I am fully flexible to cater to any more specific timing requirements, but here are some common options not inclusive of travel: |
2 x 45 minute sets: £405 |
2 x 60 minute sets: £475 |
3 x 45 minute sets: £558 |
At least 20 minutes of background music (from a playlist) between each set provided free of charge. More than this may incur a small charge if it extends the time providing music at the event. |
A professional woodwind artist covering a plethora of genres of music. Whether you're into Big Band swing, pop hits, ambient soundscaping, neo-soul, straight-ahead jazz, house or techno, Dave has been there and played it, always striving to push against the walls of what is possible with a sax. He always puts boundless energy into his performances, and his greatest strength is how easily that energy infects the audiences that he plays to.
Dave is in particularly high demand as an Ibiza sax player accompanying either DJs or his own backing tracks. To this he brings virtuosic playing, energetic improvised performances and a knack for getting crowds partying with tantalising hooks and rhythmic ideas. For events with a slower pace, Dave can effortlessly soothe crowds with poignantly played ballads or smooth jazz and soul, through a battery powered PA system if required.
Based in Bristol, Bristol
Pop Classics
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band)
Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington)
A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
A Thousand Years (Perri)
Adore You (Harry Styles)
Ain't Nobody (Khan)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Gaye, Terrell)
All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
All of Me (John Legend)
Always and Forever (Vandross)
At Last (Etta James)
Bad habits (Ed Sheeran)
Be the One (Dua Lipa)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Blame it on the Boogie (Michael Jackson)
Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)
Body and Soul (Baker)
Burn (Goulding)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Presley)
Cheerleader (Omi)
Close to You (The Carpenters)
Creep (Radiohead)
Creepin (Stevie Wonder)
Dakota (Stereophonics)
Dance Monkey (Tones and I)
Dancing in the Moonlight (Toploader)
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
Despacito (Fonsi)
Diamonds (Rhianna)
Don't Stop Me Now (Queen)
Easy on Me (Adele)
Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Ayers)
Firework (Katie Perry)
Flowers (Cyrus)
Footloose
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
Gimme Gimme Gimme (ABBA)
Gravity (John Mayer)
Half the World Away (Oasis)
Hey Soul Sister (Train)
I Got You (I feel good) (James Brown)
I Say a Little Prayer for You (Franklin)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
If I Ain't Got You (Keys)
I'm a Believer
I'm Good [Blue] (Guetta/Rehxa)
Isn't She Lovely (Wonder)
Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)
Last Dance (Dua Lipa)
Late Night Talking (Styles)
Let's Stay Together (Al Green)
L-O-V-E (Sinatra)
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Love Again (Dua Lipa)
Man! I Feel Like a Woman (Shania Twain)
Mercy Mercy Mercy (Zawinul)
Move on Up (Mayfield)
Naive (The Kooks)
Never Too Much (Vandross)
One Last Time (Grande)
The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
Renegades (X Ambassadors)
Return of the Mack
September (Earth Wind and Fire)
Seven Years (Lucas Graham)
Seventeen Going Under (Fender)
Shape of You (Sheeran)
Show Me Love (Robin S)
Signed Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Stayin Alive (The Bee Gees)
Stitches (Shawn Mendes)
Sweet Dreams (Eurhythmics)
Tenerife Sea (Sheeran)
That Don't Impress Me Much (Shania Twain)
The Lady in Red (de Burgh)
The Way You Look Tonight (Sinatra)
Thinking of You (Sister Sledge)
This Charming Man (Smiths)
This Girl (Kungs/3 Burners)
This is How We Do It (Jordan)
This Will Be an everlasting love (Natalie Cole
Titanium (David Guetta)
Valerie (Winehouse)
Valerie (Zutons)
Viva la Vida (Coldplay)
Wake Me Up (Aviici)
Wake Up This Day
