Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf

• Steve Wexler - Bass, Founder
• Russ Velazquez - Vocals
• Angela Clemmons - Vocals
• Jon Cobert - Keyboards, Vocals
• Peter Calo - Guitar, Vocals
• Gene Lewin - Drums, Vocals
• Tim Ouimette - Trumpet
• Louise Baranger - Trumpet
• Jonathan Saxon - Saxophone
• Joe Meo - Saxophone
• Mark Fineberg - Saxophone

What do John Lennon's keyboard player, Carly Simon's guitar player, Audra McDonald's drummer, and The Tonight Show Orchestra's saxophone player all have in common?

They are all members of Steve Wexler and the Top Shelf.

The band is powered by original arrangements for a four-piece horn section whose members have performed with The Temptations, The Fifth Dimension, and The Tonight Show Orchestra. These people have chops and groove.

And the horns are backed by a virtuoso rhythm section whose members have performed with John Lennon, Al Green, Audra McDonald, Jackson Browne, Carly Simon, Larry Harlow, Maria Schneider, and Bruce Springsteen. These people will get you moving, guaranteed.

And the singers? Broadway, B.B. King's, and Apollo Theater veterans.

Combine the band members with material and arrangements that you can't hear anyplace else and you have a result that is truly top shelf.

• 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
• 25 Miles - Edwin Starr
• 634-5789 - Eddie Floyd
• Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Temptations
• Are You Lonely For Me - Al Green
• At Last - Etta James
• Barfootin' - Robert Parker
• Broadway - George Benson
• Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
• Chicken - Pee Wee Ellis
• Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
• Colilla - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Diggin' oin James Brown - Tower of Power
• Doin' the Boom Boom - Eli "Paper Boy" Reed
• Don't Leave Me His Way - Thelma Houston
• Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker
• Flintstones - Hanna Barbera
• Georgia - Ray Charles
• Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind and Fire
• Hard To Handle - Otis Redding
• Back In Love Again - LTD
• Barefootin' - Robert Parker
• Bernadette - Four Tops
• Chicken - Pee Wee Ellis / Jaco Pastorius
• Diggin on James Brown - Tower of Power
• Doin' The Boom Boom - Eli "Paperboy" Reed
• Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
• Flintstones - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth
• Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
• Heat Wave - Martha and The Vandellas
• Hold On (I'm Coming) - Sam and Dave
• Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller
• I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight and The Pips
• I Want You Back - Jackson 5
• I Wish - Stevie Wonder
• James Bond Theme - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Knock On Wood - Wilson Picket
• Leave It To Beaver - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Love the One You're With - Aretha Franklin
• Mercy Mercy Mercy - Dana Owens
• Mustang Sally - Wilson Picket
• My Girl - Temptations
• Never Been to Spain - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Night Time is the Right Time - Aretha Franklin
• Oh! Darling - The Beatles
• Oye Como Va - Santana
• Penny Lane - The Beatles
• Pink Panther / Courageous Cat - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Powerhouse - Raymond Scott
• Reach Out - Four Tops
• Rehab - Amy Winehouse
• Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
• Respect - Aretha Franklin
• Rock This Town - Brian Setzer
• Route 66 - Nat "King" Cole
• See Saw - Aretha Franklin
• Shake - Sam Cooke
• Signed - Sealed
• Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
• Smooth - Santana and Rob Thomas
• Soul Man - Sam and Dave
• Soul Stew - King Curtis
• Spinning Wheel - Blood
• Tail Feather - Ike and Tina Turner
• Take You There - Staple Singers
• Takin' It To The Streets - Doobie Brothers
• Tell Me Something Good - Rufus
• The Letter - Joe Cocker
• This Will Be (an Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
• Use Me - Bill Withers
• What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
• When a Man Loves a Woman - Perct Sledge
• (A Barry) Whiter Shade of Pale - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Who Stole My Radio? - Shamekia Copeland
• Woke Up This Morning - Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf
• Wrap it Up - Sam and Dave

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Clubs, Community Events, Concerts, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Dinner Dances, Events, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Grand Openings, Holiday Parties, Hotels, New Year's Eve Parties, Oktoberfest Parties, Private Parties, Resorts, Restaurants, Retirement Parties, Reunions, School Assemblies, Studio Session, Weddings, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• WOW!!Steve and his band are AMAZING--starting even before we booked them. Steve is incredibly kind, positive, flexible, and "can-do". It was such a pleasure dealing with him in the midst of stress and some other unpleasant vendors. The band even helped us with our sound system when they weren't playing. Then came their MUSIC. OMG!!!!!! The band's sound is big, soulful, funky, nuanced and tight. The arrangements are perfect. In short, they have a GREAT sound, a GREAT vibe, GREAT musicianship, and a GREAT attitude. All my guests were out of their seat dancing all night and are still raving about them. My advice? HIRE THIS BAND--you'll be so happy you did. -- Julietta E, Oakdale, NY, 7/8/2011
• Working with Steve Wexler was a very positive experience. Steve was very good with communication outlining deliverables while also being very receptive to our needs for the event. The dance floor was packed down to the very end of the event. I highly recommend Steve Wexler and The Top Shelf. -- Douglas R, New York City, NY, 10/28/2011
• Steve was great about asking my daughter ahead of time for which songs she would like to have included in the evening of dancing. He included two additional requests for wedding party members to sing along with the band, transposing the songs to the keys requested. Steve's arrangements of each song were top notch. Steve met with me and the hostess at the venue to go over the flow of the evening, giving me confidence that all would go well. And, best of all, the band played with energy, skill, and great musicianship, and enticed everyone out on the dance floor for the entire evening. All our guests commented on what a wonderful party it was! -- Jean Y, Mamaroneck, NY, 5/5/2012

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