SaxyRob Experience
- Akron, OH
- One Man Band
- 107 Verified Bookings
Natalie R. said “Saxy Rob did an amazing job! It was such a beautiful touch to the wedding ceremony!!”
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A One man band featuring myself on sax. A main selling point is that I am playing all of the music on the
background tracks. Another selling point is that I keep strict control over my volume.I have played weddings, conferences, church events and of course, birthday parties.
Jay was so great to work with! We were celebrating a year of business, and Jay started off our evening in such a special way. He came early to set up and made sure everything was good to go well before the guests starting arriving. So professional! It was an absolute pleasure to have him. I recommend him to anyone looking to add a special touch to their event!
Jay was a great time I can not count how many good reviews I received about him that day and after. I will surely be using him for future events!
Response from Jay Harmon:
Thank you so much Jasmine.
It was truly my honor.
Jay was professional and absolutely made our event!
Jay Harmon was delightful. He understood the assignment. My brother who is home, not well, was thoroughly entertained on his 84th birthday by the different musical genres that Jay presented and the bonus of Jay's beautiful singing voice.
He did a real good job
Response from Jay Harmon:
I really enjoyed for you. It was hard to stop.
Jay was such a pleasure to have at our retirement party. He was flexible with his time and was kind enough to even interact and engage with our guests. We're so glad we choose him!
Jay was so gracious at my birthday party. Everyone was asking where did I find him and how impressed they were with his talents. I would recommend him for your cocktail hour or guest arrival/dinner entertainment.
Mr.Harmon arrived ahead of time, set up and player amazingly well. He went above and beyond our expectations. He played his sax with such talent and truly blessed our soul in music and singing. I will definitely recommend him and will use him again. He was life to the party and we say thank you Mr Harmon.
Pleasant experience with Jay. He accommodated our wants and needs to be a background for party.
Excellent
Jay was amazing! His personality was as wonderful as his sax playing! He was on time, professional and completely prepared with everything he needed! Everyone raved over his performance and he was a huge part of the success of the event as a whole! I highly recommend Jay Harmon! Thank you Jay and thank you gigsalad for leading me to him and making the process so easy!!
Very professional set up time perfect add his own music mix to accommodate jazz selections. We Thank him for assisting us in a short window. Good luck keep up the good work!!
Jay did a fantastic job. Was energetic, friendly and enthusiastic. Will use again!
Thank you, Jay, for a wonderful evening with friends - Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the performance.
Response from Jay Harmon:
Indeed I thank you, Dhiren and Thank you Gig Salad. I met and
enjoyed a GREAT group of people. It was a great night.
He did a great job, is talented and really got the party started!
Hired to set the ambience for the cocktail hour at my wedding recepton and to play during dinner, Jay performed exactly as requested. See, my reception was at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum and I explained to Jay that really, he wasn't the entertainment. The amazing display of vintage cars were; I needed him to simply be a subtle background to add that special touch to the evening. I had spoken with other musicians who were so ready to "perform" and I found Jay to be humbly willing to do as requested. Jay is beyond talented both with playing the saxophone by itself as well as with tracks of other instruments that he laid himself. All my guests raved about him. Of all the vendors that I hired for my wedding, Jay's talent made the biggest impact to what many called "the best wedding I'be ever been to". Bravo, Jay!
Price Range: $ 250 & up
Gig Length: 60 - 170 minutes
Languages: English
You can expect that I start promptly and, I like to start playing, THEN start talking to the audience.
I let them here me first and tjen we becomes friends
Jay Harmon is an accomplished Musician, Singer, Composer & Arranger. On this CD, His first commercial CD release, Jay plays Alto Saxophone, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Drumset, Electric Bass, as well as Lead & Background Vocals.
Asked about his first start in music, Jay says"In 1962,
I started on Bass first, then Sax, then started my first band. I picked up the other skills while in high school, Linden McKinley, in Columbus Ohio. I started playing professionally on the saxophone with the popular local Columbus band "The Crowd Pleasers in 1970".
My first commercial recording was on Cleveland Unlimited and was a popular regional hit 45RPM entitled "Now It's You & Me, this was in 1978".
I started playing solo live in 1985, when the new digital technology became available to me."
I bring my own gear, I need minimum space because I play solo. I have different sizes of equipment based on the needs of the event.
September 06, 2024 • 6:30pm - 8:00pm | Restaurant/Bar Event |
August 30, 2024 • 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Wedding Reception |
May 11, 2024 • 12:00pm - 2:00pm | Personal Occasion |
March 09, 2024 • 4:00pm - 6:30pm | Baby Shower |
July 28, 2023 • 3:00pm - 3:15pm | Birthday Party |
June 10, 2023 • 8:00pm - 10:00pm | Personal Occasion |
May 13, 2023 • 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Retirement Party |
March 25, 2023 • 7:30pm - 8:30pm | Birthday Party |
February 21, 2023 • 11:30am - 12:30pm | Retirement Community Event |
December 10, 2022 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm | Anniversary Party |
November 19, 2022 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Dinner Party |
September 09, 2022 • 4:30pm - 5:15pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
July 09, 2022 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Wedding Ceremony |
October 02, 2021 • 4:30pm - 6:30pm | Birthday Party |
July 03, 2020 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Anniversary Party |
December 21, 2019 • 6:30pm - 9:00pm | Dinner Party |
November 30, 2019 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Birthday Party |
October 10, 2019 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Cocktail Party |
December 08, 2018 • 7:00pm - 7:30pm | Birthday Party |
September 29, 2018 • 7:30pm - 8:30pm | Bar/Bat Mitzvah Party |
September 27, 2018 • 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Cocktail Party |
August 18, 2018 • 5:00pm - 7:30pm | Cocktail Party |
Stevie Wonder, when he did "Songs In The Key Of Life". I then realized that if you knew how to play multiple instruments, you could play alone.
I I have my own equipment. If it's outside, I have a generator and a battery unit
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