We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
What is Hip (Tower of Power)
When I Fall in Love (Nat King Cole)
Whenever, Wherever (Shakira)
Wildest Dreams (Swift)
Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars)
Year of Decision (Three Degrees)
You've Got the Love (Florence + the Machine)
Party, ibiza and club hits (I really will play over anything, but here are some favourites)
Freed from Desire (Gala)
On the Floor (Lopez)
At Night (Kid Creme Club Mix)
1 Thing - Amerie
24K Magic - Bruno Mars
Africa (Toto)
All Around the World [la la la] (R3HAB)
Alright - Red Carpet
Babarabatiri (David Penn)
Better off Alone - Alice Deejay
Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)
Break My Soul (Beyonce)
Breathe (Sean Paul)
Children (Robert Miles)
Cold Light (KC Lights)
Commander (Kelly Rowland)
Crazy in Love (Beyonce)
Crazy What Love Can Do (Guetta)
Darude Sandstorm
Destination Unknown (Alex Gaudino)
Disclosure (January)
Disco Inferno (Trammps)
Don't You Worry Child
Dramaphone (Caravan Palace)
Ecuador (Sash)
Everybody (Backstreet Boys)
Feel the Love (Rudimental)
Fly as Me (Bruno Mars)
Friday (Riton x Nightcrawlers ft. Mufasa & Hypeman)
Gingoba (Sllash and Doppe)
Havana (Camila Cabello)
Head & Heart (Corry x MNEK)
I Can't Get No Sleep - Leventina
I'm Good [Blue] (Guetta/Rexha)
Insomnia (Faithless)
It's In Your Mind (Jo Paciello)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Houston)
I Will Survive (Belters Only)
Jubel (Klingande)
Lady (Modjo)
Liquid Spirit (Gregory Porter)
Lone Digger (Caravan Palace)
Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5)
One Day (Bakermat)
Pjanoo (Prydz)
Power (Solado/Maur)
Push the Feeling On (Nightcrawlers)
Rattle - Bingo Players
Runaway (Galantis, U&I)
Samba de Janeiro (Bellini)
Sax (Fleur East)
Scandalous (Mis-teeq)
Shined on Me (Praise Cats)
Show Me Love (Robin S)
Smooth Criminal (Jackson)
Talamanca (Burns)
Temperature (Sean Paul)
The Way I Are (Timbaland)
This Girl (Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 burners)
This is How We Do It (Jordan)
Titanium (Guetta)
Uptown Funk (Ronson)
Waitin' All Night (Rudimental)
Watch Out! - Alex Gaudino
We Found Love (Rihanna)
Yeah! (Usher)
Funk and Jazz Fusion
A Night in Tunisia
Beauty and the Beast
Butterfly
Caravan
Chameleon
The Chicken
Cissy Strut
Mambo Influenciado
The Man in the Green Shirt
Pick up the Pieces
Play That Funky Music
Red Clay
Spain
Strasbourg St Denis
Stratus
What is Hip
Jazz Standards
All Of Me
All Of You
All The Things You Are
Alright, Okay, You Win
Always
Ana Maria
Angel Eyes
Anthropology
Apple Honey
April In Paris
April Joy
Arise, Her Eyes
Armageddon
At Last (Etta James)
Au Privave
Autumn In New York
Autumn Leaves
Beautiful Love
Beauty And The Beast
Bessie's Blues
Bewitched
Big Nick
Black Coffee
Black Diamond
Black Narcissus
Black Nile
Black Orpheus
Blue Bossa
Blue In Green
Blue Monk
The Blue Room
Blue Train (Blue Trane)
Blues For Alice
Bluesette
Body And Soul
Boplicity (Be Bop Lives)
Bright Size Life
Broad Way Blues
Broadway
But Beautiful
Butterfly
Byrd Like
C'est Si Bon
Call Me
Call Me Irresponsible
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Captain Marvel
Central Park West
Ceora
Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
Chelsea Bells
Chelsea Bridge
Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
A Child Is Born
Chippie
Chitlins Con Carne
Come Sunday
Como En Vietnam
Con Alma
Conception
Confirmation
Contemplation
Coral
Cotton Tail
Could It Be You
Countdown
Crescent
Crystal Silence
Daahoud
Dancing On The Ceiling
Darn That Dream
Day Waves
Days And Nights Waiting
Dear Old Stockholm
Dearly Beloved
Dedicated To You
Deluge
Desafinado
Desert Air
Detour Ahead
Dexterity
Dizzy Atmosphere
Django
Doin' The Pig
Dolores
Dolphin Dance
Domino Biscuit
Don't Blame Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Donna Lee
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Dreamsville
Easter Parade
Easy Living
Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love)
Ecclusiastics
Eighty One
El Gaucho
Epistrophy
Equinox
Equipoise
E.S.P.
