Welcome, this is the web site of Ralph Hopper
If you are looking for live music for a wedding reception
or live music for a corporate event.....you have come to the right place.
East Side Jazz Trio & East Side Jazz Quartet
Great live music for wedding receptions & corporate events is our specialty
Thanks for visiting my web site. I am an Ottawa-based jazz musician. I play saxophone - alto, baritone, soprano and tenor - in my own jazz trio and jazz quartet groupings and my new solo saxophone performance. The quartet and trio are profiled on The Jazz Trio Page. If you are looking for a band for a great dance, I can provide a 6-piece dance band, for smaller events where you would like your guests the opportunity to dance the night away to a great blend of jazz and pop/rock/Latin tunes. And, if great jazz tunes performed by a jazz big band would sound great at your event, I can also provide info about a full 18-piece big band that I play with - Aardvark Big Band.
If you are planning a wedding reception and would like some superb music as background during cocktails and dinner - we specialize in doing just that. Check out 'The Jazz Trio Page' or the 'Solo Sax Act' page then contact me for information including our repertoire and a quote.
A Great New Concept in Live Music for the Ottawa area
*** live music for a low fee and small space
click 'One Man Saxophone Band' ***.
Here's a little Christmas tune for you Deck The Halls recorded by Alternate Takes a few years ago.
From wedding reception music, corporate events, conferences, gala balls and restaurants to private party celebrations - live music is best. My One Man Saxophone Band, jazz trio and jazz quartet have played all these kinds of events and I can provide the appropriate sized group for your live music needs. Our repertoire is varied to accommodate your event.
'Celebrating the Music of Gerry Mulligan' - a concert performance
click on the button to the left to go to the Gerry Mulligan page
The quartet completed a recording of a mini cd to demo original tunes late in 2008.
I've posted information on 'The Jazz Page' about the cd including how to get a copy.
Our tunes have been picked up for airplay at OutboundMusic.com on their jazz channel. Check it out and perhaps you'll hear one of our tunes. Click the button below to load up the channel.
We are also getting great airplay from other radio streaming sources as well including tunes recently picked up by mvyradio.com in Martha's Vineyard and the 'UptownJazzNetwork' in North Carolina and - MusicToGoUSA.com
We are now also on - Indie104 - iRADIO LA, voted as the first "Internet Radio Station Of The Year" by New Music Weekly Magazine, is the world's first and most popular Independent Radio station, playing 100% original music by unsigned bands 24/7/365. Since 1998, iRADIO LA has broken the sound barriers with stellar programming that quenches the world's thirst for great new music.
And for something completely different
ACOUSTIC FRONTIERS is a radio program that airs music from the realm of electro acoustic, acousmatic and computer processed sounds
Each Monday at 12:30 pm until 2:00pm I host/produce Acoustic Frontiers on CKCU FM, 93.1 fm in Ottawa and live streaming on the internet at CKCUFM.com For a very different radio experience, tune in and have a listen to cutting edge electroacoustic and computer-based sounds that composers have been creating since the mid-1900's.
Currently I'm on baritone with a couple of big bands including Alternate Takes - an excellent jazz nonet run by Jean Trudel.
I'm also active with a few other things as you will see while wandering through this site. On the Model Railway page, I'll be placing some pictures of my HO layout as it [slowly] develops. And I profile some of my pocket watch collection on that page.
You are welcome to have a look at the photos page. I'll be adding and changing from time to time.
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