If you're looking for a band to play your event with an upbeat vibe, this is it. You can choose for the group to be any combination of bass, guitar, piano, drummer, and/or lead horn player.
Whether it's an event at a downtown skyscraper or a backyard party, we have you covered.
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Price Range: $300 & up
Gig Length: 10 - 300 minutes
Languages: English
Gordon can customize an ensemble and setlist to your exact needs. Are you looking for a jazz trio for an upscale event? Or do you want something more upbeat, a salsa band so your guests can dance? Whatever you're looking for, Gordon can provide that to you, through his extensive network of musician colleagues and experience in almost any genre and style.
Gordon grew up in Boston and moved to Chicago in 2012. He has been playing bass professionally for fifteen years; everything from national theatre tours to suburban top 40 cover bands to city jazz cocktail hours. Gordon's strength is his versatility, as he's well-versed in a wide variety of styles.
Part of the convenience of hiring the Gordon Walters ensemble is we are very low maintenance. We almost always will need nothing from you. Even if you need us to perform outside, we can even bring our own power sources.
Stevie Wonder:
Part-time Lover
Living for the City
Sir Duke
I Wish
Isn't She Lovely
Superstition
Higher Ground
Knocks Me Off My Feet
Another Star
All Day Sucker
Prince:
Kiss
1999
Controversy
Purple Rain
Pop/R&B:
Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande
Side To Side - Ariana Grande
Work - Rihanna
Passionfruit, Hotline Bling - Drake
Love on Top - Beyonce
Say my name - destiny's child
Toxic - Britney
On & On, Didn't Cha Know - Badu
10%, You're The One - Kaytranada
Sweet Love - Anita Baker
Focus - H.E.R.
All Night Long - Mary Jane Girls
Searching, Everybody Loves The Sunshine - Roy Ayers
Cissy Strut - The Meters
I Keep Forgettin' - Michael McDonald
Jazz Standards:
Solar
Question & Answer
There Will Never Be Another You
Impressions
Little Sunflower
All the things you are
Recordame - Joe Henderson
Days of Wine and Roses - Oscar Peterson
Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
Bluesette
Mr. PC
Black Narcissus
Fee Fi Fo Fum
Footprints - Wayne Shorter
Song For My Father
Night In Tunisia
Caravan
In Walked Bud
Night And Day
Nardis - Bill Evans
Well You Needn't - Monk
Very Early - Bill Evans
Strausburg St Denise - Roy Hargrove
Pastor T - Roy Hargrove
Sing a Song of Songs
SAMBA
João Bosco - Incompatibilidade De Genios
Canto de Ossanha (Baden Powell - Os Afro-Sambas)
Martinho Da Vila - "Canta Canta Minha Gente"
Mas, Que Nada! - Jorge Ben
Beth Carvalho - Vou Festejar
Casa De Bamba
Coisa Feita - Joao Bosco
Spain - Chick Corea
AFRO CUBAN / LATIN JAZZ
Ran Kan Kan - Tito Puente
La Vida Es Un Carnaval - Celia Cruz
Para Los Rumberos - Tito Puente
Guantanamera - Celia Cruz
Buena Vista Social Club - El Cuarto De Tula
Buena Vista Social Club - Candela
Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
Caballo Viejo
La Paloma
Casi Te Envidio
Besame Mama - Poncho Sanchez
REGGAE / REGGAETON
Stepping Razor
Israelites - Desmond Decker
Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley
Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley
One Love - Bob Marley
Three Little Birds
I Shot The Sheriff - Bob Marley
Mayores - Becky G
Sin Pijama - Becky G
BOSSA NOVA / JOBIM:
Vivo Sonhando
How Insensitive
Wave
Meditation
One Note Samba
Desafinado
Corcovado
Michael Jackson:
Rock With You
Can't Help It
Human Nature
Billie Jean
PYT
Shake Your Body Down
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
I Want You Back
Beatles:
Something
Come Together
Let It Be
Norwegian Wood
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
In My Life
Til There Was You
Hey Jude
I Saw Her Standing There
Halloween:
Ghostbusters Theme
Monster Mash
Thriller
Adams Family Theme
Christmas:
Jingle Bells
Silent Night
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Jingle Bell Rock
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
O Tannenbaum - Vince Guaraldi
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Carol Of The Bells
Greensleeves
Angels We Have Heard On High
Auld Lang Syne
Stevie Wonder, Prince, The Beatles, Erykah Badu, Tito Puente, Selena, D'Angelo, Celia Cruz, Jobim, João Bosco, Poncho Sanchez, Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, John Coltrane
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