Dave Colebourn

Description

Weddings
Ibiza sax
Drinks receptions
Parties
Recording sessions
Theatre shows
Commissions (both performance and composition)
Group masterclasses
Private tuition
At Dave’s disposal is a wide range of audio equipment for any circumstance.
A compact and discreet wireless microphone, for wandering or intimate performances.
A battery powered, plug-free PA system. Suitable for most outdoor spaces or rooms up to a capacity of around 100.
For venues with challenging accoustics, a feedback-free internal microphone (wired) is available.
... A digital pedalboard can accompany a solo or band performance for additional colour and texture.
Public liability insurance included. Read More

Set-List

The songs listed here represent some of those that I most often play, but I can perform almost anything with advanced notice, and very often improvise with DJs with their own set lists. Simply let me know any specific requests you may have!
Pop Classics
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band)
Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington)
A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman)
A Thousand Years (Perri)
Adore You (Harry Styles)
Ain't Nobody (Khan)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Gaye, Terrell)
All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
... All of Me (John Legend)
Always and Forever (Vandross)
Bad habits (Ed Sheeran)
Be the One (Dua Lipa)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)
Body and Soul (Baker)
Burn (Goulding)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Presley)
Cheerleader (Omi)
Close to You (The Carpenters)
Creep (Radiohead)
Creepin (Stevie Wonder)
Dakota (Stereophonics)
Dance Monkey (Tones and I)
Dancing in the Moonlight (Toploader)
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
Despacito (Fonsi)
Diamonds (Rhianna)
Don't Stop Me Now (Queen)
Easy on Me (Adele)
Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Ayers)
Firework (Katie Perry)
Flowers (Cyrus)
Footloose
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
Gimme Gimme Gimme (ABBA)
Gravity (John Mayer)
Half the World Away (Oasis)
Hey Soul Sister (Train)
I Got You (I feel good) (James Brown)
I Say a Little Prayer for You (Franklin)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
If I Ain't Got You (Keys)
I'm a Believer
I'm Good [Blue] (Guetta/Rehxa)
Isn't She Lovely (Wonder)
I've Got a Woman (Ray Charles)
Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer)
Last Dance (Dua Lipa)
Late Night Talking (Styles)
Let's Stay Together (Al Green)
L-O-V-E (Sinatra)
Love Me Like You Do (Ellie Goulding)
Love Again (Dua Lipa)
Man! I Feel Like a Woman (Shania Twain)
Mercy Mercy Mercy (Zawinul)
Move on Up (Mayfield)
Naive (The Kooks)
Never Too Much (Vandross)
One Last Time (Grande)
The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
Renegades (X Ambassadors)
Return of the Mack
September (Earth Wind and Fire)
Seven Years (Lucas Graham)
Seventeen Going Under (Fender)
Shape of You (Sheeran)
Show Me Love (Robin S)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Stayin Alive (The Bee Gees)
Stitches (Shawn Mendes)
Sweet Dreams (Eurhythmics)
Tenerife Sea (Sheeran)
That Don't Impress Me Much (Shania Twain)
The Lady in Red (de Burgh)
The Way You Look Tonight (Sinatra)
Thinking of You (Sister Sledge)
This Charming Man (Smiths)
This Girl (Kungs/3 Burners)
This is How We Do It (Jordan)
This Will Be an everlasting love (Natalie Cole
Titanium (David Guetta)
Valerie (Winehouse)
Valerie (Zutons)
Viva la Vida (Coldplay)
Wake Me Up (Aviici)
Wake Up This Day
We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
What is Hip (Tower of Power)
Whenever, Wherever (Shakira)
Wildest Dreams (Swift)
Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars)
Year of Decision (Three Degrees)
You've Got the Love (Florence + the Machine)
Party, ibiza and club hits (I really will play over anything, but here are some favourites)
Freed from Desire (Gala)
On the Floor (Lopez)
At Night (Kid Creme Club Mix)
1 Thing - Amerie
24K Magic - Bruno Mars
Africa (Toto)
Alright - Red Carpet
Babarabatiri (David Penn)
Better off Alone - Alice Deejay
Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)
Break My Soul (Beyonce)
Breathe (Sean Paul)
Children (Robert Miles)
Cold Light (KC Lights)
Commander (Kelly Rowland)
Crazy in Love (Beyonce)
Crazy What Love Can Do (Guetta)
Darude Sandstorm
Destination Unknown (Alex Gaudino)
Disclosure (January)
Disco Inferno (Trammps)
Don't You Worry Child
Dramaphone (Caravan Palace)
Ecuador (Sash)
Everybody (Backstreet Boys)
Feel the Love (Rudimental)
Fly as Me (Bruno Mars)
Gingoba (Sllash and Doppe)
Havana (Camila Cabello)
Head & Heart (Corry x MNEK)
I Can't Get No Sleep - Leventina
I'm Good [Blue] (Guetta/Rexha)
Insomnia (Faithless)
It's In Your Mind (Jo Paciello)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Houston)
I Will Survive (Belters Only)
Jubel (Klingande)
Lady (Modjo)
Liquid Spirit (Gregory Porter)
Lone Digger (Caravan Palace)
Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5)
One Day (Bakermat)
Pjanoo (Prydz)
Power (Solado/Maur)
Push the Feeling On (Nightcrawlers)
Rattle - Bingo Players
Samba de Janeiro (Bellini)
Sax (Fleur East)
Scandalous (Mis-teeq)
Shined on Me (Praise Cats)
Show Me Love (Robin S)
Smooth Criminal (Jackson)
Talamanca (Burns)
Temperature (Sean Paul)
The Way I Are (Timbaland)
This Girl (Kungs vs Cookin' on 3 burners)
This is How We Do It (Jordan)
Titanium (Guetta)
Uptown Funk (Ronson)
Waitin' All Night (Rudimental)
Watch Out! - Alex Gaudino
We Found Love (Rihanna)
Yeah! (Usher)
Jazz Standards
All Of Me
All Of You
All The Things You Are
Alright, Okay, You Win
Always
Ana Maria
Angel Eyes
Anthropology
Apple Honey
April In Paris
April Joy
Arise, Her Eyes
Armageddon
Au Privave
Autumn In New York
Autumn Leaves
Beautiful Love
Beauty And The Beast
Bessie's Blues
Bewitched
Big Nick
Black Coffee
Black Diamond
Black Narcissus
Black Nile
Black Orpheus
Blue Bossa
Blue In Green
Blue Monk
The Blue Room
Blue Train (Blue Trane)
Blues For Alice
Bluesette
Body And Soul
Boplicity (Be Bop Lives)
Bright Size Life
Broad Way Blues
Broadway
But Beautiful
