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The 20s to 20s Dance Band - Vintage Contemporary
Radio Gatsby is a vintage-style wedding and corporate party band, based in San Francisco, CA. The unique band is comprised of elite musicians from across the Bay Area, specializing in one-of-a-kind interpretations of classic hits spanning a century. Led by Noam Eisen, Radio Gatsby seamlessly blends various musical genres, including 1920s Jazz, Big Band Swing, Bossa Nova, Klezmer, Motown, Country, R&B, Disco, 80s, 90s, and Modern Pop favorites.
With its fresh approach to private event entertainment, Radio Gatsby is the ideal choice for wedding or themed corporate parties. For wedding celebrations, the band offers a range of musical services to enhance your special day. The band's live performances and/or DJ services can be tailored to suit every stage of your celebration, including the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and dance party. Alongside their incredible setlist, the band is open to learning new songs and can provide a variety of musical packages tailored to your vision and budget.
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Business Attributes
- Asian-owned Business
- Woman-owned Business
Instruments
- Bass
- Flute
- Guitar
- Keyboard
- Organ
- Percussion
Music Genres
- Country
- Dance
- Disco
- Jazz
- Klezmer
- Latin
Music Services
- Live Music
- MC Services
- Recorded Music
- Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
- Ceremony
- Reception
Awards and Affiliations
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Radio Gatsby is highly recommended for weddings and special events. The band is praised for their exceptional musical talent, professionalism, and ability to keep guests entertained and on the dance floor. They are described as accommodating, communicative, and experienced with weddings. The band's performance exceeded expectations, with guests raving about their sound, song selection, and ability to read the room. Noam, the band leader, is highly regarded for his helpfulness and expertise in coordinating the timing and flow of the event. Overall, hiring Radio Gatsby is considered a worthwhile investment and a key factor in making weddings unforgettable.- Top reviews
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Radio Gatsby played at my 70th birthday party. From the beginning, Noam was attentive and always receptive to our ideas. We were able to choose songs from their extensive set list and added a couple of requests. The mission for the party was to have excellent music which would get people dancing. The evening started with jazz for cocktails and dinner, a perfect combination of songs which allowed guests to get settled in. When the dance party started, the music built throughout the night to the point that everyone was on the dance floor. The music exceeded our expectations, and everyone said how great Radio Gatsby sounded. They allowed me to sit in with them on drums for two songs which was an honor and incredibly fun. I highly recommend Radio Gatsby for your special event. Bruce Simon.
Working with Radio Gatsby was a dream. They were super communicative and direct. They have excellent taste in music and know how to get guests entertained and on the dance floor. They also provided crucial technical support (speakers, microphones, MCing) and were very smooth in their setup and tear down of all their equipment. We would trust Radio Gatsby to elevate any event, wedding or otherwise. Highly recommend hiring this band.
The best decision we made for our wedding. Noam and the Radio Gatsby band are highly experienced with weddings and are incredible musicians. Noam was able to keep our wedding moving and live music is such a game changer. Spent over 2 hours consulting and playing live music to help us pick our songs and coordinate schedules. We’d love to hire them for another event someday. Highly recommend.
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Noam and Radio Gatsby performed at our wedding service and at the dance party. Totally professional, lovely, talented. They did a great job and were super-responsive to our needs. Noam made great suggestions as to musical interludes in the service.
We hired Radio Gatsby for our wedding, and we're so, so, so happy we did. The band's sound just drops you into a warm night in New Orleans. The vocals and horns were unreal. The band's song catalogue was impressive. They learned a new song we requested for the ceremony, and it was as if they'd been playing it for years. The moment was absolutely perfect, followed by an epic party - our family and friends are still raving about how outstanding the music was. From our intro call to ceremony to late night dance party, Noam coordinated the timing and flow of our entire day. He offered loads of advice and his expertise on throwing a smooth event/killer party was invaluable. He even came to the redwoods and played piano while we took pictures. Thank you so much for being such a huge part of our big day!
My best investment for my wedding was RadioGatsby! The whole band is very professional and Noam as the leader is super responsible and thoughtful. All my guests enjoyed the live music and had a wonderful night.
Radio Gatsby are professionals in every sense of the word. First things first, they are phenomenal musicians. So many of our guests can't stop telling us how great they were.
