BIO: SF Bay Area Saxophonist and DJ/Producer

Starting 2025 off strong, Jeff played in Ibiza at the Season Opener for Back to Mine with Sasha at Pike’s. His band Steamy Windows rocked the Grove stage for Northern Nights / DirtyBird Campout. And he’s running a new monthly event with Major Trouble at Public Works called Groove Outpost.

His saxophone work is featured on 3 DJ Spen remixes for Quantize Recordings (one of them hit #5 on Traxsource), as well as saxophone feature with Roland Clark on his single Julep.

Jeff Straw brings a lifetime of passion and experience to combining live saxophone with electronic music. With styles ranging from deep house, to his dancefloor shaking disco and tech house sets, he's an exciting performer to watch. A technically proficient DJ and soulful saxophonist, his performances are one of a kind. Not many people play an instrument while they DJ, let alone have over 3 decades of experience. Over the course of thousands of gigs... Jeff Straw's energy and enthusiasm for performing are unmatched.

He has opened for Jan Blomqvist, Poolside, performed with Donald Glaude, Goshfather, Spooki and David Carvalho (WhiteNoize). He returned to headline The Beacon Denver in February, played shows in Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, he’s played the main room of 1015 Folsom twice, Masonic, Temple, Monarch, Continental, Madarae, F8, and his Butter residency called Sindustry Sundays.

In 2024 he released 5 original tracks, 16 bootlegs, and 50 live DJ/Sax mixes. His Ep called Let’s Go on Outsiders Recordings charted #3 on Tech House Releases for Beatport. He’s also signed tracks to Destino Records, as well as his own Breakshop Studios lbale.

He’s racked up a total of 100K streams across YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify and Instagram and 500,000 minutes watched on YouTube alone. Jeff played over 200 gigs in 2024, notably headlining in Denver at the Beacon, his weekly Sindustry Sundays party in SF, headlining Paradisco Afterhours (Denver), and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in November for a multi-day house music festival.