..... but who wears socks these days, anyway?! Let's get right to it, shall we? (Please share this email)
Tomorrow,Wed Aug. 26, performing at the Bentall Summer Concert Series (rescheduled from a rain-out), is the formidible Les Is More, with a punchy 90 minute set starting at noon (1055 Dunsmuir St, lower plaza below TD Bank). Leslie Harris and her band have been polishing the blues for a number of years and it shows!
Friday Aug 28, same Bat-Time, same Bat-Channel, (that's noon to 1:30) is the Blues Boss himself, Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne. I will be performing with him as well, and this noon show was added as a thanks to Bentall Towers Tenants and music lovers in Vancouver. It's sort of a dress rehearsal, but we'll be way fresh! For those who couldn't get into his sold out show that same evening at Blue Frog Studios Concert Stage in White Rock, your prayers have been answered, as a second show has been added! This caps a summer-long series generously hosted by the swell folks at Ivanhoe-Cambridge and the Bentall Centre. See the complete calendar here, with videos of the shows being added as they get edited.
Saturday Aug 29, at 7:30 pm I am performing at Ten Ten Tapas, my usual Saturday evening haunt, and I always have lots of guest artists join me. Below is a little snippet from an evening not long ago......
Sunday Aug 30 I will be playing on another Blow Out Harbour Party Cruise on the Queen of Diamonds at 1 pm with Billy Dixon and SoulTrain Express. The last one sold out, but there may be a few tickets available still. $50 advance, $75 at the dock 604-763-3939, 604-736-1230, 778-887-2563. Everyone heads over to TenTen Tapas afterward!
Sunday Sept 13 (after Labor Day madness), I play an exciting and dramatic event in Kelowna, with my band... a real concert under the stars! There will be a luxe reception with an extensive menu of local and artisan appies especially created by the Cove Chef, and a meet-n-greet with the band, and generous pours from Summerhill Pyramid Winery. If everything goes as planned, the rising young jazz and blues belter Lisa Fennell will be joining us on stage.(Check out her new album). Make this a little getaway before the chill sets in - there are special room packages available at the Cove Lakeside. It will still be warm and 'fruitful' in the Okanagan (bring some vino or peaches back!). Details below.... http://www.CoveLakeside.com or by calling toll free:1.877.762.2683
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
‘JAZZ UNDER THE STARS’Concert SEPT 13, 2015 @ the Cove Lakeside in West Kelowna
Featuring JUNO and multiplatinum award winning hornman GABRIEL MARK HASSELBACH
Multi award winner GABRIEL MARK HASSELBACH will be headlining a unique and memorable event, an actual Concert Under the Stars at the COVE LAKESIDE RESORT in West Kelowna, BC, SEPT. 13, 2015. This will be a well remembered event, with luxe chef inspired appies, band meet-n-greet, and generous wine pours from Summerhill Winery.
Gabriel is a totally unique jazz artist, creating an enticing and varied palette of textures and colors with his trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, valve ‘bone, and electronic wind instruments with erudite grace and lyricism. He has had half dozen Billboard Top 20 charting tracks of his own, and many more with other Artists as featured soloist. Besides a JUNO Award (Canadian equivalent of a Grammy), two JUNO/Technics ‘All Star Band’ Awards, a West Coast Music Award, a Jazz In The Park ‘Best Instrumental Performance’ Award, an Ampex Golden Reel Award, and several gold and platinum albums to his credit (with his earlier group Powder Blues and others), 2011 saw Gabriel win both ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ awards at the Canadian Smoothies for ‘Told Ya So’.
His new album OPEN INVITATION builds on the successes of 2012’s tour de force KISSED BY THE SUN and 2010’s Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards 'Album of the Year' for TOLD YA SO, which yielded four Top Twenty Billboard hits. Open Invitation has already yielded one Billboard charting hit, and is on track with single #2.
This is Gabriel’s first and only appearance to date in the Okanagan area. The concert is being presented by OkanaganRadio.com, the new digital radio voice for the Okanagan and the home for “Cool Jazz’, and Summerhill Pyramid Winery, the home of 'Jazz Blush' Signature Wine.
