One Man Saxophone Band

 

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PLEASE  NOTE: 

I will not be taking any more bookings during 2012 until November 

- BUT -

I can put you in touch with some excellent musicians that would do a great job for you  and I am still open for Christmas parties during Nov/Dec 2012

 

You might think that the title of this page is odd - this is my 'solo' act.  Yes, I perform solo as a 'one man saxophone band'.

- but -

What you hear is a full band playing with me.

It could be a trio, it could be a quartet or it could be a big band.

How's that for variety!!

I provide: 

Pricing:  -  low cost  -   my fees range from $300 to $900 per booking

*    an entertaining performance of wonderful live music with an emphasis on melody and rhythm    - mainstream jazz - great to just listen to or for dancing as well

*    lots of variety in the repertoire - many jazz standards along with pop, Latin, smooth jazz and funky blues styles - over 300 tunes in my repertoire!

*    special requests are welcome: for example I also have Jewish and Italian music in my repertoire

    *    All with limited space requirements    *

Great live music and an entertaining performance for:  

wedding receptions         corporate functions

restaurants                    conferences    

and many other events

 

My 'One Man Saxophone Band' performances are designed specifically as live music for weddings and corporate functions including conferences.  But, the solo act is also great for many other kinds of events such as fundraisers, anniversary parties, company Christmas parties and backyard summer BBQ's!  My repertoire is great as background music for a wedding reception dinner and to entertain conference attendees during cocktails at the opening or closing reception.

 

 

     All of these tune clips are short edited samples just to provide an example of what you would hear in performance  

Sunny     My Girl    Opus One      Besame Mucho

and here's a full length version of       I Just Called To Say I Love You

       from my jazz standards repertoire: 

             Blue Train    All of me     Lets fall in love     These foolish things     Georgia    

 Things Ain't What they used to be    Blue Moon    A Kiss to build a dream on

       here is a short version of a favourite Stevie Wonder tune:   You Are the Sunshine of my Life - Two listeners have commented about this track:  "this is a laid out chilled out and really pleasant song to listen to. The piano and the jazz fueled sound of the saxophone do sound very much like it should be played next to an ocean, its superlative"  -  and from someone else; "This was a beautiful cover with all the best moments to enjoy. It had an instrumental that was wonderfully composed and gave the same feeling as the original. It had the good quality and the sounds were surely nice and easy on the ears."

       Original tunes of mine:       A bossa:    Caught in the Rain      And brand new, so far untitled, a bluesy ballad

       Here are a couple of great Latin flavoured tunes that are favourites:  Morning Dance   and   Manha de Carnaval

At the moment I only have a few tunes that I perform with vocals and one is  Sway  based on a Dean Martin version.

 

Many of my tunes have more than one version in order to suit specific events.  Here are two versions of a tune that is great to play for weddings or in restaurants and is always a dancing favourite:

For Once in my life as a pop ballad and a swinging version with organ For Once in my life

For a change of pace, here's Bob Marley's Stir It Up

 

 - more sound clips to come soon -

 

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Sample Repertoire List:                        

Many of the jazz 'standards' from my trio/quartet are also on the repertoire list for the ‘Solo’ performance.  The following list is a sample of what I play:

  

                    From my 'Ballads Bossas and Blues' program -

        great background music for restaurants or during cocktails and dinner at wedding receptions & conferences:

 

....and, there are additional tunes for Italian and Jewish celebrations as well as tunes that have become favourites for weddings.