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Jess Taylor Sax

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About Jess

Professional, friendly and reliable saxophonist available for weddings, parties and events!
Saxophonist
West Yorkshire
Public liability insurance of £10 million

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.

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Jess' Reviews

From Encore customers:

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Chloe
3 days ago
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5 out of 5

He’s was amazing!!

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Helena M
4 days ago
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5 out of 5

We absolutely loved having Jess play at our hen do. She is friendly and professional with great communication throughout. Jess has a very extensive song list to choose from and played a range of genres beautifully, getting everyone dancing and the party started! Her performance made for a truly memorable night and I would definitely book again. Thanks again Jess!

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Ben M
1 month ago
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5 out of 5

Our client was really happy with the performance. Will definitely be booking again.

Reply from Jess
24 days ago

Thanks Ben!

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Emily P
1 month ago
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5 out of 5

Jess was great. Perfect addition to our event. Extremely professional and such a fabulous selection of songs. Would highly recommend. Thank you!

Reply from Jess
1 month ago

Thanks Emily! It was my pleasure 🎷

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James
1 year ago

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!

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Alex
1 year ago

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”.

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

Add-ons

Special Song Requests
+£62.50
Playlist DJ Service
+£125
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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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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