Gareth Harvey

Description

When you need to capture a sophisticated atmosphere, whether calm and mellow, or vibey and slick with good, familiar music - my act will supply you with the perfect music selection to suit any environment or event. A Sunday lunch of easy listening, a corporate event with trendy ambient sounds, lounge music for a night cap or swinging jazz for dinner with friends.
My one-man-band set up is perfect for any budget, limited space, mobility, and I perform a variety of styles from easy listening jazz, oldies, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s pop, French, Italian, Spanish traditional, popular Arabic songs (F ... airouz) and house/electro sounds.
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Set-List

• All of me
• Autumn leaves
• As time goes by
• All the things you are
• All you need is love
• Almost like being in love
• Ain’t misbehaving
• Angel eyes
• Ain’t it the truth
• Black Orpheus
• But not for me
• Blue Monk
• Basin street blues
• Bourbon street parade
• Breezin
• Blue Bossa
• Blue skies
• Beautiful love
• Body and soul
• Besame mucho
• Baker’s street
• Bare Necessities
• Come fly with me
• Can’t by me love
• Close to you
• Chameleon
• Cantaloupe Island
• Change the world
• Coming home
� ... �� Cape Samba
• Corcovado
• Crazy
• Copacabana
• Days of wine and roses
• Dark eyes
• Desperado
• Dolphin Dance
• Dance Monkey
• Darn the dream
• Depasctio
• Don’t get around much any more
• Englishman in New York
• Every breath you take
• Everybody wants to be a cat
• Fly me to the moon
• Giant Steps
• Girl from Ipanema
• George on my mind
• Godfather theme
• Green Dolphin street
• Greensleeves
• Groove merchant
• Get Happy
• Georgy porgy
• Hello
• Hotel California
• How deep is your love
• I love you
• I just called to say I love you
• Isn’t she lovely
• In a sentimental mood
• In the mood
• Is you is, is you ain’t my baby
• It’s don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
• I’m getting sentimental over you
• Just Friends
• Just the way you are
• Kiss from a rose
• Knocking on heaven’s door
• Killing me softly
• King of the swingers
• Lady be good
• Ladybird
• Lullaby of birdland
• Lady is a tramp
• Love me tender
• L.O.V.E
• Lady in red
• Look to the sky
• Lara’s theme
• Love letters in the sand
• La Bamba
• Long train running
• Mercy mercy mercy
• My funny valentine
• Misty
• My romance
• Mack the knife
• Mas que nada
• My way
• Makin whoopie
• Moondance
• My favourite things
• Mario bros. Theme
• Memory
• Music to watch girls go by
• Moment’s notice
• Mustang Sally
• Meadow lands
• Night & day
• Nice work if you can get it
• On a clear day
• Only you
• O’ Sola Mio
• Putin on the Ritz
• Pick up the pieces
• Pata Pata
• Quando Quando
• Recorda-me
• Round midnight
• Rosetta
• Smoke gets in your eyes
• Somewhere over the rainbow
• Summer samba
• St Thomas
• Stand by me
• Sunday morning
• Sunny
• Shadow of your smile
• Something stupid
• Summertime
• Strangers in the night
• Scarbourgh fair
• Sway
• Stranger on the shore
• So what
• Sweet Georgia brown
• Street life
• Stolen moments
• Stompin at the savoy
• So danco samba
• Straight no chaser
• Surrey with the fringe on top
• Take the A train
• Take Five
• The trolley song
• The entertainer
• Tears in heaven
• The look of love
• Things aint what they used to be
• Time in a bottle
• Tico tico
• Till we meet again
• Tuxedo junction
• Tea for two
• Thinking out loud
• Unforgettable
• When I fall in love
• When sunny gets blue
• Waterloo
• What is this thing called love
• What a wonderful world
• Watermelon man
• Wave
• Walking on sunshine
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Biography

Gareth is a freelance saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer and educator based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has performed throughout South Africa and internationally with various bands, theatre groups and orchestras. He holds a BMus degree in chamber music and musicology from the University of Stellenbosch and a Jazz Licentiate diploma from Trinity Guildhall London.
Gareth has held performance residencies at 5 star hotels including the Cullinan Hotel (Cape Town), The One & Only Hotel (Cape Town), and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. He is an active member o ... f highly acclaimed gypsy rock group Crimson House. He has released two albums with the jazz fusion saxophone quartet SAXIT, and has recorded with an number of groups and artists including the Blues Boers, The Shabs, Emile YX? and McCoy Mrubata. Apart from his performing commitments, he also teaches woodwinds, music theory and improvisation at the Jazz Workshop School of Music. Read More

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Experience

Gareth has been working professionally in the music industry for over 10 years and has held residencies at a number of high profile hotels in South Africa and the Middle East including the Cullinan Hotel, Cape Sun, Radisson Blu, the One & Only, the Mount Nelson and the Ritz-Carlton in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
He has performed at many high profile events, venues and festivals including Leopards Creek Game Reserve, Northwards Mansion, The World Luxury Cruise liner, Tintswalo Atlantic, Cape Town International Film Festival, The National Arts Festival, Joy of Jazz, Kirstenbosch Concert Series, Up T ... he Creek Festival, Oppikoppi , The Queens Plate and Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival where he performed with members of the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
In his capacity as a versatile working musician, Gareth has performed with The Johnny Cooper Orchestra, electro-jazz group PRAVDA, SAMA award-winning Afro-pop band Native Young, Mike Perry, Frank Paco, Ian Smith, Hemel Besem, Bernice Boikanyo, Paul Hanmer and McCoy Mrubata. Notable clients and celebrities he has performed for include former Mayor of Cape Town Patricia De Lille, Arch Bishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, actor/comedian John Cleese, Hollywood stars Catharine Zeta Jones and Hugh Grant, business mogul Johann Rupert, satirist/comedian Peter Dirk Uys, rugby legend Francois Pienaar, Steinhoff Group, Microsoft, Old Mutual, Telkom, The South Korean Consulate and the World Economic Forum.
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Previous Clients

The Cullinan Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
The One & Only Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2016
National Arts Festival Makanda (formally Grahamstown)
Microsoft Product Launch
Rawson year end function
Rupert Family at Leopards Creek Game Reserve
Discovery Corp. year end function
Volkswagen Product Launch

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Birthday Party (Adult) Christmas Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Corporate Event Dinner Party Festival / Outdoor Event Graduation Party Hotel Event Jewish Wedding New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Session Work Social Club Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Virtual Services Offer

Online Saxophone Lessons

I offer fun and engaging music lessons online on a variety of topics to any skill level. I focus on saxophone, but also include flute, clarinet, and electric bass lesson. I also offer topics on music theory - where we can explore music notation and reading scores, understanding chord progressions, chord/scale relationships and composition techniques. I can also assist students in understanding improvisation and how to go about building the skill to be able to solo in any musical style - from jazz, rock, funk, pop etc.

Apart from direct music topics, I can also give masterclasses on music business and music history, not too mention host open Q&A sessions on any questions you have related to music.

I will tailor each lesson to suit your needs and help you achieve your goals. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or for more information.

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