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 makes the wedding! We were thrilled with the music, the flexibility and their expertise! Art was very helpful in the timeline process...it makes everything go smoothly and our guests were all blown away!

I'm not sure I can put into words just how INCREDIBLE Heatwave is. My parents saw the band at a wedding seven years ago, and when it came time for my wedding in April 2023, they were our first call. Art was a pleasure to work with--he's so responsive and knows how to time the party to keep guests dancing all night long. We had a twelve-piece band at the wedding, and our guests haven't stopped talking about how great they were. I cannot recommend them highly enough!