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"Just want to say thanks so much for playing the songs to the boys yesterday, you made their day and your set was brilliant. Will definitely be in touch to book you for any private or family events !"

Reply by Mike Thomas
Hi Michelle, so nice of you to send me a message about the gig. It was a great day for us all ! Haha. I’m glad the boys enjoyed it and hope to see you there again, let’s hope I’m similar circumstances. It’s days like today when I really really love what I do. Hopefully catch you soon. Mike

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"The music is so beautiful. Love those delightful songs, especially My Way!"

Reply by Duo Éclat
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"We hired the pianist for our wedding in Portofino, and it was absolutely magical. The music created such a romantic atmosphere, and all our guests were impressed by the professionalism and talent. Highly recommended!"

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"Good morning Lorenzo, I just want to thank you again for making our wedding day perfect. We could not have done it without you, thank God we crossed paths! Please keep in touch if you ever come to the states and I will absolutely be coming back to Rome and hopefully we can spend more time together when we will come back!"

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"It was SO beautiful! Truly more beautiful than I could ever have imagined, and you were one of the reasons for that. You made the moments so incredibly magical. I received so many compliments!🥹"

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"Jan is great, good communication and was a huge hit for our wedding!"

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"The best MJ impersonator there is , some would say even better than the real one … throughly enjoyed my experince and hope to hear you sing once again !🤗"

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"They were the absolute best. So easy to work with and most importantly straight forward, they made a part of our wedding so easy to manage and I would absolutely work with them again given the chance. Thank you so so much"

Reply by String trio
Dear Nair, Thank you so much for your kind words! It was an absolute pleasure to work with you and be part of your special day! We wish you all the best for your future together! Love greetings from Portugal, Cristina

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"We asked Ruth to play at my husband's birthday party and she was absolutely fabulous! Everyone loved her and her presence really made the day. Incredibly professional, willing and talented, highly recommend."

Reply by Ruth Smith
Thank you Samantha! Glad I could add to the special day.

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"We had Mark play at our wedding at Oakhill in Cromford, and he was absolutely incredible from start to finish. Not only is he a fantastic saxophonist, but he really interacted with our guests and brought so much fun and energy to the day. Mark was brilliant at reading the room and knew exactly how to create the perfect atmosphere throughout the celebration. Communication was excellent from the moment we booked him. He was always responsive, accommodating, and made the whole process easy and stress-free. We received so many compliments from our guests about his performance. We would highly recommend Mark to anyone looking for a talented and professional saxophonist for their event, and we would definitely book him again in the future. Thank you, Mark, for helping make our wedding day so special!"

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"Thank you for the fantastic live music at the ESET Partner Awards. The performance added so much to the atmosphere of the evening and created the perfect backdrop for our guests to relax, connect and celebrate together. The energy brought to the event really stood out, and many of our Partners commented on how much they enjoyed the music. It helped create an elegant ambiance that complemented our event beautifully 😊"

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"WHAT a voice...Flòralyn, we're utterly in love with your song When Light Falls Asleep"

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"Hi Charlene A HUGE thank you for yesterday!! Your music was brilliant, a perfect touch to such a fantastic day. Thank you very much. Many Thanks"

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"Tom played at our outdoor wedding ceremony last weekend and created the most incredible atmosphere for us! He created a very special piece for me to walk down the aisle to, which was perfect! And also put together a fantastic version of our exit song too! We couldn't have imagined it any better than it was, Tom did an incredible job, made an incredible effort to accommodate our wishes and was a real pleasure to work with, relaxed, communicative and really friendly. Thank you Tom for starting off our wedding day with such a beautiful ceremony, we had so many compliments during the day on your playing! x"

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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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