Fall
Falling Grace
Falling In Love With Love
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
A Fine Romance
500 Miles High
502 Blues
Follow Your Heart
Footprints
For All We Know
For Heaven's Sake
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Forest Flower
Four
Four On Six
Freddie Freeloader
Freedom Jazz Dance
Full House
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
Gemini
Giant Steps
The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema)
Gloria's Step
God Bless' The Child
Golden Lady
Grand Central
The Green Mountains
Groovin' High
Grow Your Own
Guilty
Gypsy In My Soul
Half Nelson
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Heaven
Heebie Jeebies
Hello, Young Lovers
Here's That Rainy Day
Hot Toddy
House Of Jade
How High The Moon
How My Heart Sings
Hullo Bolinas
I Can't Get Started
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I Could Write A Book
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
I Love Paris
I Love You
I Mean You
I Remember Clifford
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
I'll Remember April
I'm All Smiles
I'm Beginning To See The Light
I'm Your Pal
Icarus
Impressions
In A Mellow Tone
In A Sentimental Mood
In The Mood
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
In Your Quiet Place
The Inch Worm
Indian Lady
Inner Urge
Interplay
The Intrepid Fox
Invitation
Iris
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
Isn't It Romantic?
Isotope
Israel
It Don't Mean A Thing [If It Ain't Got That Swing]
It's Easy To Remember
I've Got a Woman (Ray Charles)
Jelly Roll
Jordu
Journey To Recife
Joy Spring
Juju
Jump Monk
June In January
Just One More Chance
Kelo
Lady Bird
Lady Sings The Blues
Lament
Las Vegas Tango
Lazy Bird
Lazy River
Like Someone In Love
Limehouse Blues
Lines And Spaces
Litha
Little Boat (O Barquinho)
Little Waltz
Long Ago (And Far Away)
Lonnie's Lament
Look To The Sky
Love Is The Sweetest Thing
Lucky Southern
Lullaby Of Birdland
Lush Life
The Magician In You
Mahjong
Maiden Voyage
A Man And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme)
Man In The Green Shirt
Meditation (Meditacao)
Memories Of Tomorrow
Michelle
Midnight Mood
Midwestern Nights Dream
Milano
Minority
Miss Ann
Missouri Uncompromised
Mr. P.C.
Misty
Miyako
Moment's Notice
Mood Indigo
Moonchild
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
My Buddy
My Favorite Things
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My One And Only Love
My Romance
My Shining Hour
My Ship
My Way
Mysterious Traveller
Naima (Niema)
Nardis
Nefertiti
Nica's Dream
Night Dreamer
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
A Night In Tunisia
Night Train
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Nostalgia In Times Square
Nuages
(The Old Man From) The Old Country
Oleo
Oliloqui Valley
Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) (Love In Peace)
Once In Love With Amy
One Finger Snap
One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)
Only Trust Your Heart
Orbits
Ornithology
Out Of Nowhere
Paper Doll
Passion Dance
Passion Flower
Peace
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Pent Up House
Penthouse Serenade
Peri's Scope
Pfrancing
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Portsmouth Figurations
Prelude To A Kiss
Prince Of Darkness
P.S. I Love You
Pussy Cat Dues
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
Quiet Now
Recorda Me
Red Clay
Reflections
Reincarnation Of A Lovebird
Ring Dem Bells
Road Song
'Round Midnight
Ruby, My Dear
Satin Doll
Scotch And Soda
Scrapple From The Apple
Sea Journey
Seven Come Eleven
Seven Steps To Heaven
Sidewinder
Silver Hollow
Sirabhorn
Skating In Central Park
So Nice (Summer Samba)
So What
Solar
Solitude
Some Other Spring
Some Skunk Funk
Somebody Loves Me
Sometime Ago
Song For My Father
The Song Is You
Sophisticated Lady
The Sorcerer
Speak No Evil
The Sphinx
Standing On The Corner
The Star-Crossed Lovers
Stella By Starlight
Steps
Stolen Moments
Stompin' At The Savoy
Straight No Chaser
A String Of Pearls
Stuff
Sugar
A Sunday Kind Of Love
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Swedish Pastry
