Review Centre: 1980s Era Musicians & Bands

"Jose was fantastic! Even did a special song for our little girl. He truly has a talent. "

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"Hectic band backed by the best rhythm section in Sydney"

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"This duo are amazing ,their look ,their sound is amazing The synthesizer set up is brilliant and pa and lazer show just stunning Will book again "

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"excellent sound for a Wednesday afternoon lunchbox learning x x "

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"Great experience! Very professional, engaging, beautiful spirit, diverse music. You added a flare! Thanks for making my husband’s retirement event extra special!"

Reply by Beacon Street Jazz - Jeff Moyer
Thanks so much for the kind words Regina. It was very enjoyable to be a part of Fred's special day and hear the tremendous impact that he had on so many lives. I wish you both great health and enjoyment as you enter the next chapter of your lives. Sincerely, Jeff Moyer (Beacon Street Jazz)

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"Dr Saxy is an amazing musician, has a great selection of music and is able to just sway everyone that is listening to him play. I have had the pleasure of hearing him play at the Mercado District and it never disappoints, you know you're going to enjoy the night when you see Dr Saxy enter the building. Highly recommend booking him for your next event!"

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"June 21, 2024 Perfect Addition to our Corporate Event! Gary was highly professional and added the perfect music to our corporate event. We highly recommend him!"

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"I would recommend Dr Saxy for any event. His music brought happiness and energy to the room! "

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"This band is excellent High energy great ordinance connect would surely recommend hiring !"

Reply by The Tyme Flyte Band
Tyme Flyte thanks you for your vote of confidence, as we truly enjoy performing in your establishments , our goal is to represent professional excellence as well, a fun entertainment experience “ - Clyde Payton “Tyme Flyte Band”

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"We wanted something memorable for my dad’s retirement, and Jovan gave us exactly that. His James Brown show brought what we had only witnessed on TV and videos to a front row experience and was unlike anything I had ever seen in person. We would've been blown away with that alone but when he switched into Michael Jackson and the room lit up! All the moves, everything you can tell that he really studied Michael put a lot of hard work into what he does. Even our photographers were impressed and saying how good he was. My dad thanked all of us and said it was the best send off he could have imagined. "

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"Saw the show at Eddy's, absolutely brilliant, love the way you have been able to mix video footage with your set lists and the chronological order you do the show....well done guys..."

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"Thank you again for performing at Sarina's 40th on Sunday. We really enjoyed your performance, and it really made the day. Given the weather and the changing timings, I think you adapted superbly bringing the performance inside onto the piano, and your flexibility and calmness was really appreciated. I hope you managed to make your later engagement on time. The music was appreciated by everyone, especially myself and Sarina, and created a great mood for the party. We received lots of positive feedback from our guests as well, and one of our friends said you performed at their wedding 5 years ago - so it was good to see we both had good taste! Thanks again. Hope we will get the chance to listen to you perform again in the future, and we would be more than happy to recommend you to anyone looking for a musician."

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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. "

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"The Sunset River Band is a Nor-Cal favorite, and my favorite party band as well. They cover the best, most danceable Classic Rock tunes of all time. They are consummate musicians, and really nice people as well. They NEVER disappoint! "

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"Absolutely fantastic band! Had everyone up dancing to their wide range of songs. Highly recommend & wouldn’t hesitate to book again. "

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