Ambience
With a sophisticated take on cocktail music Ambience Jazz is the go-to band to set the mood for weddings and corporate events in the Seattle area. Serving up a mix of jazz standards and Latin favorites, Ambience Jazz features award-winning jazz vocalist Leah Natale, woodwind musician Chris Busa, and other top-tier musicians from around the region. Along with regularly playing events for Microsoft, Boeing, and Visa, Ambience Jazz has been featured in a KNKX live studio session, and earned a “Best of Weddings” recognition from The Knot and a Wedding Wire’s “Couple’s Choice Award” in 2023.
Poised to enhance any celebration with ease and style, Ambience Jazz performs as either a quartet or quintet and can provide music for a large or small room with very little space requirements. They are happy to accommodate request for musical selections, volume levels, band size, and attire.
Leah Natale
Leah Natale, winner of the 2013 Seattle Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist of the Year, and a two-time nominee for Earshot Magazine’s Vocalist of the Year, is highlighted as the group's “defining element” by Earshot Magazine. Leah discovered jazz in college while singing with a Black music ensemble. Following graduation, she continued to play with several jazz bands throughout the Midwest, and after moving to Seattle, she made a longtime dream happen by recording her debut album My Someday with a full 10-piece jazz orchestra. Two years later, she released Second Set recorded with Ambience Jazz, followed by Swing Easy, a collection of jazz standards.
Chris Busa
Chris Busa started his musical career playing with Top 40 bands throughout Southern California. While in college, he was overheard playing in a practice room by the director of the music department and was asked to audition for the school’s jazz band. He soon became the section leader. After graduating, Chris became an established jazz musician on the West Coast, until a medical issue impaired his ability to play the tenor saxophone. He was able to resume his career after he discovered the unique electronic woodwind instrument (EWI) and its diverse range of wind instrument sounds.
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