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About Jess

Professional, friendly and reliable saxophonist available for weddings, parties and events!

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Saxophonist

West Yorkshire

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Jess is a professional saxophonist based in Yorkshire. As a solo performer with backing tracks, she can provide top quality background music for a wide range of events, such as weddings, parties and corporate events. For weddings this could inlude: - Pre-ceremony music as your guests are seated. -Ceremony music (arrival of the bride, signing of the register, and exit of the married couple) -Drinks Reception background music -Wedding Breakfast background music -Evening Reception music as the guests arrive before you move on to the main entertainment such as the band or DJ. Jess can also play alongside your DJ for your wedding evening reception, or for private parties and events. For all events, Jess will work with you to select the perfect music to set the atmosphere you would like using her large and ever-growing repertoire of music. Jess can cover a wide range of styles of music spanning the decades. Whether you'd like Ibiza classics, romantic love songs, 00's pop tunes or even your favourite rock songs, she can do it for you! Jess is happy to accommodate any extra requests of songs to make your event extra special.

Jess

5 out of 5

9 verified reviews

Satisfaction

5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Jess' Reviews

5 out of 5

Jess was great!! Our wedding guests loved her playing, so much so, my friend who is getting married next year has asked me for her details for their wedding too! Thank you Jess xx

5 out of 5

Jess was absolutely fantastic and everyone has not stopped commenting on how good she was since our family party at the weekend. The music and sax playing was superb and loved by everyone. Jess was excellent at communicating in the run up to the party, she arrived on time and was super friendly and professional throughout. I would have no issues whatsoever in recommending Jess to anyone. She made the night for my mum and I am so grateful that we chose her. Thank you Jess 💕

Reply from Jess

2 months ago

Thanks Carolyn, that’s so lovely to hear! I’m so glad your mum enjoyed it xx

5 out of 5

Jess was great to contact & communicate with before the event. She contacted the DJ herself beforehand. She was very organised & prepared - sharing her playlist before. She arrived early & was very flexible in terms of when & where she was playing. She sounded great & the guests loved her! Thanks Jess! x

5 out of 5

Jess played at our wedding on Saturday, she was amazing!! Thank you Jess!

Reply from Jess

3 months ago

Thanks so much! Congratulations 💍

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Jess was absolutely brilliant! She brought the perfect party vibes and energy. Her set list was spot on and was open to the requests that I had!

Wow. Jess is an amazing performer and has a truly amazing sound. Years of training I’m assuming and a vast repertoire. Will definitely book her again.

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Jess' Song list

This is just a selection to give you an idea of the kind of songs Jess can play. Let her know what style you like and she will create a setlist for you based on that.

Ibiza Classics

Came Here For Love - Sigala, Ella Eyre

Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

Destination Calabria - Alex Gaudino, Crystal Waters

Freed From Desire - Gala, Molella, Phil Jay

Head & Heart - Joel Corry, MNEK

Intoxicated - Martin Solveig, Good Times Ahead

Jubel - Klingande

Levels - Avicii

Levitating - Dua Lipa, DaBaby

Mr Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan

I'm Good (Blue) - David Guetta, Bebe Rexha

Infinity 2008 - Guru Josh Project, Klaas

One Kiss - Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa

Problem - Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea

The Rhythm Of The Night - Corona

This Girl - Kungs, Cookin' on Three Burners

Samba de Janeiro - Bellini

Sweet Lovin' - Sigala, Bryn Christopher

Wake Me Up - Acivii

We Found Love - Rihanna

Pop/Rock

A Little Respect – Erasure

A Team - Ed Sheeran

A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton

A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

About You Now - Sugababes

Africa - TOTO

All About Tonight - Pixie Lott

All About You - Mcfly

All Of Me – John Legend

All Star – Smash Mouth

All The Small Things – Blink 182

Amazed - Lonestar

American Boy – Estelle, Kanye West

Angels – Robbie Williams

Apologise - One Republic

Babylon - David Grey

Backstreet's Back - Backstreet Boys

Bad Habits – Ed Sheeran

Because Of You – Kelly Clarkson

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Beautiful - Christina Aguilera

Bedshaped - Keane

Before You Go – Lewis Capaldi

Believe - Cher

Believer – Imagine Dragons

Beneath Your Beautiful – Labrinth (feat. Emeli Sande)