Not only did they sound fantastic, but they chose the right songs that kept people on the dance floor all night long -- and that's saying a lot given we are millenials and our guests ranged from children to 70-somethings!
We are especially appreciative that, even though they have a huge, diverse repertoire, they learned, and went above and beyond in performing, our first dance song. It was magical.
Second of all, not only are they professional in a musical sense, Noam, the bandleader/ point person, was so incredible to work with in the planning process. He always responded in a timely manner, made sure to get all the details he needed about our event (even giving us ideas and valuable advice along the way), and was just super, super nice. The ease of working with Noam took so much weight off our shoulders during a time that easily could have been stressful with a less experienced or communicative vendor. Every time we ended a call with him we felt excitement and peace of mind. Even more, we really felt like he "got" what we wanted, and the payoff at the actual wedding only confirmed that.
In short, do yourself a favor and hire Radio Gatsby.
Radio Gatsby was everything we wanted, and more, in a band for our wedding. Noam was an excellent band manager, easy to work with, and exceedingly helpful throughout the planning process. Over the course of our wedding day, Radio Gatsby put on multiple phenomenal performances that transitioned seamlessly from cocktail hour to dinner and finally an incredible dance party. Radio Gatsby genuinely over-delivered and earned a lot of praise from friends and family who told us they couldn’t possibly leave the dance floor. Radio Gatsby is so talented and fun, we’d hire them again and again.
Response from the Vendor on 05/14/2023
Dear Kara,
On behalf of all the Radio Gatsby musicians, thank you so much for this flattering review of our band, and for your generosity and graciousness. Yours was a very memorable and high spirited celebration, and we loved every minute of ...
it! Congratulations, and our very best wishes to you and Max!
Radio Gatsby exceeded our expectations with their exceptional performance at our wedding. Noam was a pleasure to work with and he paid close attention to detail to ensure that the music was tailored to our preferences. Their performance truly made our special day unforgettable, and our guests couldn't stop raving about how fantastic the band was! Thank you, Radio Gatsby, for making our wedding a night to remember and I would recommend them for any occasion!
Radio Gatsby performed at our daughter's wedding Oct. 15 and they were the best! Under the direction of Noam Eisen, a small group provided music during the cocktail hour as guests arrived. When the reception moved upstairs to a larger space, the full band and a singer performed. Everyone agreed the band exceeded expectations.
On a personal note, I want to thank Noam for the special assistance he provided me. Unbeknownst to the bride and groom, I had rewritten the lyrics to a popular song as a tribute to the new couple. I asked Noam if the band's singer would lead the guests in singing the song while he provided keyboard support. We exchanged emails, phone calls, and even audio files for a week as we planned the surprise. Noam was able to convince me it would be more meaningful if I led the song myself, which I ended up doing, and it was a rousing success that I'll remember fondly all my life. Noam and Radio Gatsby provided me with both moral and musical support at the reception. I'm eternally grateful.
If you're looking for music for your wedding, I wholeheartedly endorse Radio Gatsby for their musical ability, professionalism, and flexibility. Totally awesome!
Booking Radio Gatsby was one the best decision we made across our entire wedding. I can’t say enough good things about Noam and his crew of talented musicians .
Our wedding was complicated! Five performances each with unique sound needs, including a musical surprise from the bride, a musical surprise from the bride’s mom and the need to keep THOSE TWO secret from each other, a transition to DJ, external performers. You name it, we had it. Radio Gatsby handled it all. Noam made our lives easier at every turn. He was kind, thoughtful, extremely open and collaborative, communicative. A performer’s dream.
The band was incredible - every musician talented, and just the right vibe for each unique moment. They were able to orchestrate a last minute first dance song for us that wasn’t in the repertoire. They can play seemingly anything, do it well, and with high energy and class.
Can’t recommend enough!
Worth every penny. Hands down the best wedding decision we made. Guests are still talking about them 4 days later and posting videos.
We loved working with Radio Gatsby and recommend them highly for all of your live music event needs. We are so lucky to have had them perform at our wedding and we plan to make future trips to see Radio Gatsby perform, as they are now our favorite band! Noam did an excellent job working with us to make it all happen and really understood what we were looking for. The entire group was so extremely talented. Yvette, Noam, Jake, Jerry and Joe were all such amazingly talented musicians and brought so much energy while performing such beautiful music. We could go on and on about their professionalism and sheer talent. It was truly a pleasure being able to work with them.
