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About Us
Toms bands are available from a Duo, great for smaller venues and budgets or expandable up to a 31 piece orchestra if required. You could start your evenings entertainment with Big band/jazz and finish with classic songs from the 60's, 70's to more modern hits.
Between live music sets they can play cd's through the P.A.
Whatever combination you choose be it Rat Pack to start with then Jazz maybe some Blues Brothers/Commitments and finishing with a mixture of songs that will have everyone wanting to get up and dance you can be assured that the band will sound fantastic and you will have a thoroughly entertaining evening.

Tom Rust is a professional vocalist whose musical talent and interpretation has helped to establish him as one of the UK's top singers from Jazz to Rock through to Soul, Blues and then back to the 'Old School' Crooners.
Having studied Opera and attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he developed careers not only as a performer but also as a session singer and recording artist in his own right.
Performances throughout Europe for private, and corporate events have helped to establish his growing popularity.

Bands Standard line ups
Small function/wedding bands (Drums and incidental music is pre recorded)
Duo • Vocals and guitar
Trio • Vocals, guitar and bass

Function/Wedding bands
Quintet • Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards and drums
Sextet • Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals (Female)
Septet • Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals (Female) and saxophone
Octet • Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals (Female), saxophone and trumpet

Jazz (Rat pack/great American songbook)
Solo • Vocals (Performance to backing tracks)
Trio • Vocals, piano and bass
Quartet • Vocals, piano, bass and drums
Quintet • Vocals, piano, bass, drums and saxophone
Sextet • Vocals, piano, bass, drums, saxophone and trumpet
Septet • Vocals, piano, bass, drums, saxophone, trumpet and trombone
Octet * Vocals, piano, bass, guitar, drums, saxophone, trumpet and trombone

Big Band/Orchestra
Vocals • 17 musicians (5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 bass trombone, piano, guitar, bass and drums) and Conductor/bandleader
Vocals, 31 musicians (5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 bass trombone, piano, guitar, bass, drums, 9 violins, 3 violas and 2 celli) and Conductor/bandleader

Most combinations of instruments are possible. From experience, however, the combinations above work best.