JoeWilson-JazzSax Saxophonist from Raleigh, NC

Saxophonist Joe Wilson is a professional musician providing jazz groups, solo performance, live DJ accompaniment, and additional musical services to make your wedding, party, corporate event, charity fundraisers, festivals, or artistic projects special. Based in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle of North Carolina, Joe performs both locally and worldwide. He has years of experience and comfort preparing and performing music in virtually all genres and situations, and familiar with repertoire from many genres, cultures, and traditions-- including hora music, tarantellas, salsa/boogaloo standards, reggae, African music; and the soul, rock, funk, jazz and swing classics from America's golden ages (the 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, '80's, 90's, and 2000's) plus the latest radio hits in pop, hip hop, and R&B. The range of services Joe has previously provided to clients referred through The Bash include: --Organizing and Leading Bands of world-class musicians (potentially any size from duo to big band, and selected to specialize in the music for your event) --Solo serenading (ideal for surprise marriage proposals, Valentine's Day and Birthday "gifts") --Cocktail party Jazz, with band or accompanying backing tracks (ideal your cocktail hour, private parties / events) --Live Jamming Sax on the dance floor w / DJ (ideal for Dance Party Wedding receptions, and large DJ party celebrations) --Solo acoustic saxophone (ideal for wedding ceremonies, and funeral services) --Studio Session Work (sight-reading, soloing, writing, arranging, recruiting/leading horn sections and other session musicians, production) --Ambient Sound Atmosphere Creation (ideal for "alternative" life events, art exhibitions, yoga / spiritual gatherings and classes, and theater/movie soundtracks). Joe previously lived and worked for years in the vibrant music scenes of New York City and Houston, as well as touring with original bands throughout the continental United States, Brazil and Europe. In 2021 he received a South Arts Fellowship to compose and perform a multi-media saxophone work in Berlin, Germany, and in 2022 he graduated magna cum laude from North Carolina Central University, where he earned a master's degree in Jazz Studies under the mentorship of local legends such as Branford Marsalis, Brian Horton, Joey Caldarazzo and Ira Wiggins. As the reviews attest, Joe takes communication and preparation every bit as seriously as the performance itself. Whether it's finding workarounds for your budget, itinerary times, song ideas and selection, technical spec's, dress code, or planning how to make a surprise marriage proposal a success, Joe will respond quickly and fully to any questions, requests, concerns, or unusual circumstances, and go the extra mile to make things work. And, he makes sure that all necessary parties are happily on the same page about the logistics and budget of any event before confirming any booking. Joe is available by text, e-mail, video chat, or phone calls with his clients around the clock, before and after any event.

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• A Flower is a Lonesome Thing | Billy Strayhorn
• A Night in Tunisia | Dizzy Gillespie
• Afro Blue | Mongo Santamaria
• Agua de Beber | Astrud Gilberto
• Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone | Bill Withers
• All Blues | Miles Davis
• All of Me | Billie Holiday
• All of Me | John Legend
• All the Things You Are | Frank Sinatra
• Alone Together | Sun Ra Arkestra
• Along Came Betty | Benny Golson
• Angel Eyes | Blues Standard
• At Last | Etta James
• Barbados | Charlie Parker
• Beatrice | Sam Rivers
• Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen | The Andrews Sisters
• Bemsha Swing | Thelonious Monk
• Besame Mucho | Mexican Standard
• Black Orpheus | Brazilian Standard
• Bloomdido | Charlie Parker
• Blue Bossa | Joe Henderson
• Blue Sky | American Standard
• Blue Train | John Coltrane
• Blues for Alice | Charlie Parker
• Body and Soul | Billie Holiday et al
• Bye Bye Blackbird | Ray Henderson
• Canteloupe Island | Herbie Hancock
• Caravan | Duke Ellington
• Chameleon | Herbie Hancock
• Chega De Saudade | Joao Gilberto
• Corcovado | Astrud Gilberto
• Dark Eyes | Russian Folk Song
• Desafinado | Stan Getz
• Don't Ask Why | Norah Jones
• Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing | Stevie Wonder
• Equinox | John Coltrane
• Fever | Screamin Jay Hawkins
• Fly Me To The Moon | Frank Sinatra
• Footprints | Wayne Shorter
• Freddie Freeloader | Miles Davis
• Freedom Jazz Dance | Eddie Harris
• Girl From Ipanema | Stan Getz
• God Bless The Child | Billie Holiday
• Hava Nagila | Israeli Folk Song
• Honeysuckle Rose | Louis Armstrong
• I Feel Good | James Brown
• I Want You Back | Jackson 5
• I Wish | Stevie Wonder)
• In a Sentimental Mood | Duke Ellington
• In Walked Bud | Thelonious Monk
• It Is What It Is | Joe Wilson
• It's Later Than You Think | Kermit Ruffins
• Killing Me Softly | Diana Ross/The Fugees
• Little sunflower | Freddie Hubbard
• Marry Me | Bruno Mars
• Mas que nada | Sergio Mendes
• Mercy Mercy Mercy | Cannonball Adderley
• Michelle | The Beatles
• Minor Swing | Django Reinhardt
• Moondance | Van Morrison
• Morning | Tito Puente
• Mr Magic | Grover Washington
• Mr. Bobby | Manu Chao
• Mr. Magic | Grover Washington
• Mr. PC | John Coltrane
• My Funny Valentine | Miles Davis
• My Little Suede Shoes | Charlie Parker
• My Sweet Lorraine | Fats Waller
• Naima | John Coltrane
• Nica's Dream | Joe Henderson
• Night Dreamer | Wayne Shorter
• Night Train | James Brown
• Now's The Time | Charlie Parker
• Nuages | Django Reinhardt
• Oleo | Sonny Rollins
• On The Sunny Side of the Street | Louis Armstrong
• One-Note Samba | Frank Sinatra and Astrud Gilberto
• Oriental Folk Song | Wayne Shorter
• Ornithology | Charlie Parker
• Oye Como Va | Santana
• People Get Ready | Marvin Gaye
• Perdido | Charlie Parker
• Poinciana | Ahmad Jamal
• Recordame | Joe Henderson
• Red Clay | Freddie Hubbard
• Round Midnight | Thelonious Monk
• Ruby My Dear | Thelonious Monk
• Sakura | Japanese Folk Song
• Satin Doll | Charlie Parker
• Scrapple from the Apple | Charlie Parker
• Simon Tov and Mazel Tov | Israeli Folk Song
• So What | Miles Davis
• Softly as in a Morning Sunrise | Frank Sinatra / Sonny Rollins
• Solar | Miles Davis
• Song For My Father | Horace Silver
• Sonny Moon for Two | Sonny Rollins
• Spain | Chick Corea
• St Thomas | Sonny Rollins
• St. James Infirmary | Louis Armstrong
• Stablemates | Benny Golson
• Star Eyes | Charlie Parker / Miles Davis
• Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael
• Stella by Starlight | Rogers and Hammestein
• Stolen Moments | Oliver Nelson
• Summer Time | Gerswhin
• Sunny | Bobby Hebb
• Sweet Georgia Brown | Louis Armstrong
• Take The A Train | Billy Strayhorn
• Tenor Madness | Coltrane and Sonny Rollins
• The Work Song | Cannonball Adderley
• Triste | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Tristeza | Astrud Gilberto
• Watermelon Man | Herbie Hancock
• Wave | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Well you Needn´t | Thelonious Monk
• What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong
• What's Going On | Marvin Gaye
• Workin' | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
• Yesterday | The Beatles
• You Are So Beautiful | Joe Cocker