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JD Sebastian - Jazz & Showtunes Pianist

JD Sebastian - Jazz & Showtunes Pianist

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(2 reviews)
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Pianist
  • Travels up to 30 miles
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Theme from New York, New York

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Somewhere Over The Rainbow

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Embraceable You

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Then I'll Be Tired Of You

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Phantom of the Opera (George Gershwin Beach Concert)

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Overview

Award-winning Jazz Pianist who plays with passion, whether a high energy sing along or jazz song or a beautiful love song ballad. Specializes in standards, musicals and other popular genres from 1940s forward. Based in Hollywood/West Hollywood, California, travels throughout Southern California to play for private events, parties, weddings, memorial services. Music of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Peter, Paul and Mary, Carol King, James Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald, holiday music plus a vast repertoire from religious spiritual traditions and original compositions. JD's love for music shines through every note he plays.


2 Reviews

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Mark W. • February 4, 2020

JD was fantastic!

JD played and entertained for us in a private event a few days ago and he was fantastic. The music continued all night. Guests joined in singing and the evening was a huge success just by having him there!

Hired as:
Broadway Style Entertainment, Jazz Pianist, Keyboard Player, Singing Pianist, Pianist
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Bradly P. • December 16, 2019

Great Pianist

JD was amazing. His communication is great, he's on time and is a great entertainer. We will have him back for our next event.

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Booking Info

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Price Range: Contact for rates

Gig Length: 60 - 360 minutes

Languages: English

What to Expect

JD will
1) show up either in a tuxedo or casually elegant attire, based on the client's preference
2) arrive 30 minutes prior to starting time, or earlier, if set up or group warming up a factor
3) will discus musical preferences, song requests, etc. with client in advance
4) will be friendly, warm and approachable at all times during performance
5) as a seasoned pianist, will adjust his own sound (and the band's, if present) to please
and embellish the ambiance and flow of the crowd. For example, during dinner music,
playing softly enough to not hinder dinner conversation, for more upbeat playing, always
monitoring the room, the people, seeking the best tempos, song titles, genres, etc, to
gracefully lift hearts and spirits up, throughout the time of the event.

About

JD Sebastian is originally from Springfield, Ohio, where as a high school student, JD won the Ohio statewide Jazz performers championship. After studying music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, JD's career would include traveling as a jazz pianist, in jazz bands and big bands and trios, and the music ministry, composing hundreds of contemporary Christian worship songs. He has gigged from the west coast to Palm Springs in the Southern California area, private parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, and memorial services, from outdoor events (such as weddings at beaches and forests) JD brings his own remote power, keyboards and PA system. Music is a consistent passion, joy and expression of love and community for JD, at all times, in all groups, on all occasions.

Additional Booking Notes

JD will play on the piano at the venue where hired, whether it is rented or the resident piano for that facilities. If no piano or rented piano is provided, JD (with advanced agreement and small additional fee) will provide his own electronic keyboard, either his Yamaha Motif ES, Roland FP 3 (88 key professional instruments). When added sounds such as drums, brass, strings, organs, etc are desired to embellish JD's one person performance, he brings along his preferred entertainment extra keyboard, the Yamaha PSR-530.

JD has two levels of portable sound he provides for his music, a smaller Bose speaker sound (visually non-obtrusive, ideal for venues like private house parties), or two powered Studio Speakers (18"x26") on stands. And in some events, both systems are necessary to distribute the sound, for instance, to another room or outside to the garden. In either case, JD brings a small mixing board with a microphone, which can be used by singers, for announcements and toasts, etc.

Quiet Portable Power is something JD is ready to provide, converting a 12 volt battery into household current for running his keyboard, amplifying his guitar (when called for), for singing and for officiating, announcements, etc.

Services Offered

Pianist Keyboard Player

Past Booked Events

May 13, 2023 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm Birthday Party
February 02, 2020 • 7:30pm - 10:00pm Cocktail Party
December 29, 2019 • 9:30pm - 11:00pm Dinner Party
December 14, 2019 • 7:00pm - 8:30pm Christmas Party

Set List

Selections from Broadway Musicals: the music of Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein (like West Side Story), Andrew Lloyd Webber (such as Phantom of the Opera, Cats), Cole Porter, Lerner & Lowe, on and on and on..

Most of the songs sang by Frank Sintara, Barbara Streisand, and many of the songs written and performed by Elton John, the Beatles, James Taylor, Neil Diamond, Carol King, etc.

Love Songs and Ballads, such as The Wind Beneath My Wings, Stardust, I Love You, Stella by Starlight, My Heart Will Go On, Misty, Unforgettable

Singalong standards, such as That's Amore, Theme from New York, New York, You Are My Sunshine, Piano Man, You've Gotta Friend, and many, many more.

Influences & Inspiration

Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Oscar Peterson, Peter Nero, George Shearing, Bill Evans, Frank SInatra, Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Motown, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, the Big Band era of the 30s & 40s, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington.

Setup Requirements

Electricity (if playing an electronic keyboard or using amplification)

For outdoor events, protection from sun (except in the evening) and from rain (a rarity, though, in Southern California)

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