We are huge fans of this band! We recently booked Radio Gatsby to launch our new Ballroom space in downtown Paso Robles. The band went above and beyond to make the energy of the evening flow perfectly. There was a massive power outage in the city an hour before our event - and the power didn’t come back on until a half hour into the event. The band made the absolute best out of an inconvenient situation - playing an acoustic set until the power returned! The band’s 20’s style feel mixed with contemporary hits matched our theme for the evening wonderfully. Radio Gatsby made our evening complete. We will be booking them again without a doubt!
Radio Gatsby played at our wedding and were phenomenal! They played all the songs requested. We had the solo acoustic guitarist for the ceremony which was perfect, piano for the cocktail hour, then the whole band for the reception. All the guests commented on the amazing music.
Response from the Vendor on 03/29/2022
Elana, thank you for your kind review of Radio Gatsby. We really loved performing at your wedding celebration, and appreciated all the energetic dancing! Our very best wishes to you and Eric!
I can say with all honestly, Radio Gatsby was a large part in making our kids’ elementary school’s recent Gatsby Gala themed auction the roaring success that it was! Not only did Radio Gatsby’s seven-piece band add an unexpected and fun flair to the evening, but they also set the mood for the entire event and created the most perfect vibe! I cannot thank Radio Gatsby enough for their advice, great communication, and time planning during our event. From the start of the cocktail hour, Radio Gatsby set the tone for the evening getting guests in the mood for an evening of fun and fundraising. As the evening progressed, Radio Gatsby seamlessly upped the tempo of their music and got guests in the spirit of bidding for our live auction. All the band members were professional and courteous, and even more so, appreciative of our collaboration. The band was very attentive to our needs and expertly cleared and re-set their equipment before and after our live auction, which also took place on our stage. At the conclusion of our live auction, Radio Gatsby instantly had every guest on their feet dancing the night away and singing along to popular hits with that special Radio Gatsby twist! As the co-chair of the evening, there was nothing more satisfying then hearing our guests chanting “encore encore!” at the conclusion of the band’s last set. Noam and Radio Gatsby were a pleasure to work with from our very first communication to our last. Without a doubt, I would not hesitate to hire Radio Gatsby for a future event. What an amazing evening the Gatsby Gala was! Thank you Radio Gatsby! I only wish that when I was married 13 years ago you had been around!
Radio Gatsby played our wedding for 120+ people at the Berkeley City Club, and exceeded our high expectations! The band brought awesome energy that had everyone - young and old - on the dance floor the entire night. They did a great job reading the room, playing some soulful classics along with their own twists on more modern jams. Rhonda Sauce killed the vocals; amazing range. And impressive solos all around the band.
The band is clearly experienced playing weddings, and it showed throughout the planning process and the performance itself. Noam worked with us on our entrance and first dance, did a great job listening to us on the vibe we were going for, provided input/insight where needed, and generally instilled confidence through the entire planning process (including covid rescheduling).
Multiple of our wedding guests told us that they were the best band that they'd ever seen perform at a wedding. We couldn't be happier with our choice to book them!
Radio Gatsby as a jazz trio performed at our sonoma wedding and set an incredible ambiance to a flower filled, vineyard, starlight vibe. The double bass was especially a hit -- he had the smoothest voice and perfect for some Frank Sinatra!
The band was classic, fun, and brought a special touch to our wedding -- my mom called me after the wedding to say that Radio Gatsby was one of her favorite touches! Noam organized everything, set up all the equipment, thought of all the logistical details like extension cords, and worked seamlessly with our planner. He's a total pro. So kind and wonderful for your special events -- highly recommend.
They also DJ'd our dance party and brought the house down!!
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2546 3rd Street, Unit 2, San Francisco, CA | San Francisco, Bay Area, Napa and beyond
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Meet the team
Noam Eisen
Manager
Noam Eisen was born and raised in Toronto Canada where he studied classical music at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, and jazz improvisation with private teachers. He began performing at an early age, starting with concerts for family and friends, and then professionally at weddings, corporate events, and house parties.
Running bands since the age of 16, Noam currently leads and manages Radio Gatsby, a 6-piece vintage style dance band that performs at corporate events and wedding celebrations.
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