Ready When You Are must have made a positive statement to Music Directors and Listeners, because it has entered the Billboard charts! The video is is pretty sweet, too!
After percolating for a few weeks as a most added track, RWYA enters the charts and starts that climb up the mountain. This is my fourth Billboard charting track.....
I am getting pretty good exposure right now, as I am also featured on Bob Baldwin's Seabreeze track, at #11.
Always find complete physical product and downloads at GabrielJazz.com as well as iTunes.
Lots of great shows ahead this spring and summer, be on the lookout!
This Saturday afternoon will be chock full of music events... pick one and enjoy.
First, I will be performing a free concert with the Urbana Big Band at the Vancouver Public Library in the Alice McKay Theatre downstairs at 3 pm.
This is an exciting 18 pc (!) band and I get quite a few featured solo spots.
Rather than play for the old-timer dancers, this band plays for the actual lovers of the great lexicon of big band music that made musical history- classics from the most respected purveyors of big band jazz. Check it out! http://arokismusic.org/urbana/
Also, the legendary Billy Dixon has returned with his Soul Train Express and is performing at The Lux Lounge at 1180 Howe St, 4-7 pm. R&B at its finest Check it out: www.billydixons.net
Well know Vancouver artist Raymond Chow is also a fine pianist- I even produced one of his CDs! His style is eclectic and smooth. He will be performing at a public event noon - 4 pm at a new warehouse space at 250 Smythe.
Come see what the jazz cognoscenti in Vancouver are buzzing about!
This Thursday at 7 pm, Ten Ten Tapas will feature Gabriel Mark Hasselbach with his funky and smooth brand of trumpet, flugelhorn, and flute.....
Special guests include the fleet-fingered Adam Rohrlick on guitar and LJ Mounteney rocking the mic. Others will surely join the fray, as sit-ins are welcome. Come and play and they'll buy you a beer, plus there is 15% off for VMA members.... great ribs, bevies, and vibe!
Beat the Valentine's crush, and celebrate a day early! Ten Ten is easy to find, right on the seawall near the Aquatic Centre at 1000 Beach Ave.
Hear songs from Gabriel's latest album including his latest charting single 'Ready When You Are'
I was updating my bio and I saw Nikki Yanofsky's name there in my list of past collaborations, and it occurred to me that I had not heard from her in a while. She is an extremely talented young gal in her early teens that made her name (at 15) singing in a big band style with a strong nod to Ella Fitzgerald. Man, she is good, and boy can she scat!!!
I had the chance to play with her for a few concerts including the Vancouver International Jazz Fest a couple years ago, and she was quite the hit. Her new album was being produced by Phil Ramone, but I believe his untimely death sidetracked that.
She was faced with a dilemma- she was tremendously skilled in a music style that was already 60 years old. What's a girl to do to remain relevant and not get pigeonholed?
Nikki is managed by her parents, and they seem to be pretty sweet and well grounded, so in her best interest, her schooling was not neglected and a new musical game plan was devised.
I am not privvy to the inner workings of her life but was pleasantly surprised to see her new video. She pays homage to her mentor Q, and has started down a fun musical path recently mined by artists such as Duffy, Jully Black, and Amy Winehouse. She does get some scatting in, so I am sure she has a real bright future ahead with her new direction......
The band (left to right): Stephen Maxwell (guitar), Aubrey Logan (trombone), Andy Kautz (saxophone), Will Wells (piano), Herbie Hancock (jazz legend), Nikki Yanofsky (vocals and songs), Harry the poodle, Quincy Jones (executive producer), Evan Coniglio (bass), Niv Toar (trumpet) and Al Cleveland III (drums)
The Federation has now confirmed that after 17 hit seasons with Dancing With The Stars, one of the world's most popular TV programs, the DWTS Big Band has been fired. ABC/Disney says the group, comprised of 28 talented musicians, singers, arrangers and copyists, will be replaced by pre-existing sound recordings and a "small electronic band” to "attract a younger viewer demographic.
We are in contact with ABC/Disney executives in an attempt to stop these unjustifiable and unwarranted actions. You can join with us to push back against this latest attack upon the livelihood and integrity of professional musicians. Please email Candice.A.Ashton@abc.com. Please let her know that you will encourage viewers everywhere to
boycott the show, ABC-TV, and The Walt Disney Company if she follows through on her plan to fire the band.
We will provide further information as the situation develops. If you are reading this bulletin on Facebook or social media, please share it with your friends immediately.
Sincerely,
Raymond M. Hair, Jr., International President American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada
Ready When You Are is up on the charts, including Smoothjazz.com, most added at BDS, and is starting that journey that will hopefully take it all the way up the Billboard charts!
Live band shots include Adam Rohrlick on guitar, Jason Decouto on keys, Kerry Galloway on bass, and Don Powrie on drums. Stage footage by Ken Stewart.
