Gabriel's fourth single from Tongue & Groove PRESENCE OF MIND (feat Daniel Séguin) is now unleashed and was on the Most Added chart list the first week of release.
With 11 Billboard hits already under his belt, hornmeister Gabriel Mark Hasselbach aims for an even dozen with his latest single Presence of Mind, which sparkles with good energy and shows off some exceptional melodic improvisation. Gabriel is a triple threat on trumpet, flute, and flugelhorn, whose smooth horn playing highlights a nimble and tasty set of mad skills.
The album that spawned this song- Tongue & Groove - was nominated for Contemporary Album of the Year at the Jazz Music Awards in Atlanta this past fall. He is a Juno Award Winner (Canadian equiv of a Grammy), as well as Album of the Year and Instrumentalist of the Year recipient at the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards 2011.
www.jazzweek.com/year-end (below are all artists represented by my radio promoter, New World n Jazz)
#1 Jazzmeia Horn
#11 T.S. Monk
#13 Pasquale Grasso
#14 Bob James Trio
#16 John Stein
#17 Deanna Witkowski #19 Lynne Arialle #42 Juan Carlos Quintero
#43 Ricky Ford
#45 Terri Lyne Carrington #51 Gabriel Mark Hasselbach
#54 Javon Jackson
#64 Albare
#74 Addison Frei
#79 Mark Winkler
#88 Saltman Knowles
#90 Geoffrey Keezer
#94 Joy Lapps
#96 Grant Geissman
"Look out Rick Braun. Move over Chris Botti. Gabriel Mark Hasselbach is a talent to be reckoned with." Joseph Bertie The Warner Music Group
Gabriel Mark Hasselbach is an anomaly in the jazz world, an award-winning mad-skills hornmeister on trumpet, flute, flugelhorn and more, who walks a tightrope over the great jazz divide. Gabriel can command any size stage, and brings his engaging show to audiences all over the world. His concerts combine the Contemporary and the Mainstream styles, and can also get down in a MAINSTREAM & NEW ORLEANS bag.
Gabriel has 18 albums under his name, eleven Billboard hits (and several top 5's as featured artist with Paul Hardcastle and Bob Baldwin), plus the 2011 Smooth Album of the Year, and has performed and/or recorded with Jazz royalty for years, including Larry Coryell, Chuck Loeb, Paul Brown, Jeff Lorber, Marc Antoine, Greg Manning, Bob James, Warren Hill, Darren Rahn, Brian Bromberg, Bob Mintzer, Rob Tardik, Steve Oliver, and even George Benson and Gino Vanelli. When it comes to reviews of his albums critics have always gushed.
Presented by Jazz 91.9 WCLK, the Jazz Music Awards recognizes “a broad spectrum of creators within the national and international jazz world, from mainstream and contemporary musicians, vocalists, and big bands, to composers, individual songs, and full-length albums,” according to a release from the station. It's a big deal across the spectrum:
Gabriel is an internationally known, award-winning hornmeister (www.GabrielJazz.com) with eleven Billboard hits. Besides playing festivals all around the world, he was in NOLA during the 2018 Jazz Fest for a series of CD release shows for his MidCentury Modern Vol 1 album, the first of a series which now includes Vol. 2 & 3.
He performed at The New Orleans Jazz Museum, The Mahogany Jazz Hall, Snug Harbor (with the Uptown Jazz Orchestra), The Spotted Cat, and Fritzels, and guested at Kermit Ruffins' Mother-In-Law Lounge. Gabriel on trumpet, flute, and flugelhorn.
JazzWeek charts, 17 weeks , up to #9, and #51 for Year End Top 100
Gabriel at Snug Harbor with the Uptown Jazz Orchestra
Gabriel at Fritzel's with the New Orleans Jazz Band
Gabriel at the Spotted Cat
Gabriel at the New Orleans Jazz Museum: 'Rockin' the Ribjoint'
Gabriel at the New Orleans Jazz Museum: 'King James'
Gabriel at the New Orleans Jazz Museum: 'Comin' Home for Mardi Gras'
Gabriel at the New Orleans Jazz Museum: 'Mississippi Jump'
Gabriel at the New Orleans Jazz Museum: 'Tempting Fate'
Gabriel's New Orleans Street Party (concert video)
