Double Header Gigs Tomorrow- Wanna see your face in the place! - Gabriel Mark Hasselbach

Double Header Gigs Tomorrow- Wanna see your face in the place!

Two really cool gigs tomorrow, so come on by!

If you want to start your day right with a sumptuous Sunday Brunch and some even tastier jazz, come on down to Ten Ten Tapas in Vancouver's West End. It is just east of the Aquatic Centre on the SeaWalk at .... wait for it ... 1010 Beach #3. Beautiful view and the perfect atmosphere to get your mid-holiday Sunday revved up.

Speaking of revved up, I certainly will be by the time I start my evening set at The Vancouver Fan Club, that cool new venue at 1050 Granville. I will have my full 'n' funky band assembled for a concert style performance, similar to what I do on US festival and concert stages.

Show starts at 8 pm, but seats go fast and I suggest a 7 pm arrival. Tix are only $10 and there is a nice menu if you have worked up your appetite....

On stage will be Adam Rohrlick on guitar, Don Powrie on drums, Kerry Galloway on bass, Jason DeCouto on keys, and Miles Black and a few well known sax players have promised to come sit in. (Saxheads: if you are reading this, get that horn in the car and aim it downtown). It's gonna rock!

Show details: http://vancouverfanclub.ca/events/gabriel-hasselbach-live-smooth-jazz/

photo by Gordon Goble

BTW, just announced: My latest single Ready When You Are 'goes for adds' at radio on Jan 13. If it catches fire, it will be my fourth Billboard charting song...

Check it out here: http://www.gabrieljazz.com/audio/ReadyWhenYouAre.mp3

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Gabriel Mark Hasselbach

This site documents my journey as an independent jazz artist in a chaotic music industry. I guess this is where I get to 'blow my own' horn, so here goes.

I consider myself rather unique, as I am a multi-wind instrumentalist, performing and recording (mostly jazz) on trumpet, flugelhorn, C and alto flutes, valve trombone, and the Akai EVI wind instrument. I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, but followed my muse to Vancouver, Canada, where my career on the world stage started with the success of the multiplatinum Powder Blues Band. After many national, international, and world tours, I launched a solo career with my Polydor album Solar Winds, and the dozen or so albums since then seem to have withstood the test of time, steadily building up my body of work. Due to pent up demand, my entire catalog has been meticulously remastered and is now on iTunes and all digital distributors, with a limited physical pressing of each available at info@windtunnelrecords.com

I have toured world festivals in locales such as Switzerland (Montreux), Netherlands (North Sea Jazz Fest), and the UK, Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Mexico, USA, and I continue to develop my fanbase through live appearances and esome choice exposure on radio and TV. I have spent the most number of weeks of ANY Canadian artist on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.

My 2010 release, ‘Told Ya So’, won ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ at the 2011 Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, and spawned three singles including ‘Rockin’ The Ribjoint’, my first Billboard charting track, co-written with Jeff Lorber.

‘Kissed By The Sun’, the 2012 follow-up to that home run, seems to have been a home run with three Billboard charting singles, including ‘Starpixie’ and ‘Lock It Up’; and ‘Ready When You Are’. KBTS reached #8 on the Smooth Jazz Top 50 Album Charts, and was in the top 200 on the Contemporary Groove Charts for 2012. ‘Kissed By The Sun’ was co-produced with, and features Jeff Lorber, as well as a plethora of stellar guests such as Chuck Loeb, Brian Bromberg, Rock Hendricks, and fellow Canadians Rob Tardik and Walle Larsson.

I have also had notable straight ahead jazz successes, including a relatively lengthy two month run on the Jazz Week Mainstream charts with my ‘Come Out Swingin’ album, which featured Michael Bublé (before his rise to prominence), and also made a splash with ‘Swingin’ Affair’ which featured international latin star Nancy Ruth and the legendary jazz and blues icon Dee Daniels. I try to keep the improvisational content of my playing rich but concise, drawing from the Blue Mitchell/ Donald Byrd legacy. Critics seem to support that theory, and I have mountains of reviews to attest to that fact.

However, I prefer the more rhythmically succinct domain of contemporary jazz (or smooth jazz as it is sometimes called) for the variety of color and texture that it provides. I have tried to develop a style that pleases my ear and suits my skills, and that is highly listenable to music aficionados of all stripes.

I am the recipient of a JUNO Award (Canadian equivalent of a Grammy), two JUNO/Technics ‘All Star Band’ Awards (people choice awards with Guido Basso and Maynard Ferguson also in the running), a West Coast Music Award, a Jazz In The Park ‘Best Instrumental Performance’ Award, an Ampex Golden Reel Award, and several gold and platinum album awards (with my earlier group Powder Blues and a few others), besides the aforementioned ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ nods at the 2011 Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards. I have recorded or performed with the likes of such varied artists as Michael Bublé (I toured with him extensively, and recorded several albums with him, and even produced his album ‘Dream’ in my studio), Bob James, Ernie Watts, Little Richard, Tom Scott, George Benson, Lowell Fulsom, John Denver, The O’Jays, Ben E King, Heart, John Lee Hooker, Nikki Yanofsky, and Long John Baldry, including recent Billboard-charting records with Paul Hardcastle, Bob Baldwin and Steve Oliver.

Home Page: www.gabrieljazz.com

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Twitter: @gabrieljazz

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YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEB4D2A58A839C402

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