Grant Draper

• Grant Draper - Piano, sax, vocal

I will also dj any live performance. I have three systems depending on size and space, I can accomodate virtually any environment from living room to outdoor concert. These videos on all live performances, no editing, or studio magic. Live it will sound fuller and more dynamic than through computer speakers playing a compressed mp3.

I started my professional music career on saxophone at the age of 16 at Carowinds in North Carolina. My educational background includes a bachelor's degree in music from UNC, and the University of New Orleans jazz studies masters program under pianist Ellis Marsalis and saxophonist Ed Peterson. I was a house piano player at Sullivan's, Howl at the Moon, music director of the musical "Pageant," and teach a private studio of 15 students.

Grant has played over 3000 live professional performances on countless stages across the east coast to New Orleans including Carnegie Hall, Memorial Hall, Jazzfest, Bobcats Arena, Panther Stadium to name a few. No gig is too small or too big for this performer. Other musicians can be added if needed or a solo show is perfect for an intimate setting that requires first class entertainment. Also a variety of styles can be played from classy rat pack jazz to raucous piano bar sing-a-longs.

Proficient styles Grant can perform include classical piano wedding performances, solo jazz piano and saxophone, solo piano/singer jazz, pop, R&B, motown, rock, etc. Any size venue and most budgets can be accommodated for live entertainment from solo, duo, trio, to larger groups. As a soloist Grant can put on a great show or as a band leader, he works with the finest talent in the region. Check out Grant's band on this site called "Alternate Take," and hire the group for larger budget performances.

• 867-5309 - Tommy Tutone
• A Child Is Born - Thad Jones
• A Day in the Life of a Fool - Luiz Bonfa
• Add it up - Femmes
• Aint no sunshine - Bill Withers
• All of Me - Simons/Marks
• All Summer Long - Kid Rock
• All The Thinks You Are - Kern/Hammerstein
• American girl - Petty
• Angel Eyes - Matt Dennis/Earl Brent
• Axel f - Faltermeyer
• Bennie and the jets - Elton John
• Billie jean - Michael Jackson
• Blister in the sun - Violent Femmes
• Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis
• Body and Soul - John Green et. al.
• Boogie Man - KC and sunshine band
• Break down - Petty
• Brickhouse - Commodores
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Burnin Down the House - Talking Heads
• Bye Bye Blackbird - Henderson/Dixon
• Can’t You See - Marshall Tucker Band
• Christmas - pretty much anything
• Classical - Bach
• Classical - Beethoven
• Classical - Wagner
• Classical - Debussy
• Classical - Mozart
• Classical - just give me time to learn it
• Classical Piano - chopin
• Cocaine - Eric Clapton
• Come Fly With Me - Van Heusen
• Come sail away - Styx
• Come together - Beatles
• Dang Me - Roger Miller
• Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? - De Lange
• Don stop believing - Journey
• Don’t Stop Til You get enough - Michael Jackson
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
• Earth angel
• Easy - lionel richie
• Every breath you take - Police
• Every little thing she does is magic - Police
• Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
• Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
• Freefallin - Petty
• Friends in low places - Garth Brooks
• Georgia - Hoagie Carmichael(Ray Charles made famous)
• Get back - Beatles
• Get Down Tonight - KC
• Gimme some lovin - Rascals
• Give me on reason - Tracy Chapman
• God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
• Good lovin - not sure
• Great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
• Helter skelter - Beatles
• Hey baby - Bruce Channel
• Hey joe - Jimi Hendrix
• Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller
• Hound dog - Elvis
• How Insensitive - Jobim
• How sweet it is - James Taylor
• I shot the sheriff - Marley
• I still haven’t found - U2
• I want to hold your hand - Beatles
• Is this love - marley
• Isn’t she lovely - Stevie Wonder
• Jessie’s Girl - rick springfiels
• Joy to the World - 3 Dog Night
• Jump Jive and Wail - Setzer Orchestra
• Just a gigolo/aint got nobody - Cab Calloway
• Just the two of us - Bill Withers
• Just the way you are - Billy Joel
• King of the road - Roger Miller
• Kiss - Prince
• Knight rider - Faltermeyer?
• Lets Get It ON - Marvin Gaye
• Lets stay together - Al Green
• Literally Hundreds of jazz standards - no kidding
• Living on a prayer - Bon Jovi
• Lovin feeling - not sure
• Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn
• Maneater - Hall and Oates
• Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
• Message in a bottle - Police
• Mony - mony
• Mony Mony - Billy Idol
• Moondance - Van Morrison
• Moonglow - Irving Mills
• Mustang Salley - Wilson Picket
• My Girl - Temps
• Need You Tonight - INXS
• Oh what a night - Four Seasons
• Old time rock n roll - Bob Seger
• Oye como va - Santana
• Pink houses - Meloncamp
• Roxanne - Police
• Sabotage - Beastie Boys
• Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
• Satisfaction - Stones
• Say Hey - Michael Franti
• Sex on Fire - KOL
• Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
• Shake Your Booty - KC
• She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
• Sittin on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding
• Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
• Stand by me - Ben E. King
• Stay - Maurice Williams
• Staying alive - Bee Gees
• Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper
• Superstition - Stevie Wonder
• Suzy q - CCR
• Sweet Child O mine - G and R
• Sweet dreams are made of this - Eurythmics
• Sweet emotion - Aerosmith
• Sweet home Alabama - Skynard
• The End of the Road - Bozy II Men
• The gambler - Kenny Rogers
• The Girl from Ipanema - Jobim
• The Joker - Steve Miller
• The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern/Sinatra style
• This love - maroon 5
• Tiny dancer - Elton John
• Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
• Twist and shout - Beatles
• Unchained melody - Righteous Brothers
• Under the boardwalk - Platters
• Unforgettable - Nat Cole
• Wagon Wheel - Bob Dylan/Old Crow
• What'd I Say - Ray Charles
• Whats Going On - Marvin Gaye
• Why Don't We Get Drunk - Jimmy Buffet
• Wild thing - Animals
• With or without you - U2
• With This Ring - The Platters
• Wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
• You are the sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
• You cant always get - Stones
• Your the Inspiration - Chicago
• I've got the world on a string - standard
• Down on the Corner - CCR
• Yellow Submarine - Beatles
• My Life - Beatles
• Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
• That's How Strong My Love Is - Otis Redding
• Honkey Cat - Elton John
• Piano Man - billy Joel
• L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
• Countless American Standards - 100's no joke
• Norwegian Wood - Beatles
• Use Me - Bill Withers
• A whole lot of others - These are examples

Anniversaries, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Events, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• He was amazing! Hands down the easiest and very professional muscian. Thank you Grant, you rocked! -- Regan R, Charlotte, NC, 2/27/2010
• Great performance. On time, great songs, and a lot of fun. Would definitely have him back. -- Rick S, Charlotte, NC, 3/13/2010
• Grant is a very talented performer and very accommodating. He sincerely cares about providing the type atmosphere the customer is requesting and I can't imagine a type of party/event that Grant wouldn't be able to accommodate. -- Erin F, West Columbia, SC, 3/16/2012

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