DJ with Live Saxophone in Los Angeles

The DJ set is the base. I build the music around your crowd and your timeline, and I mix it live. When a moment calls for it, I pick up the saxophone and play on top of the track: a hook the whole room knows, a solo on the dance floor, a slow line over a first dance. Then I'm back on the decks without a gap in the music.

Sax works in two places:

• Background: smooth, lower-volume sax during cocktail hour or dinner, often walking between guests instead of standing behind the booth.
• Peak moments: sax over dance-floor tracks, the grand entrance, a product reveal or the last song of the night.

You decide how much sax you want. Some clients want it all night, others want three or four big moments. We set that during planning.

For weddings, the DJ + sax format covers the whole day:

• Ceremony: live saxophone for the processional and recessional, with ceremony sound and microphones. I've played sax at beachfront ceremonies as well as ballrooms.
• Cocktail hour: smooth jazz-style sax among your guests while they have drinks and appetizers.
• Reception: DJ and MC for entrances, first dance, toasts and parent dances, then sax on the dance floor and a live finish on your last song.

"He was also an extremely talented Saxophonist and it was such a fun element that he incorporated throughout the reception, both at dinner and on the dance floor. The cherry on top was when he played the sax to our requested final song of the night…" (Nizan, WeddingWire)

More on weddings: Wedding DJ in Los Angeles.

If your DJ is already booked, you can hire me as a saxophone player only. I play alongside your DJ for the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner or the dance floor, and I improvise over whatever they play, in any genre. Before the event I coordinate with your DJ on the timeline, the songs where sax comes in, and the sound setup.

"We hired DJ Art to play saxophone during our wedding cocktail hour and on our wedding dance floor. He was able to work alongside our DJ and he could play the sax to any of the songs that the DJ played." (Katie, WeddingWire)

At conferences, galas, award ceremonies, product launches and brand activations, live sax gives the room a focal point without taking over the event. I keep the volume and the format right for each segment, from networking and dinner to the after-party, and I stay on the run of show.

"The music and live saxophone created an incredible atmosphere without ever taking over the event." (Bella M., Destination Concepts, Inc.)

More on corporate events: Corporate Event DJ in Los Angeles.

Birthdays, anniversaries, boat parties and bar and bat mitzvahs get the same setup: a DJ set built for the guest list, with sax for the moments people film.

"Having live saxophone and additional entertainment made the entire evening feel like a real production." (Daniel A., Mitzvah Client)

• Consultation and a music plan built around your event, including a do-not-play list
• DJ set with live saxophone, in the amount we agree on
• Professional sound system and microphones
• MC announcements on request
• Setup and soundcheck. I typically arrive 2–3 hours before performance time
• $1M general liability insurance. COI available for your venue
• One event per day, so your event is the only one I'm focused on

Add-ons: uplighting and lighting, cold spark fountains, photo booth, video projection, karaoke, and additional live musicians from my network (vocalists, violinists, drummers, guitarists, percussionists).

Every event is quoted individually. Send your date and a few details, and I'll send a quote.

Top 40, pop, hip hop, R&B, EDM and electronic, house, reggaeton, jazz, rock, country, oldies, plus international music including Russian, Armenian, Persian and Israeli. The sax fits almost all of it.