Claire Manners Saxophonist Experienced pro Saxophonist - Entertainment for Weddings, Events & Corporate

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Available to book from £200. For an accurate quote please make an enquiry.

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I have many years experience in live performance. I offer a professional and friendly service with a wide repertoire of pop, dance, disoc, soul and jazz music.

For the last 18 years I have dedicated myself to performing at weddings, private functions, parties and events throughout the south of England and abroad.

I perform as a solo act alongside professionally recorded backing tracks perfect for a drinks receptions, through a wedding breakfast or can offer something more upbeat for an evening function. I can also perform alongside your DJ.

I hold full public liability insurance and all my equipment is PAT tested, certificates can be provided for your venue.

I have performed at hundreds of weddings both locally and nationally along with many DJ sets and private functions. I've also had experience playing abroad in Koh Samui, Thailand, Taiwan and Europe.

I have won the Dorset Wedding Supplier Award for 'Live Musical Entertainment' and was also a finalist for three years.

Some previous clients include the Royal Navy, Porsche, Lexus, John Lewis & Partners, British Telecom, Habitat UK, AFC Bournemouth, Lloyds Bank, Bournemouth Tourism Awards and Martin & Co.

And some venues performed at include:

Karma Resort, Koh Samui, Thailand Q-Bar, Koh Samui, Thailand
Sheraton Grande Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan
Hempel Hotel, London
One Great George Street, London
Haberdashers Hall, London
BT Tower, London
London Aquarium
St Georges Hall, Bradford
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
The Royal Navy - as part of the Bournemouth Air Show
Cirque du Soleil - after show parties for cast and celebrities in Birmingham and Manchester

Reviews (89)

There are currently 89 user ratings for Claire Manners Saxophonist

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Ringwood, Hampshire

Will travel up to 115 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 115 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 20 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

Pop covers:

Adele: Make you feel my love / When we were young

Al Green: Let’s stay together / Tired of being alone

Al Jarreau: Mornin’

Alex Warren: Ordinary

Alicia Keys: If I ain’t got you

Andy Williams: Can’t take my eyes off you

Angie Stone: Wish I didn’t miss you anymore

Aretha Franklin: I say a little prayer / Until you come back to me

Aron Wright: Look after You

Audrey Hepburn: Moon River

Barry White: Just the way you are

Bee Gees: How deep is your love / To love somebody

Ben E. King: Stand by me

Beyoncé: Love on Top

Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes: (I’ve had) The time of my life

Bill Withers: Just the two of us / Lovely Day

Billie Eilish: Birds of a Feather

Billy Joel: Just the way you are

Billy Paul: Me & Mrs Jones

Bob James: Angela (Theme from ‘Taxi’)

Bob Marley: Waiting in Vain / Three Little Birds

Bobby Hebb: Sunny

Bread: Make it with you

Brian McKnight: Back at one

Bruce Springsteen: Dancing in the Dark

Bruno Mars: I just might / Treasure / Just the way you are / Marry you / Versace on the Floor

Calum Scott: You are the Reason

Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry: Feels

Camila Cabello: Havana

Candy Dulfer: For the love of you (originally by The Isley Brothers)

Carole King: It’s too late / Where you lead

Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson: Beauty & The Beast (Tale as old as time)

Chaka Khan: Ain’t Nobody

Charlene Soraia: Wherever you will go

Chicago: If you leave me now

Chris Rea: On the Beach

Christopher Cross: Arthur’s Theme (The best that you can do)

Christina Perri: A Thousand Years (Pt 2)

Coldplay: Adventure of a lifetime

Corinne Bailey Rae: Put your records on

Cyndi Lauper: Time after time

Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer: Lily was here

David Gray: This year’s love

Dionne Warwick: Walk on by / I’ll never fall in love again

Dire Straits: Your latest trick

Dolly Parton / Kenny Rogers: Islands in the Stream

Duffy: Warwick Avenue

Dusty Springfield: The look of love / Son a preacher man / Spooky

Ed Sheeran: Thinking out loud / How would you feel (Paean) / Perfect / Best part of me / Afterglow

Ellie Goulding: Your song / How long will I love you

Elton John: Can you feel the love tonight

Elvis: Can’t help falling in love

Elvis Costello: She

Etta James: At last

Eva Cassidy: Wade in the water / Ain’t no sunshine / Songbird

Faith Evans: Love like this

Fleetwood Mac: Dreams

Gabrielle: Sunshine

George Benson: Give me the night / This masquerade / Nothing’s gonna change my love for you Feel like making love

George Michael: Careless whisper

Gerry Rafferty: Baker Street

Groove da Praia: Is this love / Hot stuff / More than words / The rhythm of the night / Beat it

Hall & Oates: I can’t go for that

Hazel O’Connor: Will you

Herb Alpert: Rise

Israel Kamakawiwo’ole: Somewhere over the Rainbow

Jack Johnson: Better Together

Jackie Wilson: I get the sweetest feeling

James Taylor: You’ve got a friend / Shower the people

Jasmine Thompson: Rather Be (acoustic) / You are my sunshine

Jason Mraz: I’m yours

JLS: Love you more

John Denver: Annie’s Song

John Legend: All of me

Jose Feliciano: Light my Fire

Justin Bieber: Anyone

Karen Souza: Get Lucky / Every breath you take / Do you really want to hurt me / Dreams / Missing

