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Jeremy Crandall
- Albany, CA
- Keyboard Player
- Travels up to 75 miles
- Depends on travel time and length of event
Overview
Classic rock, pop, funk, soul, R&B, easy listening, jazz, blues, folk…I play anything from Elvis to the Beatles to Otis Redding to Stevie Wonder, John Denver, Barry Manilow, KC and the sunshine band, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Peter Paul & Mary, Amy Winehouse, Sade and more. Wanna rock out or boogie on down? I’m your guy. Want some nice peaceful instrumental background music? I’m also your guy.
I’ve done hundreds of senior facility performances over the years, so that’s kind of my specialty, but I’m also available for performances at restaurants, wineries, parties and special occasions/events, and I’m budget-friendly.
No classical, no showtunes.
10 Reviews
We asked Jeremy to accompany our band last minute- he did his best in record time to learn the chords and music for quite a few original songs. The crowd enjoyed him too!
Keyboard Player
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thanks, Maureen. It was very nice to get to play with Libba, Ryan and Will, especially in such a beautiful setting as MacRostie Winery. I just wish that, in addition to everything else that was top-notch, I had put on a five-star performance, but unfortunately in this case your four-star rating is accurate, and maybe even generous. Granted, there were a LOT of songs (51) on the setlist, and I was unfamiliar with about 2/3 of them before getting hired about a week before the gig, so it was a bit of a daunting task, but after some days of practice I felt like I had a enough of a handle on the previously-unfamiliar songs to do a good job at the show. Unfortunately I didn’t perform up to my standards. On the golden oldies like “L-O-V-E”, “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Dancing Queen” and other songs for which I had the actual sheet music, I think I did fine, but for the rest of the songs, where I only had the chords, there were too many times when I somehow got lost, and despite my best efforts couldn’t quite find my way back, which is really unfortunate because everyone else seemed to be at the top of their game, especially Libba on vocals…her voice sounded beautiful!
Thank you for hiring me for the gig, best of luck to you, Libba and the band, and I’m sorry that I didn’t put on a five-star performance.😕
Jeremy saved the day last minute by stopping by with a 5 hour heads up and playing for our gathering. He was kind, fun and tried to adapt to the crowd!
Pianist
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thanks, Phil, and thank you for hiring me. Your event was super fun, especially when one of the guests came up and sang with me on “Piece Of My Heart” and “Me And Bobby McGee”. He sounded like a cross between Janis Joplin and Axl Rose…awesome! Thank you for working with me regarding the musical selections and being amenable to different genres.
I was lucky when I found Jeremy Crandall to play the keyboard at a celebration of life for a family friend. I was asked, along with another singer, to do a few songs. His rate was more than reasonable, and he turned out to be fantastic to work with. He really impressed me with the amount of time he spent in advance and the excellent communication he facilitated between me, the other singer, and the mother of the deceased. He has a broad repertoire and can play background music, as well as work with singers. He is a very professional and kind gentleman. I highly recommend Jeremy:)
Keyboard Player
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thanks for the nice review, Kerstin. You yourself were super helpful and very pleasant to deal with regarding the musical preparation for the event, and,
In addition to the songs I performed solo, it was an honor to accompany you and your singer friend on keyboard on several songs (you did an awesome job on “Both Sides Now” and “Tupelo Honey”). Thanks for making me part of the very nice celebration of life for your family friend.
I hired Jeremy to play piano at my grandpa's memorial service and he did a wonderful job. He played a selection of songs from the 50s and 60s as people took their seats, and then later during the service he accompanied me as I played a couple of old folk songs on guitar. Jeremy and I were in close contact in the time leading up to the service, and he was gracious enough to accommodate all my requests. The service was a poignant and memorable one, and Jeremy played a big part in making it so special. I know my grandpa would have approved, and I'm sure he was tapping his foot and humming along. I highly recommend Jeremy for any occasion.
Pianist, Keyboard Player
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thanks for the very nice review, Eric, and it was an honor to get to perform at the beautiful memorial service for your grandfather.
Jeremy was an excellent addition to our party. His style totally suited our needs. He was very accommodating to requests. We would definitely use him again.
Pianist
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thank you very much, Armida. I had a great time performing at your very festive Christmas Eve party, and I look forward to performing for you and your guests again. Thanks for choosing me for your party, and have a happy new year!
Jeremy was a great communicator from the getgo! I had sent a song list and he went out of his way to record a demo so we could hear him playing those songs. He came to rehearsals fully prepared and was great to play with on stage! Very on the ball, reliable and a wonderful person.
Pianist
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thank you, Zoe. It was an anmazing experience to be able to perform with you. You are incredibly talented, you have a commanding stage presence and a powerful voice! Plus, you, your bassist/manager Noor and the other members of your band are all consummate professionals. Thank you for being so communicative and accommodating and helping things go smoothly for me.