Butterfly
Byrd Like
C'est Si Bon
Call Me
Call Me Irresponsible
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Captain Marvel
Central Park West
Ceora
Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
Chelsea Bells
Chelsea Bridge
Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
A Child Is Born
Chippie
Chitlins Con Carne
Come Sunday
Como En Vietnam
Con Alma
Conception
Confirmation
Contemplation
Coral
Cotton Tail
Could It Be You
Countdown
Crescent
Crystal Silence
Daahoud
Dancing On The Ceiling
Darn That Dream
Day Waves
Days And Nights Waiting
Dear Old Stockholm
Dearly Beloved
Dedicated To You
Deluge
Desafinado
Desert Air
Detour Ahead
Dexterity
Dizzy Atmosphere
Django
Dolores
Dolphin Dance
Domino Biscuit
Don't Blame Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Donna Lee
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Dreamsville
Easter Parade
Easy Living
Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love)
Ecclusiastics
Eighty One
El Gaucho
Epistrophy
Equinox
Equipoise
E.S.P.
Fall
Falling Grace
Falling In Love With Love
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum
A Fine Romance
500 Miles High
502 Blues
Follow Your Heart
Footprints
For All We Know
For Heaven's Sake
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
Forest Flower
Four
Four On Six
Freddie Freeloader
Freedom Jazz Dance
Full House
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
Gemini
Giant Steps
The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema)
Gloria's Step
God Bless' The Child
Golden Lady
Grand Central
The Green Mountains
Groovin' High
Grow Your Own
Guilty
Gypsy In My Soul
Half Nelson
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Heaven
Heebie Jeebies
Hello, Young Lovers
Here's That Rainy Day
Hot Toddy
House Of Jade
How High The Moon
How My Heart Sings
Hullo Bolinas
I Can't Get Started
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I Could Write A Book
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
I Love Paris
I Love You
I Mean You
I Remember Clifford
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
I'll Remember April
I'm All Smiles
I'm Beginning To See The Light
I'm Your Pal
Icarus
Impressions
In A Mellow Tone
In A Sentimental Mood
In The Mood
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
In Your Quiet Place
The Inch Worm
Indian Lady
Inner Urge
Interplay
The Intrepid Fox
Invitation
Iris
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
Isn't It Romantic?
Isotope
Israel
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
It's Easy To Remember
Jelly Roll
Jordu
Journey To Recife
Joy Spring
Juju
Jump Monk
June In January
Just One More Chance
Kelo
Lady Bird
Lady Sings The Blues
Lament
Las Vegas Tango
Lazy Bird
Lazy River
Like Someone In Love
Limehouse Blues
Lines And Spaces
Litha
Little Boat (O Barquinho)
Little Waltz
Long Ago (And Far Away)
Lonnie's Lament
Look To The Sky
Love Is The Sweetest Thing
Lucky Southern
Lullaby Of Birdland
Lush Life
The Magician In You
Mahjong
Maiden Voyage
A Man And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme)
Man In The Green Shirt
Meditation (Meditacao)
Memories Of Tomorrow
Michelle
Midnight Mood
Midwestern Nights Dream
Milano
Minority
Miss Ann
Missouri Uncompromised
Mr. P.C.
Misty
Miyako
Moment's Notice
Mood Indigo
Moonchild
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
My Buddy
My Favorite Things
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My One And Only Love
My Romance
My Shining Hour
My Ship
My Way
Mysterious Traveller
Naima (Niema)
Nardis
Nefertiti
Nica's Dream
Night Dreamer
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
A Night In Tunisia
Night Train
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Nostalgia In Times Square
Nuages
(The Old Man From) The Old Country
Oleo
Oliloqui Valley
Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) (Love In Peace)
Once In Love With Amy
One Finger Snap
One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)
Only Trust Your Heart
Orbits
Ornithology
Out Of Nowhere
Paper Doll
Passion Dance
Passion Flower
Peace
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Pent Up House
Penthouse Serenade
Peri's Scope
Pfrancing
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Portsmouth Figurations
Prelude To A Kiss
Prince Of Darkness
P.S. I Love You
Pussy Cat Dues
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
Quiet Now
Recorda Me
Red Clay
Reflections
Reincarnation Of A Lovebird
Ring Dem Bells
Road Song
'Round Midnight
Ruby, My Dear
Satin Doll
Scotch And Soda
Scrapple From The Apple
Sea Journey
Seven Come Eleven
Seven Steps To Heaven
Sidewinder
Silver Hollow
Sirabhorn
Skating In Central Park
So Nice (Summer Samba)
So What
Solar
Solitude
Some Other Spring
Some Skunk Funk
Somebody Loves Me
Sometime Ago
Song For My Father
The Song Is You
Sophisticated Lady
The Sorcerer
Speak No Evil
The Sphinx
Standing On The Corner
The Star-Crossed Lovers
Stella By Starlight
Steps
Stolen Moments
Stompin' At The Savoy
Straight No Chaser
A String Of Pearls
Stuff
Sugar
A Sunday Kind Of Love
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Swedish Pastry
Sweet Georgia Bright
Sweet Henry
Take Five
Take The “A” Train
Tame Thy Pen
Tell Me A Bedtime Story
Thanks For The Memory
That's Amore (That's Love)
(There Is) No Greater Love
There Will Never Be Another You
There'll Be Some Changes Made
They Didn't Believe Me
Think On Me
Thou Swell
Three Flowers
Time Remembered
Tones For Joan's Bones
Topsy
Tour De Force
Triste
Tune Up
Turn Out The Stars
Twisted Blues
Unchain My Heart
Unity Village
Unquity Road
Up Jumped Spring
Valse Hot
Very Early
Virgo
Wait Till You See Her
Waltz For Debby
Wave
We'll Be Together Again
West Coast Blues
What Am I Here For?
What Was
When I Fall In Love
When Sunny Gets Blue
When You Wish Upon A Star
Whispering
Wild Flower
Windows
Witch Hunt
Wives And Lovers (Hey, Little Girl)
Woodchopper's Ball
Woodyn' You
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Yes And No
Yesterday
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Are Too Beautiful
You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
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Biography

