JO & the Highland Express

We are a truely professional act that serves up a high energy slice of Funk, R&B and Rock classics that nearly everyone will resonate to. We play a hand picked collection of classic songs that we know the audience will enjoy. We guide the audience on the musical journey explaining who the artist is we are covering and a little bit about them. Our music has a lot of dynamic moments, either great solo's or drum break downs - things that keep the audience engaged and makes our music exciting.

We always arrive very early for setup so there is never any last minute heroics or stress. We bring a fully professional audio system. Dependent upon the event, we have access to 3rd party sound companies that provide systems for outdoors or large venues. If the event is indoor we have all the equipment we need to provide a great show from sound system to lighting etc.

JO & the Highland Express is led by John Orlando, an accomplished sax player and multi instrumentalist. The Highland Express is comprised of professional musicians and features a female lead singer, horn section as well as an auxiliary percussionist. We play up and down the Jersey Shore at well known venues. We have an incredibly full sound which allows us to really cover classic bands like Chicago, War, Kool & the Gang, Sly & the Family Stone and others. When people come to our shows they comment that it's like going to a real concert, based on the pro level caliber of our musicians.

We only require access to a stable power source. Everything else we will provide and will select based on the size of the venue and audience