Jeremy provided exactly the kind of background music we wanted.
Keyboard Player
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thank you very much, Melissa. It was my pleasure to entertain you and your guests at the cocktail reception and dinner. Thanks for being so accessible and communicative in the lead-up to the event and for helping everything to go really smoothly.
Jeremy was so communicative throughout the entire process. He played some amazing songs at my wedding ceremony on 08/05 and I highly recommend. He was kind, patient and knowledgeable and provided really good feedback to the song selection I chose. Jeremy, thank you for making my wedding ceremony so special, I appreciate you!!
Pianist, Keyboard Player
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thank you for giving me the honor of performing on your special day, Ana, and thanks for being amenable to (and excited about!) my song suggestions.
Photos from this event
Jeremy was an excellent keyboardist and was very accommodating; even driving over 2 hours just for the event on very short notice. We had planned an 8-song set list for a surprise proposal, but our keyboardist became unavailable less than a week before the day. Jeremy came to the rescue, communicating extremely well and knocking every song out of the park on the day of. Jeremy is great! You should hire him!
Keyboard Player
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thanks for the nice review, Louie. It was really fun playing with you guys. You were very helpful, and you are very talented musicians yourselves. Best of luck to the newly-engaged couple, Max and Paige.
Jeremy was really easy to work with and took initiative to make sure we had a fabulous experience. He went above and beyond and learned requested pieces very quickly.
Keyboard Player
Response from Jeremy Crandall:
Thank, Giselle. I’m glad everything worked out and came together at the last minute… I think I saw your ad on the Thursday morning, and I was playing at your wedding that Saturday afternoon! Thanks for being so helpful and communicative. It turned out to be a very nice ceremony in a very idyllic setting in the woods at a regional park. Thanks again for hiring me, and best of luck in the future to you and River.
Booking Info
Price Range: Depends on travel time and length of event
Gig Length: 60 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
What to Expect
I’m versatile. Depending on the audience and venue, I can go in different musical directions. I can play nice, peaceful background music if that’s what’s called for, or I can get down or rock out, if that’s what’s called for. I can do solo performances, or I can fill in temporarily with a band at a particular show.
About
I grew up in the 70s and 80s with a mother who nurtured my interest in playing the piano. There were often great tunes emanating from her record player and stereo, including the Bee Gees, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, Barry Manilow, KC & The Sunshine Band, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Sergio Mendes, Lou Rawls… Great stuff that stands the test of time 40-50 years later.
Additional Booking Notes
My rate may go up slightly if there’s no piano on-site and I’m required to bring my own keyboard and equipment.
Services Offered
Upcoming Booked Events
| December 31, 2024 • 7:30pm - 10:30pm | House Party |
| January 31, 2025 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Cocktail Party |
Past Booked Events
| December 24, 2024 • 6:00pm - 10:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| December 16, 2024 • 9:30am - 10:00am | Nonprofit Event |
| October 13, 2024 • 2:00pm - 5:30pm | Product Promotion |
| October 11, 2024 • 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| September 22, 2024 • 4:30pm - 5:30pm | House Party |
| September 21, 2024 • 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| August 03, 2024 • 5:30pm - 8:30pm | Birthday Party |
| July 14, 2024 • 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| December 24, 2023 • 5:00pm - 9:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| December 01, 2023 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Cocktail Party |
| November 27, 2023 • 11:00am - 1:00pm | Funeral/Memorial Service |
| September 23, 2023 • 9:00pm - 10:30pm | Dinner Party |
| September 23, 2023 • 11:00am - 12:00pm | Piano gig |
| September 09, 2023 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm | Piano |
| September 08, 2023 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Corporate Event |
| August 19, 2023 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm | Personal Occasion |