Katrina and the Waves: Walking on Sunshine

Keane: Somewhere only we know

Kodaline: The One

Lady Gaga: Always remember us this way

Lauren Wood: Fallen

Lily Allen: Somewhere only we know

Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville: Don’t know much

Lionel Richie: Love will find a way

Lisa Stansfield: All around the world

Lizzo: Juice

Lonestar: Amazed

Louis Armstrong: What a wonderful world

Luis Fonsi: Despacito

Madness: It must be love

Maria Muldaur: Midnight at the Oasis

Mark Morrison: Return of the Mack

Mary Mary: Shackles (praise you)

Marvin Gaye: Heard it through the grapevine / Mercy Mercy Me (the ecology) / What’s going on / How sweet it is (to be loved by you) / Let’s get it on / Ain’t no Mountain

Mary Wells: My Guy

Maxwell: Ascension (don’t ever wonder)

Mel Torme: Comin’ home baby

Michael Bolton: Soul Provider

Michael Buble: Everything / I’ve got you under my skin

Michael Jackson: Billie Jean / Rock with you / I just can’t stop loving you / The way you make me feel / Man in the Mirror / I can’t help it

Nathan Sykes: Over and Over again

Neil Young: Harvest Moon

Norah Jones: Don’t know why / Sunrise / Come away with me

Olivia Dean: Man I need / So Easy (To Fall in Love)

Omar: There’s nothing like this

One Direction: History

Otis Redding: (Sittin’ on) the dock of the bay / That’s how strong my love is

Paul Hardcastle: Easy come, Easy go

Paul Weller: You do something to me / Above the clouds

Percy Sledge: When a man loves a woman

Pharrell Williams: Happy

Phil Collins: You can’t hurry love

Pussycat Dolls: Feelin’ Good

Queen: Crazy little thing called love

Ramsey Lewis: In crowd

Roberta Flack: Feel like makin’ love

Ronan Keating: If tomorrow never comes / When you say nothing at all

Sabrina Carpenter: Espresso

Sade: Smooth Operator / Your love is king / Kiss of life

Sam Fender: Seventeen going under

Sam Smith: Stay with me / Latch (acoustic version)

Savage Garden: Truly Madly Deeply

Seal: Kiss from a Rose

Shane Filan (Westlife): Beautiful in White

Shania Twain: From this moment on

Shanice: I love your smile

Shola Ama: You might need somebody

Simply Red: Holding back the years

Spandau Ballet: True

Spyra Gyra: Morning dance

Stevie Wonder: Isn’t she lovely / You are the sunshine of my life / For once in my life / Signed Sealed, Delivered I’m yours / I just called to say I love you / Part time lover / My Cherie Amour / Golden Lady

Style Council: You’re the best thing

Take That: Patience / Rule the world / Greatest Day

Taylor Swift: The fate of Ophelia / Wildest Dreams / Cowboy like me

Tears for Fears: Everybody wants to rule the world / Advice for the young at heart

Teddy Swims: Bad Dreams

The Beatles: Yesterday

The Carpenters: We’ve only just begun / Close to you

The Chainsmokers / Coldplay: Something just like this (acoustic version)

The Champs: Tequila

The Commodores: Easy / Three times a lady

The Crusaders: Street Life

The Jackson 5: I’ll be there

The Spinners: I’ll be around / It’s a shame

The Stylistics: You make me feel brand new

The Temptations: My Girl

The Weeknd: I feel it coming

Tones & I: Dance Monkey

Toploader: Dancing in the Moonlight

Tyla: Water / Truth or Dare

UB40: Kingston Town / Red, Red Wine

Van Morrison: Have I told you lately / Moondance / Brown Eyed Girl

Whitney Houston: Saving all my love / I will always love you / I have

nothing

Acoustic covers (backing track with just piano & guitar):

Chaka Khan: Ain’t Nobody

Fragma: Toca’s Miracle

Ultra Nate: Free

Angie Stone: Wish I didn’t miss you anymore

Moloko: Sing it Back

Kungs Vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners: This Girl

Tina Turner: What’s love got to do with it

Sister Sledge: Thinking of you

Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa: One Kiss

Disco / Dance / Club Classics covers:

Alexis Jordan: Happiness

Average White Band: Pick up the Pieces

Alison Limmerick: Where love lives

Bakermat: Vandaag

Barry White: You’re the first, the last, my everything

Bill Withers: Ain’t no Sunshine (Deep House remix)

Calum Scott: She’s like the wind

Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa: One Kiss

Calvin Harris & Sam Smith: Promises

Candi Staton: Young Hearts Run Free

Chaka Khan: I’m every woman

Chris Malinchak: So good to me

Clean Bandit: Rather be / Symphony

Crystal Waters: Gypsy Woman

Disciples: On my mind

Daft Punk: Get Lucky

DNCE: Cake by the Ocean

Duke Dumont: I got U

Earth, Wind & Fire: September

Elton John / Dua Lipa: Cold Heart (Pnau remix)

