Gretna, VA
$50/hour, performance & travel time, $100 minimum
Travels up to 120 miles
Seasoned professional musician with a degree in music. Saxophone & trumpet with professional backing tracks. Extensive repertoire of a variety of styles including rock, jazz, & country. Song requests possible with enough notice. My website includes video & audio. I have professional sound and lighting equipment.
1 review
Tamara N.
May 5, 2026Jeff did an excellent job for the ceremony entrance and cocktail hour. My guests were really thrilled with Jeff’s talent. Would definitely recommend. Professional and has great communication!!
Hired as: Saxophone Player
Price range: $50/hour, performance & travel time, $100 minimum
Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 180 minutes
Top-notch seasoned professional musician with a degree in music, thorough communication, arrives at least 1-hour prior to the performance, professional equipment.
Background & Bio:
Jeff has been a professional musician since the 1980s, and has a diverse background with all styles of music, including Big Band, Blues, Classical, Country, Funk, Jazz, Motown, Musicals, Oldies, Progressive Rock, R&B, Rock, Rockabilly, Soul, and Swing.
He has extensive experience as a performer, band director, music teacher, studio musician, recording engineer, arranger, and composer.
He has a degree in music, and was a school band director for 20 years.
His primary instruments are saxophone and trumpet, but he also plays other woodwind instruments, brass instruments, and keyboards.
He has performed as lead saxophone and/or lead trumpet with numerous bands, and as a soloist.
He has professional sound, lighting, and recording equipment.
He has performed in all types of venues, large to small, including stadiums, amphitheaters, concert halls, auditoriums, wedding venues, wineries, campgrounds, parks, churches, clubs, bars, restaurants, parades, holiday light displays, private residences.
Located in Gretna, Virginia (formerly South Central Pennsylvania).
Prefer indoor venues. Outdoor performances are weather-permitting (my gear cannot get wet). As such, I recommend an indoor back-up option for outdoor venues.
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
2:00pm - 2:45pm
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High Point, NC
Song List • Soloist With Backing Tracks:
25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)
Africa (Toto)
Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
All By Myself (Eric Carmen)
Amazed (Lonestar)
America The Beautiful (Samuel Ward)
Armed Forces Medley
At This Moment (Billy Vera)
Bad Company (Bad Company)
Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
Barracuda (Heart)
Battle Of New Orleans (Johnny Horton)
Bed of Roses (Bon Jovi)
Been So Long (Anita Baker)
Black (Pearl Jam)
Black Magic Woman (Santana)
Black Velvet (Alannah Myles)
Bless The Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)
Blue Collar Man (Styx)
Born In The U.S.A. (Bruce Springsteen)
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
California Dreamin' (The Mamas & The Papas)
Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock)
Careless Whisper (George Michael)
Chariots Of Fire (Vangelis)
Children Of Sanchez (Chuck Mangione)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex)
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
Creep (Radiohead)
Cult Of Personality (Living Colour)
(Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
Don't Speak (No Doubt)
Don't Stop Believin' (Journey)
Dream On (Aerosmith)
Dust In The Wind (Kansas)
Enter Sandman (Metallica)
Eye Of The Tiger (Survivor)
Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Final Countdown, The (Europe)
Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (AC/DC)
Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Gambler, The (Kenny Rogers)
Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)
God Bless The U.S.A. (Lee Greenwood)
Got What I Got (Jason Aldean)
Happy Together (The Turtles)
Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen)
Hawaii Five-O (The Ventures)
Heaven (Bryan Adams)
Hello (Lionel Richie)
Hopelessly Devoted To You (Olivia Newton-John)
House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals)
I Put A Spell On You (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
I Say A Little Prayer (Dionne Warwick)
I'd Do Anything For Love (Meat Loaf)
Imagine (John Lennon)
In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)
Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)
Islands In The Stream (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)
Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Kiss From A Rose (Seal)
Kyrie (Mr. Mister)
Lady (Kenny Rogers)
Lean On Me (Bill Withers)
Let It Go (Idina Menzel)
Lily Was Here (David Stewart)
Live Like You Were Dying (Tim McGraw)
Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Living In America (James Brown)
Love Is Blue (Paul Mauriat)
Man In The Box (Alice In Chains)
Maneater (Hall & Oates)
Memory (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Misirlou (Dick Dale & The Del-Tones)
Misty (Erroll Garner)
Money (Pink Floyd)
Moon River (Andy Williams)
Morning Dance (Spyro Gyra)
My Baby You (Mark Anthony)
No More Tears (Ozzy Osbourne)
No Sé Tú (Luis Miguel)
Old Man (Neil Young)
On The Road Again (Willie Nelson)
Only In America (Brooks & Dunn)
Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen)
Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini)
Phantom Of The Opera, The (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Pick Up The Pieces (Average White Band)
Pink Panther Theme (Henry Mancini)
Radar Love (Golden Earring)
Rapture (Blondie)
Right Now (Van Halen)
Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash)
Rio (Duran Duran)
Rise (Herb Alpert)
Rocky Top (Osborne Brothers)
Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel)
September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
She Works Hard For The Money (Donna Summer)
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
Songbird (Kenny G)
Soulful Strut (Grover Washington Jr.)
Spanish Flea (Herb Alpert)
Squib Cakes (Tower Of Power)
Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)
Still Got The Blues (Gary Moore)
Still Loving You (Scorpions)
Stranglehold (Ted Nugent)
Street Life (Herb Alpert)
Suicide Is Painless (M*A*S*H)
Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Take Five (Paul Desmond)
Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)
Taste Of Honey, A (Herb Alpert)
Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
Tennessee Whiskey (Chris Stapleton)
Tequila (The Champs)
Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Time In A Bottle (Jim Croce)
Turn The Page (Bob Seger)
Tush (ZZ Top)
Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)
Walk, Don't Run (The Ventures)
Watermelon Sugar (Harry Styles)
We Are The Champions (Queen)
What The World Needs Now Is Love (Jackie DeShannon)
What’s Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner)
What's Up (4 Non Blondes)
Wheel In The Sky (Journey)
When A Man Loves A Woman (Michael Bolton)
Whiter Shade Of Pale, A (Procol Harum)
Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
Working For The Weekend (Loverboy)
Yakety Sax (Boots Randolph)
Year Of The Cat (Al Stewart)
You're Still The One (Shania Twain)
YYZ (Rush)
Additional Songs Available, By Request
12’ x 12’ space, standard 120 volt/20 amp electric (I have a generator, if needed, for an additional fee). Prefer 1-hour set-up time and 1-hour tear-down time (no charge for set-up and tear-down).
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