Better Together - Jack Johnson

Blackbird - The Beatles

Blank Space - Taylor Swift

Boom Boom - Vengaboys

Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder

Broken Strings - James Morrison

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Budapest - George Ezra

Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley

Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake

Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepson

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Chasing Pavements - Adele

Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis

Crazy In Love – Beyonce

Dakota - Stereophonics

Dance Monkey - Tones And I

Dance The Night Away – Dua Lipa

Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

Dancing Queen – ABBA

December 1963 – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Despacito - Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankoo, Justin Bieber

Diamonds – Rihanna

Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the Machine

Domino - Jessie J

Don't Know Why - Norah Jones

Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael, Elton John

Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa

Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Easy - Commodores

Easy On Me – Adele

Endless Love – Lionel Richie, Diana Ross

Everybody's Changing - Keane

Everybody Talks – Neon Trees

Everything - Michael Buble

(Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Coldplay

Every Time We Touch - Cascada

Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

Falling – Harry Styles

Fast Car – Tracy Chapman

Father and Son - Yusuf / Cat Stevens

Firework – Katy Perry

Fix You – Coldplay

Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi

Forget You - CeeLo Green

Get Lucky - Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams

Ghost – Justin Bieber

Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper

Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine Band

Glad You Came - The Wanted

Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac

Green Green Grass – George Ezra

Grenade – Bruno Mars

Halo - Beyonce

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

Handbags and Gladrags - Stereophonics

Happier – Bastille, Marshmello

Haven’t Met You Yet – Michael Buble

He Ain't Heavy - The Hollies

Hello - Adele

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

Hey Soul Sister - Train

Hip’s Don’t Lie – Shakira

Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benatar

Ho Hey - The Lumineers

Hold My Girl – George Ezra

Hold My Hand – Jess Glynne

How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding

How To Save A Life - The Fray

How Will I Know – Whitney Houston

Human – The Killers

I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

I Got A Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys

If I Were A Boy - Beyonce

I’ll Never Love Again – Lady Gaga

I'm Like A Bird - Nelly Furtado

I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

In Too Deep – Sum 41

Iris – The Goo Goo Dolls

It Must Be Love - Madness

Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perri

Jealousy - Will Young

Just Give Me a Reason – Pink

Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars

Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel

Karma Chameleon – Culture Club

Kingston Town - UB40

Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

Last Friday Night – Katy Petty

Last Request – Paulo Nutini

Leave Right Now - Will Smith

Let Her Go – Passenger

Let It Go - James Bay

Like a Prayer - Madonna

Little Things - One Direction

Live And Let Die - Wings

Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi

Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars

Love Goes Down - Plan B

Love Story – Taylor Swift

Mad World - Gary Jules, Michael Andrews

Made You Look – Maghan Trainor

Magic - BoB, Rivers Cuomo

Make You Feel My Love – Adele

Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega

Mamma Mia – ABBA

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys

Mr Brightside – The KillersKingston

Murder On The Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

My Girl – The Temptations

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

No One – Alicia Keys

One Call Away – Charlie Puth

One Kiss - Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris

Only You - Yazoo

Out Of Reach - Gabrielle

Perfect – Ed Sheeran

Perfect Moment - Martine McCutcheon

Photograph – Ed Sheeran

Pink – Lizzo

Pompeii – Bastille

Proud Mary - Tina Turner

Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae

Raise Your Glass - Pink

Riptide - Vance Joy

Roar – Katy Perry

Rocket Man – Elton John

Rolling In The Deep - Adele

Rule The World - Take That

Run - Snow Patrol

Runaway Baby – Bruno Mars

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

Say Something – A Great Big World

Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur

Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon

Shallow – Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper

Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

She’s Always A Woman To Me – Billy Joel

She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5

She’s The One – Robbie Williams

Shotgun – George Ezra

Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon

Sit Down - James

Someone Like You - Adele

Somewhere Only We Know – Keane

Stand By Me – Ben E. King

Star Girl - McFly

Starships - Nicki Minaj

Stay - Rihanna

Still Falling For You - Ellie Goulding

Stop And Stare - OneRepublic

Sunday Girl - Blondie

Sugar – Maroon 5

Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics

Sweet Escape – Gwen Stefani

Take On Me – A-ha

Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

Teenage Dream – Katy Perry

Thank You - Dido

Thank You For The Music - ABBA

Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

Thriller - Michael Jaclson

TiK ToK – Kesha

Timber - Pitbull, Kesha

Tiny Dancer – Elton John

Titanium - David Guetta, Sia

Too Much To Ask – Niall Horan

Together In Electric Dreams - Phil Oakley

Torn - Natalie Imbruglia

Treasure – Bruno Mars

True Colours - Cyndi Lauper

Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden

Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers

Valerie – Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Waka Waka - Shakira