Erhling: Champagne Ocean

Evelyn King: Love come down

Everything but the Girl: Missing (Todd Terry remix)

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: December ’63 (Oh what a night)

Hot Natured: Benediction

iiO: Rapture

Jasmine Thompson: Ain’t Nobody (Felix Jaehn remix)

Jess Glynne: Hold my Hand / Right here

John Legend: All of me (dance remix)

Jonas Blue: Mama / Perfect Strangers

Jubel: On the Beach / Dancing in the Moonlight

Justin Timberlake: Take back the night / Can’t stop the feeling

Keni Burke: Risin’ to the top

Klangkarussell: Sonnentanz

Klingande: Jubel

Kool & the Gang: Celebration

Kungs Vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners: This Girl

Kygo: Firestone

Livin’ Joy: Dreamer

Mary Jane Girls: All night long

McFadden & Whitehead: Ain’t no stopping us now

Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake: Love never felt so good

Michael Jackson: Rock with you

Modjo: Lady

Moloko: Sing it Back

Mr. Probz (Robin Schulz remix): Waves

Naughty Boy: La La La (feat Sam Smith)

Ne-Yo: Closer

Parra for Cuva ft. Anna Naklab: Wicked Games

Robin S: Show me love

Robin Schulz: Sun goes down

Rosie Gaines: Closer than Close

Shalamar: A night to remember

Sister Sledge: Thinking of you

Stevie Wonder: Superstition / All I Do

Swedish House Mafia: Don’t you worry child

Sigala: Sweet Lovin’

The Gap Band: Outstanding

The Real Thing: You to me are everything

Tieks (ft Dan Harkna): Sunshine

Ultra Nate: Free

Whitney Houston: Million dollar bill

Womack & Womack: Teardrops

Years & Years: King

Jazz covers:

Acker Bilk: Stranger on the shore

Andrea Bocelli: Nel blu dipinto di blu (volare) / Besame Mucho

Antonio Carlos Jobim: One note samba

Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz: Girl from Ipanema

Billie Holiday: Blue Moon

Bobby Darin: Mack the Knife

Cannonball Adderley (feat Miles Davis): Autumn Leaves

Chet Baker: I can’t get started

Diana Krall: Let’s fall in love

Dooley Wilson: As time goes by

Duke Ellington: In a mellow tone / Don’t get around much anymore / In a sentimental mood / Satin Doll

Ella Fitzgerald: Summertime / It’s only a paper moon / Cheek to Cheek / Night and Day / How high the Moon / Every time we say goodbye / A Foggy Day / The Nearness of you

Erroll Garner: Misty

Fats Waller: Ain’t misbehavin’

Frank Sinatra: Come fly with me / I get a kick out of you / I’ve got you under my skin / Lady is a tramp / The way you look tonight / Fly me to the moon / They can’t take that away from me / All of me

George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland

Henry Mancini: The Pink Panther Theme

Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man

Horace Silver: Song for my father

Jamie Cullum: What a difference a day made

Jimmy Smith: Back at the chicken shack

Joe Henderson: Blue bossa

Miles Davis: So what / Bye Bye Blackbird

Nat King Cole: Let there be love / L.O.V.E / When I fall in love / A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square

Nina Simone: My baby just cares for me

Ray Charles: Georgia / Hit the road Jack

Robbie Williams (arrangement): Somethin’ stupid

Vera Lynn: We’ll Meet Again

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Access to one power socket required for both indoor and outdoor performances
Parking nearby if at all possible
Will need shelter from any extreme weather conditions if performing outside


Do you provide sound and lighting equipment?

Yes, I'm completely self-contained. I bring all of my own equipment and PA system to my bookings.


Can you provide a Spotify/DJ service before and between your sets?

I can provide music through my PA system before I start, during any breaks and as I'm packing away. I can either provide my own playlist curated for each event or I can play your own Spotify playlist if supplied in advance.

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

Set up time 30 minutes but will arrive in advance of that.

Playing time discussed by each enquiry, for example: 2 x 45 minutes, 2 x 1 hour sets, 3 x 40 minute sets

Recent Clients

Claire Manners Saxophonist has performed for these clients:

The Royal Navy

Porsche

Lexus

John Lewis & Partners

AFC Bournemouth

Lloyds Bank

Martin & Co

Beales

Bournemouth Tourism Awards

PalmAir Bournemouth Airport

Limewood Hotel

Clock Barn

Syrencot

Careys Manor

Parley Manor

Wickham Estate

AAR-UK

(Variety of) Masonic lodges

Best Western hotel group

Marriott Hotel group

Cumberland Hotel

Saxe Coburg Corporate

Stepping Forward UK

LEAF Charity

Kirsty Louise Streak Foundation

More Info

Events types:

Wedding

Birthday Party

Private Event

Corporate Event

Hotel / Restaurant Event

Bar / Venue Event

Wedding Proposal

Christmas Party

Genres:

Jazz

Pop

Covers

Disco

Soul

Features:

Uses backing tracks

PA / sound system included

PAT tested

Lighting system included

Instrumental

Public liability insurance

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