brighton. The five-star Grand Hotel — the town’s famous ‘White Palace’ — is a natural setting for jazz over afternoon tea, a wedding drinks reception or private dinner. Kitty is available for hotel bookings and private occasions throughout Eastbourne and the surrounding South Downs, with sets ranging from gentle American Songbook classics to lively swing.
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Lewes, Firle & the South Downs
Around Lewes, the landscape becomes one of historic houses, gardens and the rolling South Downs. Firle Place offers everything from intimate private dinners and weddings to gala dinners and large-scale corporate events, while nearby Glyndebourne and Charleston give this corner of East Sussex an exceptional association with music, art and the tradition of gathering in beautiful surroundings. It is a natural setting for live jazz at a wedding drinks reception, garden party or private celebration.
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Rye, Battle & the High Weald
Cobbled streets, medieval and Georgian buildings, old inns and the surrounding High Weald give Rye and the eastern side of the county a wonderfully atmospheric quality. Together with historic Battle and country venues such as Wadhurst Castle and Brickwall House, this part of East Sussex lends itself to intimate weddings, milestone birthdays, anniversary dinners and private house parties. Vintage jazz works particularly well here: characterful music for places that already have plenty of character of their own.
→ See the Private Parties & Celebrations page
Country House Weddings in East Sussex
For a country house wedding, East Sussex offers an impressive choice of estates and historic hotels. Buxted Park near Uckfield, Ashdown Park on the edge of Ashdown Forest and Wadhurst Castle in the High Weald each offer a very different setting for a wedding day. Kitty can perform romantic American Songbook standards for the ceremony, relaxed jazz and swing during the drinks reception or music over the wedding breakfast before the evening celebrations begin.
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1940s, Heritage & Vintage Events
East Sussex also has important wartime and military history. Newhaven was an embarkation point for troops involved in the Dieppe Raid and Normandy landings, while remembrance, Armed Forces and heritage events take place across the county. Kitty performs music of the 1940s for VE Day, VJ Day, remembrance and military-themed occasions, alongside repertoire for 1920s Great Gatsby parties, classic motoring events and other vintage celebrations. She can perform solo with professional backing tracks or with Apollo Big Band for larger events.
→ See the 1940s & Wartime Events page
East Sussex Venues & Towns
Kitty is available at a range of luxury and distinctive East Sussex venues including:
The Grand Brighton · Firle Place · Pelham House, Lewes · Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club · Buxted Park Hotel · The Grand Hotel Eastbourne · Wadhurst Castle · Brickwall House, Northiam · Horsted Place, Uckfield · Folkington Manor
Brighton · Lewes · Eastbourne · Rye · Battle · Uckfield · Forest Row · Crowborough · Wadhurst · Hailsham · Seaford · Newhaven · Alfriston · Firle · Glynde · Pevensey · Bexhill-on-Sea · Hastings · Heathfield · Mayfield · Robertsbridge · Ticehurst · Northiam · South Downs · Ashdown Forest · High Weald
Enquire About Your East Sussex Event
Whether you are planning a country house wedding, corporate dinner, hotel event, private celebration or heritage occasion anywhere in East Sussex, get in touch to check availability and discuss the right music for your event.