| August 05, 2023 • 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Wedding Ceremony |
| July 19, 2023 • 5:30pm - 7:30pm | Surprise |
Set List
Note: These are just examples of potential setlists. I have sheet music for a few thousand songs stored on my iPad, so just because you don’t see a particular song listed here, that doesn’t mean that I can’t play it.🎹
Wedding/Romantic
1. "Annie’s Song" by John Denver
2. "At last" by Eva Cassidy
3. "Best Of My Love" by The Emotions
4. "Can’t help falling in love" by Elvis
5. "Chapel Of Love" by The Dixie Cups
6. "The Closer I Get To You" by Roberta Flack
7. "Colour My World" by Chicago
8. "Crazy love" by Van Morrison
9. "Danny’s Song" by Loggins & Messina
10. "Don’t be shy" by Cat Stevens
11. "Dream a Little dream of me" by Mama Cass Elliot
12. "For all we know" by The Carpenters
13. "The Great Fairy Fountain"
14. "Hallelujah I love him (her) so" by Ray Charles
15. "Happy Together" by The Turtles
16. "How deep is your love" by The Bee Gees
17. "I believe when I fall in love it will be forever" by Stevie Wonder
18. "I Wanna Love You" by Just Friends
19. "If I ain’t got you" by Alicia Keys
20. "I’ve got you under my skin" by Frank Sinatra
21. "Just The Two Of Us" by Bill Withers
22. "Just The Way You Are*" by Billy Joel
23. "Kiss of life" by Sade
24. "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac
25. "Love is in the air" by John Paul Young
26. "Love Me" by Elvis
27. "Love me tender" by Elvis
28. "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton
29. "Play me" by Neil diamond
30. "She's Got A Way" by Billy Joel
31. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" by Stevie Wonder
32. "Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney and wings
33. "Something in the Way she moves" by James Taylor
34. "Songbird" by Fleetwood Mac
35. "Sweetest Thing" by U2
36. "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole
37. "We’ve Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters
38. "You are so beautiful" by Joe Cocker
39. "You make lovin’ fun" by Fleetwood Mac
40. "You make me feel like a natural woman" by Carole King
41. "Your love is king" by Sade
42. "Your song" by Elton John
43. "You’ve made me so very happy" by Blood sweat and tears
Mellow Hits
1. "Stormy weather" by Louis Armstrong
2. "What a wonderful world" by Louis Armstrong
3. "Blackbird" by The Beatles
4. "Breezin'" by George Benson
5. "This Masquerade" by George Benson
6. "All I have to do is dream" by The Everly Brothers
7. "Close to you" by The Carpenters
8. "Over the rainbow" by Eva Cassidy
9. "Songbird" by Eva Cassidy
10. "What a wonderful world" by Eva Cassidy
11. "Crazy" by Patsy cline
12. "I Fall To Pieces" by Patsy Cline
13. "You are so beautiful" by Joe Cocker
14. "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole
15. "Three times a lady" by The commodores
16. "Sail On" by The Commodores
17. "You send me" by Sam Cooke
18. "I’ll have to say I love you in a song" by Jim Croce
19. "Operator" by Jim Croce
20. "Time in a bottle" by Jim Croce
21. "Summer breeze" by Seals And Crofts
22. "Sailing" by Christopher Cross
23. "Annie’s song" by John Denver
24. "Leaving On a Jet Plane" by John Denver
25. "Sunshine on my shoulders" by John Denver
26. "What the world needs now is love" by Jackie Deshannon
27. "Put a little love in your heart" by Jackie DeShannon
28. "Play me" by Neil diamond
29. "Up on the roof" by The drifters
30. "She Belongs To Me" by Bob Dylan
31. "Solitude" by Duke Ellington
32. "Love me tender" by Elvis
33. "Memories" by Elvis
34. "Blue skies" by Ella Fitzgerald
35. "The Closer I Get To You" by Roberta Flack
36. "Popsicle toes" by Michael Franks
37. "Bookends" by Simon and Garfunkel
38. "I only have eyes for you" by Art Garfunkel
39. "Over The Rainbow Uke" by Judy Garland
40. "Don’t it make my Brown eyes blue" by Crystal Gayle
41. "How deep is your love" by The Bee Gees
42. "Where Is the love" by Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway
43. "God bless the child" by Billie holiday
44. "Solitude" by Billie holiday
45. "I'd rather go blind" by Etta James
46. "Feel Like Makin’ Love" by Bob James
47. "Waters Of March" by Antonio Carlos Jobim
48. "Just The Way You Are*" by Billy Joel
49. "Daniel" by Elton John
50. "Cold Cold Heart" by Norah Jones
51. "Blue Moon" by Cowboy Junkies
52. "So Far Away" by Carole King
53. "Up On The Roof" by Carole King
54. "Will you love me tomorrow?" by Carole King
55. "You've Got A Friend" by Carole King
56. "Goodnight Irene" by Leadbelly
57. "Imagine" by John Lennon
58. "If you could read my mind" by Gordon Lightfoot
