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I'm a queer saxophonist ready to play your private event. I specialize in alto sax and offer a wide variety of jazz standards performed solo over backing tracks with skilled and energetic improvisation. I also accept song requests of any genre in advance of the event to jazz up in the set list.
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Price Range: $400-$1000
Gig Length: 30 - 120 minutes
Languages: English
I offer 1-2 hours of background jazz music to any private event. I can bring my own amplifier and microphone, or she can plug into an existing sound system. I will play solo alto saxophone over backing tracks, specializing in jazz standards with lively improvisation sections, although I am happy to learn 1-5 song requests to add to the set list as well, if given up to a week's notice of the requests.
Colleen Johnson is a queer singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Having studied classical and jazz piano and saxophone for over 25 years, Colleen got her start in the jazz bands The Vermahorns and The Fedora Project when she was in high school, winning first and second runner up at Portland Music’s Rose Festival Battle of the Bands in 2009 and 2010 and performing at the Crystal Ballroom with the Crazy 8s. In college, Colleen played tenor saxophone and keyboard in the indie rock band Clouds of Neptune.
Colleen currently plays alto saxophone in the band Alpha Cricket, keyboard in the band Baby Grendel, and is working on a solo EP with producer Max Baker.
I will need a place to set up my laptop and either PA plug ins for XLR and instrument cables or room for my own amplifier to play through. I will supply my own saxophone microphone as well as backing tracks on my laptop and/or phone and the cables/adapters necessary to plug into the sound system. I will also need enough space for a music stand.
Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prevert
Afternoon in Paris - John Lewis
Blue Bossa - Kenny Dorham
But Beautiful - Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - Marcel Louiguy, Jacques LaRue, Mack David
Confirmation - Charlie Parker
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington, Bob Russel
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Wilbur Schwandt, Fabian Andree, Gus Kahn
Easy Living - Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons - William Best, Deek Watson
Four - Miles Davis
The Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinicius De Moraes
God Bless the Child - Arthur Herzog Jr, Billie Holiday
I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
In the Mood - Joe Garland
Lady Bird - Tadd Dameron
Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn
Misty - Erroll Garner
My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ornithology - Charlie Parker, Bennie Harris
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
Song for My Father - Horace Silver
A Sunday Kind of Love - Barbara Belle, Louis Prima, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes
Take Five - Paul Desmond
Take the "A" Train - Billy Strayhorn
West Coast Blues - John L. (Wes) Montgomery
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Duke Ellington
Sonny Rollins
For large spaces, a PA sound system may be required. Small spaces I can provide my own amplifier for.
Chris C. said “Humble personality with excellent saxophone chops also help me with Recording in my Logic DAW very knowledgeable.”
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