I've been performing music since the age of six when I took up the piano, but was powerless to stop myself taking up the saxophone at age fourteen upon discovering funk music, which remains among my favourite genres today. I quickly found affinity with expressing myself on the instrument. During this time I fronted a jazz sextet and played with a couple of district big bands that helped me to start finding my unique voice. Playing a set at the Royal Albert Hall was a serious highlight!
While studying at university in south-west England, I managed the university big band for three years, int ... egrated myself for the first time into the improvised music scene there, and moreover took some very influential sax lessons that set me on the path to my future career. As if that wasn’t enough to inspire me to take my saxophone playing further, I was also extremely privileged to meet and receive coaching from the late ‘Pee Wee’ Ellis, arguably one of the greatest saxophonists of his generation.
I moved to Bristol in late 2019, and absolutely love it here to this day. Musically speaking, I was just getting started here when a pandemic arrived and cancelled all the gigs! I was thankfully able to use the dark times to my advantage by unleashing… a metric tonne of sax practise! I came out of the pandemic able to achieve feats on the saxophone that I’d only dreamed of just months earlier.
In a city like Bristol, the work pays off quickly. Since the reemergence of society I’ve had the privilege of working with an enormous variety of bands, both local and touring, in addition to playing a few different festivals and regularly making my mark on the incredible improvised music scene.
Presently, I’m distributing myself between weddings, clubs, parties and corporate events, in addition to local sessions & projects, and also my own solo woodwind project! I'd be extremely hard-pressed to pick a favourite from all of the different styles of music that I play, although I'm in particular demand as an ibiza saxophonist. Why? I live for the energy!! Read More

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Previous Clients

A-list DJ Brandon Block. BBC Radio presenter Andrew Marston.

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Bachelor / Stag Party Bachelorette / Hen Party Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Birthday Party (Teen) Charity / Fundraising Event Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Concerts / Tours Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Halloween Party Hanukkah Celebration High School Reunion HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event Jewish Wedding New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Nursing / Care Home Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Prom Night Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party School Event Session Work Theaters / Stage Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Additional Information

Public liability insurance, PA system and an iPod service are all included free of charge.