Saxophonist George Matoian
Provides excellent background music at fine dining restaurants, weddings, company dinners, country clubs, house parties and wine dinners. Using backing trax, Matoian covers a wide range of songs styles, including standards (They Can’t That away from Me The Way You Look Tonight), pop (Sade, George Michael, BeeGees), smooth jazz (Dave Koz, Al Jearreua, Europa), soul (Kool and the Gang) and classic rock (Stairway to Heaven). The songlist contains over 200 songs with trax and many more played solo.

Over the last 5 years.
The saxophonist spent 3 1/2 years at The Citrus City Grille in Orange and 2 1/2 years at Ristorante DaVinci in Long Beach as house musician. Reliable and professional, easy to work with and great attitude. Also he has worked for talent agencies, VIP Parties for The Doubletree Carson.

Solo, Strolling or Backing Trax
SaxophoneGeorge entertains. Taking requests at tables makes a lasting impression on people. His sound has been compared to many of the greats including Stan Getz, Paul Desmond. When playing with backing trax, many people are amazed to see a live musician performing. Many think it is the radio, he sounds that good.

What makes SaxophoneGeorge different?
Using the backing trax sounds like a full band at the price of a solo musician. People express an interest in the technology involved as well as the sound of the sax. The inclusion of classic rock, pop, soul and other songs done in a jazzy way gets away from a strict diet of standards people can hear anywhere. Where else can you hear The Girl From Ipanema, Let’s Stay Together, Cheek to Cheek, Oye Como Va and Stairway to Heaven performed on the saxophone in the same set? The recent inclusion of Cafe Del Mar style electronic music makes for a modern change of pace. Using the EWI, Matoian add variety to the ambience by accessing trumpet, organ, flute and violin sounds.