The Jeff Leeds Band aka JXL Band is professional, experienced, personable and their underlying principle is to accommodate, delight and satisfy your event or festival needs. With smooth melodies and a great sound, the ukulele is the happiest of all instruments! Your clientele will smile and enjoy themselves. Listen to his NEW album "Life, Love, Ukulele" mastered by a Grammy award winning producer. When you hire the JXL Band you and your clients will experience the musical blending of the laidback style of Hawaii mixed with the smooth jazz of the SF Bay Area.
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Price Range: $600 and up
Jeff Leeds first started playing the ukulele in middle school in Kailua, with a classroom full of kids learning traditional Hawaiian and Hapa Haole songs.
After touring the United States and Spain, Leeds now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has played with: The Paul Collins Beat, Al Jardine of The Beach Boys, The Coasters, The Tony Miles Reggae Band and Daddy-O.
His bands have appeared regularly at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose and at the Top of the Mark in San Francisco, as well as playing Hot August Nights and the American Graffiti Festivals. Known as an accomplished musician, Leeds has been an in-demand ukulele player/guitarist in the San Francisco Bay Area for four decades.
FIRST SET
1. SOULFUL STRUT C
2. TAKE FIVE EB
3. TROPICAL ELIXIR FM
4. HANELAI MOON F
5. I’M YOURS A
6. APACHE AM
7. WAITING IN VAIN G
8. TENOR MADNESS BB
9. HAIKU STAIRS C
10. OVER THE RAINBOW C
11. BREEZIN’ D
12. SWAY DM
13. PLUMERIA F#M
14. TEQUILA F
SECOND SET
1. PIPELINE EM
2. THREE LITTLE BIRDS G
3. ADVENTURE IN PARADISE F
4. ELEANOR RIGBY EM
5. PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT C
6. WALK IN THE SAND D
7. 3-6-9 F
8. WALK DON’T RUN C
9. BUDAPEST F
10. SLEEPWALK C
11. GINGERHILL JAM DM
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