No.1 on Billboard with Bob Baldwin- and tour details - Gabriel Mark Hasselbach

No.1 on Billboard with Bob Baldwin- and tour details

Hey, I guess this constitutes my first Number 1, with Seabreeze, as a 'hitchhiker' on Bob Baldwin's steamrolling career!

My track Ready When You Are is still on Billboard, but sitting down at #29

I am off to off to New Orleans, Las Vegas, Florida, Bahamas, and Phoenix, and will return for an awesome pair of gigs on Saturday, May 3.

First I will guest with Billy Dixon's Soul Train Express from 4- 7 pm at Luxe Lounge in Vancouver, at 1180 Howe Street. Then my big party starts at Ten Ten Tapas (1010 Beach Ave on the Seawalk), where I will play from 7:30-10:30. This last month we have been packed there on Saturdays, and have such a great party vibe with lots of special guests. I start out a bit jazzy, get a lot funky, and the whole crew joins in with Jazz and R&B. Make that your special destination- what a great hang!

I have some new videos as well... enjoy!

Funk In Deepfreeze

Ready When You Are (currently on Billboard)

Starpixie

Lock It Up

Come Back Home (Song for the Soldiers)

Lyteness (fan video)

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

Webstore: http://tinyurl.com/pjcl977

Flash site: www.gabrielmarkhasselbach.com

Twitter: @gabrieljazz

Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/gabriel-mark-hasselbach/11/55a/429

Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GabrielsJazz

Wedge 'Gabriel' Signature Mouthpiece line: http://goo.gl/1v7OrM

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

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