Sweet Georgia Bright
Sweet Henry
Take Five
Take The “A” Train
Tame Thy Pen
Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Thanks For The Memory
That's Amore (That's Love)
(There Is) No Greater Love
There Will Never Be Another You
There'll Be Some Changes Made
They Didn't Believe Me
Think On Me
Thou Swell
Three Flowers
Time Remembered
Tones For Joan's Bones
Topsy
Tour De Force
Triste
Tune Up
Turn Out The Stars
Twisted Blues
Unchain My Heart
Unity Village
Unquity Road
Up Jumped Spring
Valse Hot
Very Early
Virgo
Wait Till You See Her
Waltz For Debby
Wave
We'll Be Together Again
West Coast Blues
What Am I Here For?
What Was
When I Fall In Love
When Sunny Gets Blue
When You Wish Upon A Star
Whispering
Wild Flower
Windows
Witch Hunt
Wives And Lovers (Hey, Little Girl)
Woodchopper's Ball
Woodyn' You
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Yes And No
Yesterday
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Are Too Beautiful
You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
Young At Heart
I need a minimum of 3 square meters of space, and ideally a parking space. I can perform completely self-contained on battery power for up to three hours if required! After that a plug socket would be necessary.
I can bring a PA system suitable for up to 250 guests, and very basic party lights.
Whether power and rain cover (if applicable) are available, whether there are any restrictions on amplified noise, and the capacity of the room I am performing in (if applicable)
Yes, I can provide a playlist service. I'm more than happy to collaborate on the songs you'd like performed therein if you would like to! Breaks in my performance, and a few minutes either side, are free of charge. An additional hourly rate may apply for playlist services far outside the range of times that I will be performing saxophone.
I think "best gig" has to be a very emotional last performance with my university Big Band, underneath Concorde in Patchway, Bristol. I had been running the group for the last three years and had formed some life-long friendships there, so it was an absolutely brilliant send-off for me.
My most prestigious venue? A showcase at the Royal Albert Hall! A big band set to an audience of over 2000 minors and accompanying guardians, including some solo features.
I've been inspired by a huge variety of saxophonists and other musicians over the last decade, although my strongest recent influence has to be Shabaka Hutchings! His work with "The Comet is Coming" has been stellar, and something I aspire to replicate.
"Greatest song of all time" is an incredibly challenging prompt to answer, but, I think a great contender is "Shofukan" by Snarky Puppy. It seamlessly blends so many different genres under one song, and the musicianship is of course fantastic throughout.
I'm really lucky to have had experience playing almost every genre of music under the sun! I originally found my voice on the instrument through district Big Bands and fronting my own sextet, but since then I've performed in a huge variety of groups, all the way from Springsteen to ambient electronica.
Any event where I am dancing with the audience! I absolutely love the crowd interaction aspect of my performances, and it's really amazing to see them enjoying themselves to the fullest when I'm on the dance floor with them.
I aim to arrive at hour in advance of any performance, and often arrive much earlier to make sure that this is consistently the case no matter the travel conditions.
Set up / pack down: roughly 30 minutes
Yes! I can perform on battery power if this is required. I would politely ask for some kind of cover to be provided if there is any risk of rain.
You can pick as many songs as you'd like from my songlist, in addition to two songs of your choosing for me to learn!
In one word, that would be ENERGY! Most audiences comment in some way that my playing makes them feel 'alive' in that special way that's difficult to put your finger on.
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Royal Northern College of Music
Imperial College London