59. "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot
60. "Songbird" by Fleetwood Mac
61. "Vincent" by Don McLean
62. "Love can make you happy" by Mercy
63. "Do You Want To Dance?" by Bette Midler
64. "Ooo Baby Baby" by Smokey Robinson and the miracles
65. "Both sides now" by Joni Mitchell
66. "The circle game" by Joni Mitchell
67. "Teach your children" by Crosby Stills Nash & Young
68. "Earth Angel" by The platters
69. "You’ll Never find another love like mine" by Lou Rawls
70. "Cruisin" by Smokey Robinson
71. "I fall to pieces" by Linda Ronstadt
72. "The 59th St. Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)" by Simon & Garfunkel
73. "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand
74. "Just my imagination" by The Temptations
75. "I'll never fall in love again" by Dionne Warwick
76. "Devotion" by Earth Wind & Fire
77. "Reasons" by Earth Wind & Fire
78. "My cherie amour" by Stevie Wonder
79. "Ribbon In The Sky Note-for-note" by Stevie Wonder
80. "You are the sunshine of my life note for note" by Stevie Wonder
81. "The lion sleeps tonight" by The Tokens
82. "You are so beautiful" by Joe Cocker
Lively Party
1. "ABC", by The Jackson 5
2. "Against all odds", by Phil Collins
3. "Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong", by KC and the sunshine band
4. "All shook up", by Elvis
5. "Bad bad Leroy Brown", by Jim Croce
6. "Best of my love", by The emotions
7. "Black water", by The Doobie brothers
8. "Blue suede shoes", by Elvis
9. "Bo Diddley", by Bo Diddley
10. "Boogie shoes", by Kc and the sunshine band
11. "Brick House", by The Commodores
12. "Burning Love", by Elvis
13. "Bye-bye love", by The Everly Brothers
14. "C.C. Rider", by Elvis
15. "Cherry cherry", by Neil Diamond
16. "Cracklin Rosie", by Neil Diamond
17. "Dancing Queen", by ABBA
18. "A deeper Shade of soul", by Ray Barretto
19. "Do you love me", by The contours
20. "Easy", by The Commodores
21. "Everyboy Loves To Cha-Cha-Cha", by Sam Cooke
22. "Feelin Alright", by Joe Cocker
23. "Fernando", by Abba
24. "Get up I feel like being a sex machine", by James Brown
25. "Get Up Offa That Thing", by James Brown
26. "Going Up The Country", by Kitty Daisy & Lewis
27. "Hallelujah I love him (her) so", by Ray Charles
28. "Heart Of Glass Uke", by Blondie
29. "Hound dog", by Elvis
30. "I got a woman", by Ray Charles
31. "I Got You (I Feel Good)", by James Brown
32. "I love the nightlife", by Alicia Bridges
33. "I want you back", by Jackson 5
34. "I’m your boogie man", by KC and the sunshine band
35. "Jailhouse rock", by Elvis
36. "Johnny B. Goode", by Chuck Berry
37. "Keep it comin’ love", by KC and the sunshine band
38. "Kentucky woman", by Neil Diamond
39. "Let It Go (part One)", by Kc and the sunshine band
40. "Licking Stick Licking Stick", by James Brown
41. "Little sister", by Elvis
42. "Makin’ Whoopee!", by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
43. "Mas Que Nada", by Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66
44. "Minnie the Moocher", by Cab Calloway
45. "Nadine", by Chuck Berry
46. "On Broadway", by The Drifters/George Benson
47. "Rock around the clock", by Bill Haley and the comets
48. "Rock The Boat", by The Hues Corporation
49. "Rockin’ Robin’", by The Jackson 5
50. "Roller derby queen", by Jim Croce
51. "Shake", by Sam Cooke
52. "Shake rattle and roll", by Bill Haley And The Comets
53. "Shake your booty*", by KC and the sunshine band
54. "Shout", by The Isley brothers
55. "Solitary man", by Neil Diamond
56. "Soul Drummers", by Ray Barretto
57. "Sugar sugar", by The Archies
58. "Sunday morning", by Maroon 5
59. "Sweet Caroline", by Neil diamond
60. "Sweet soul music", by Arthur Conley
61. "Take A Chance On Me", by ABBA
62. "Takin' It To The Streets", by The Doobie Brothers
63. "Thank the Lord for the night time", by Neil Diamond
64. "That’s the way (I like it)", by Kc and the sunshine band
65. "Thirty Days", by Chuck Berry
66. "The Tide Is High", by Blondie
67. "The twist", by Chubby checker
68. "Wake up little Susie", by The Everly Brothers
69. "Waterloo", by Abba
70. "(What A) Wonderful world", by Sam Cooke
71. "What’d I say", by Ray Charles
72. "What’s Up", by 4 Non Blondes
73. "Workin’ At the car wash blues", by Jim Croce
74. "You don’t mess around with Jim", by Jim Croce
75. "You send me", by Sam Cooke
76. "You sexy thing", by Hot chocolate
Influences & Inspiration
Carole King, KC and the sunshine band, Sade, Elvis, The Beatles, Louis Armstrong, George Benson, Otis Redding, Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Santana, the Bee Gees, John Denver, Aretha Franklin, and many others.
Setup Requirements
No equipment required