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"Super professional!Mega Stimmung! Alle Gäste war sehr begeistert ! Vielen Dank für tolle Musikalische Abend!"

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"Thank you so much for your performance last night, everyone enjoyed it and it was a great contribution to the event! Look forward to having you playing again at any of our VIP events at the Aussie Pavilion. Cheers, Astrid"

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"It was great playing at Verity’s birthday. I truly enjoyed it and so did the guests! The atmosphere and place were superb! 🙂🙂"

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"Τέλεια βραδιά ! Όλα ήταν υπέροχα αλλά το σαξόφωνο ήταν το κάτι άλλο! Πραγματικά η κοπελιά κεντουσε στο σαξόφωνο!"

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"Charlene played violin at our wedding ceremony. She put her heart into playing and had most of in tears with her sentimental playing for my aisle song. It was perfect! I would completely recommend her. She is top notch!"

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"Dr. Saxy was great! We loved his music and energy performing! "

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"Event in London, United Kingdom Excellent - he made my 50th birthday very special! My guests loved his music. Many thanks"

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"Dear Friedel. An ordinary Sunday afternoon turned into a magic, memorable day with friends – is the difference you brought to our Party with your Saxophone! It was just perfect. Your experience, professionalism, finesse was certainly felt – our friends would testify to this – the fact that each guest asked for your business card speaks for itself. We certainly will have you back and will in fact make excuses for a party to hear you play! Thank you again for being a huge part of creating a beautiful Sunday."

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"Dr.Saxy is incredibly gifted at playing the saxophone and is a must have for any type of event or special occasion. He has played at several corporate events that I have been a part of and is always a big hit on entertainment for the evening. If you are looking to jazz up your next event. Be sure to give Dr.Saxy a call "

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"Vicki was a fantastic addition to our wedding evening entertainment, We loved every minute of the time we had you and it was a total suprise for our guests you really did go down a storm, to the point they still talking about it days after. You played music we had selected and also ones that got the room partying, I will certainly booking you again for a different event. Thank you once again. (10 / 10) "

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"Very enjoyable evening. Welcome to Ctown Dr Sassy!!"

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"Jan played at my 40th birthday dinner he was absolutely brilliant. He played 3 sets throughout the evening playing both sax and clarinet. A very talented chap. I would highly recommend him, Thanks Jan fabulous music."

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"Amazing music!! So much fun to listen to and so enjoyable!! My boys who are 9 and 6 even loved listening to him and watching him play! "

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"All of this is an admittedly roundabout way of confessing that I wasn't prepared to be as delighted as I am with Go Tell It on the Mountain (Silkheart), an album of traditional hymns and originals with heaven-gazing titles by Booker T. Williams Jr., a New York-based tenor saxophonist originally from Seattle who performs as Booker T. The obsessive soul-searching implicit in the programming suggests an affinity with John Coltrane. But unlike too many of the saxophonists who aim for Coltrane's spiritual elevation, Booker T has a devilish sense of humor best illustrated by his "Say amen, Gracie" drollery on "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," a homey little melody he elongates and fragments with the comic élan of a Sonny Rollins. In fact, the classic album that Go Tell It on the Mountain most recalls is Way Out West, Rollins's 1958 album of cowboy tunes--and not just because Booker T, like Rollins before him, finds inspiration in unlikely places. It's also because Booker T's interaction with the bassist Saheb Sarbib and the drummer Andrew Cyrille is as carefree and almost as electrifying as Rollins's with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne thirty years ago (or better yet, with Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones on A Night at the Village Vanguard, from around the same time). Despite the sarcasm implicit in Booker T's low-register bleats, his performances of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Jesus Loves Me" exude sincerity, much the way Rollins's interpretations of oddball pop tunes do. For Booker T, as for Rollins, satire is a sign of respect, not condescension. Booker T is ecumenical: one of the album's most infectious cuts is "Halle Kalle Mazeltov," a hora whose modality he cagily exploits. The Spartan trio format means that Sarbib and Cyrille have to function as soloists as well as rhythm stalwarts, and both men shoulder the added burden gracefully, maintaining melodic continuity in a manner that bassists and drummers seldom do when they solo. Despite the length of some of the tracks (the title tune, which is just over sixteen minutes, is a Booker T original, not the folk song of the same name), Booker T's solos never deteriorate into self-indulgent braying. His sense of thematic exposition is too well developed for that-another cue he takes from Rollins. (And as if to underscore his lineage, the CD-only bonus track is Rollins's calypso "St. Thomas.") He switches to alto on his own "When Mama Cries I Cry," and his phrasing is impressively speechlike on this lighter horn. To the best of my knowledge, Booker T's only other recording has been as a sideman on Cold Sweat, a recent album of James Brown tunes (also featuring Craig Harris and David Murray) that illustrates the sloppiness jazz musicians are capable of when trying to show they can be Regular Guys. But Go Tell It on the Mountain is stunning enough to make me a believer in Booker T's potential. "

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"I booked Colin as a surprise guest at my husbands surprise 30th birthday party and one thing for sure is that he did not disappoint!! Colin was in touch with me answering any questions and helping me arrange the playlist from the second I booked him. Colin performed non stop Ibiza dance classics for us and really got the party going from the second he started playing! If you’re wanting a saxophone at your event please don’t hesitate to contact him! You will have a party to remember! Just a shoutout to say thank you again Colin, hope to see you at another one of our party’s soon. Rosie xx"

Reply by Colin Sax
Hey Rosie, you was a fabulous host. Thank you for your warm welcome. I really enjoyed playing at your party. Thank for the kind words. Colin.xx

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