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves

Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

Water Under The Bridge – Adele

We Found Love - Rihanna, Calvin Harris

What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge

When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars

When You Love Someone – James TW

When You Say Nothing At All – Ronan Keating

When You Were Young - The Killers

Whenever, Wherever – Shakira

Wherever You Will Go – The Calling

Wild Ones - Flo Rida, Sia

With a Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles

With Or Without You – U2

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

Wonderwall - Oasis

XO - John Mayer

Yellow - Coldplay

You Are So Beautiful To Me – Joe Cocker

You Are The Reason – Calum Scott

You Give Me Something - James Morrison

You Make It Real – James Morrison

You’re Beautiful – James Blunt

You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon

You Get What You Give – New Radicals

You Make My Dreams Come True - Daryl Hall and John Oates

Your Song – Elton John

You've Got The Love - Florence and the Machine

Soul

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye, Temmi Terrell

Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers

Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan

At Last – Etta James

Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin

Easy – The Commodores

Endless Love – Lionel Richie and Diana Ross

For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder

Georgia On My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael

Give It Up – KC and the Sunshine Band

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – Marvin Gaye

I Can’t Help Myself – Four Tops

I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James

I Just Called To Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder

I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Fanklin

I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross

Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

Jusy My Imagination – The Temptations

Lean On Me – Bill Withers

My Girl – The Temptations

Respect – Aretha Franklin

September – Earth, Wind & Fire

Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder

Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder

(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding

Superstition – Stevie Wonder

Sweet Soul Music – Arthur Conley

Think – Aretha Franklin

This Old Heart Of Mine – The Isley Brothers

This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole

Uptight – Stevie Wonder

You Are the Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder

You To Me Are Everything – The Real Thing

Young Hearts Run Free – Candi Staton

Jazz/Swing

All of Me

All The Things You Are

Autumn Leaves

Beyond The Sea

Billie’s Bounce

Blue Bossa

Blue Moon

Blue Skies

But Not For Me

Bye Bye Blackbird

Come Fly With Me

Doxy

Fever

Fly Me To The Moon

Have You Met Miss Jones

How High The Moon

I Get a Kick Out Of You

I Remember You

In A Sentimental Mood

In The Mood

It Had To Be You

Just Friends

L-O-V-E

Love and Marriage

Luck Be A Lady

Mack The Knife

Misty

Moonlight In Vermont

Mr Bojangles

My Funny Valentine

New York, New York

On Green Dolphin Street

Satin Doll

St. Thomas

Summertime

Sway

Take The A Train

That’s Life

The Girl From Ipanema

The Lady Is A Tramp

The Way You Look Tonight

They Can’t Take That Away From Me

There Will Never Be Another You

What A Difference A Day Made

When You’re Smiling

Jess' Prices

Last updated: 2024

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£75
Up to 1 hour	£187.50
Up to 2 hours	£300
Up to 3 hours	£450

Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

No worries! I try my best to flexible to ensure your event runs smoothly. Just keep in touch in the lead up to the event if anything changes.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Definitely - this is a really popular request! I can play a playlist of your choice through my PA system before or after my sets for an extra £100. I can do this for no extra charge between sets.

How much time do you need to set up?

I like to arrive with plenty of time to set up to make sure everything runs smoothly. This is usually 45 minute to an hour before the start of my first set.

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Of course! You can pick your favourite songs from my song list and I will create a setlist to suit your tastes. For an extra £50 you can pick 3 extra songs that aren’t already in my repertoire.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, I will bring everthing I need to perform.

Can you learn song requests before the event?

Of course! If a song isn’t on my list, there is a chance I may already know it so please just ask. I offer 3 requests of songs that aren’t on my list for £50. I just need a few weeks notice to learn these.

Musicianship

Genres:

Pop, Classical, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Jazz, Latin jazz, Swing, Blues, Covers, Disco, Funk, Motown, R&B, Funk rock, Top 40, Soul, Rock, Alternative rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Pop rock, Indie, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Glam rock, Christmas, Traditional church music, Ibiza club, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Dixieland, Gypsy jazz, Acoustic, Ambient pop

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Instruments:

Saxophone, Alto saxophone, Tenor saxophone, Soprano saxophone, Baritone saxophone

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Arranger, Accompanist, Fluent improviser, Fluent sight-reader, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching

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