As a professional musician myself, having played literally thousands of Weddings and Bar Mitzvahs in the N.Y. area for over 25 years, you can imagine my standards in hiring a band for my son’s wedding would be incredibly high. My expectations were MORE than met when Heatwave performed for us on May 7, 2022!

First off, you could tell these musicians have played together A LOT – you just get the feeling that they are a tight-knit family who deliver super tight grooves, with fantastic song selections that flow from one to the other naturally and effortlessly. You want that in a band, because that experience and comradery enables them to react to an audience and change songs on a dime to keep the energy and momentum moving throughout the evening.

The four singers (2 men, 2 women) EACH has simply fantastic (but different) voices that allowed them to literally cover literally every genre of music; from classic Motown, soul and pop to today’s hip hop, to beautiful ballads and hot Latin dance tracks. And they also blended beautifully when they all harmonized together. And if you’re a Queen fan, ask Dre to sing “Don’t Stop Me Now;” he tore down the house with that performance!

Besides all being great musicians, it’s also important that a band works effectively to customize the music for their client. My particular requests called for a unique Beatle-themed wedding ceremony, two songs that I would sing with the band (once a musician always a musician!) and a bunch of other special song requests.

Both Art and his music director Yoel were really easy to work with; they never said no to any of my special requests, and I know they worked hard behind the scenes to make sure the band learned anything they didn’t already know. The night of the wedding, they came fully prepared and made me sound great! If a song is important to you, they will learn it and perform it to perfection.

It was a true pleasure working with Art and all the members of Heatwave; I’ve heard nothing but raves from our guests, with many saying it was the best wedding they’ve ever been to.

I HIGHLY recommend them!

This band is fantastic. They are all so talented and kept the crowd going the whole evening. Highly recommend.

Heatwave was absolutely INCREDIBLE. We still have guest reaching out (months later) about how amazing they were. From the prep calls, to the set list, to the day of we could not have asked for anything more. They were a pleasure to work with and a huge part of it being the best day.