[Jesse Molloy performing live with The Midnight] Jesse Molloy (born April 29, 1975) is an [States&btnI=lucky|American] saxphone player and music producer orignating from [Oregon&btnI=lucky|Ashland, Oregon]. He is currently based in [Angeles&btnI=lucky|Los Angeles].
At the age of nine, Molloy was at a local church with his family and saw a man playing Amazing Grace on the saxophone. This inspired him to also want to play the instrument, and his parents got him an alto saxophone the following Christmas. Molloy received private lessons and also played in his high school's band.
Molloy graduated from [Oregon University&btnI=lucky|Southern Oregon University] in 2001 and after college joined a soul-jazz group based in [Diego, California&btnI=lucky|San Diego, California]. The group toured frequently and averaged about one-hundred-fifty shows a year. He later relocated to San Diego full time and began playing with several local bands and touring groups before moving to [Angeles&btnI=lucky|Los Angeles]. Molloy did some shows with [Watkins&btnI=lucky|T-Boz] from the group TLC as well as [Posner&btnI=lucky|Mike Posner]. He was a long time touring member of the group The Pink Floyd Experience. Since 2009, he has been a member of the production duo Crush Effect with David Veith. Molloy began touring with [at the Disco&btnI=lucky|Panic! at the Disco] in 2017.
In 2017, Molloy was recruited by the_midnight to play the saxophone at the band's first-ever live show in [Francisco&btnI=lucky|San Francisco]. He has played saxophone for most of the band's live shows ever since. Molloy played the saxophone on the song deep_blue from The Midnight's 2020 album monsters. This is his first time playing saxophone for the band on a studio release. Later in 2020, he contributed to the band's EP horror_show, co-writing the song good_in_red and playing the saxophone on because_the_night.
Contributions to songs by The Midnight
- deep_blue - saxophone
- good_in_red - co-writer
- because_the_night - saxophone