The VEJI band made quite a stir upon arrival, and was First Place Winner of the 1981 Canadian Stage Band Festival.

Under the direction of the late Hugh Fraser, the band soared to unheard of heights for many years. This vinyl album was Executive Produced by Rocket Norton, and Produced by (Gabriel) Mark Hasselbach at Bullfrog Studios. Full credits are on the artwork. 

This is being posted in honour of the passing of founding member Hugh Fraser in 2020, and the 2023 passing of Jamie Croil, member and lead trumpeter on this recording.

Side One

Side Two

For Industry Viewing Only

Gabriel Mark Hasselbach's 'Count Your Lucky Stars'

Going for radio adds July 15, album out Aug 1.

The pairing of Gabriel and Lew Laing Jr (who co authored Gabe's Billboard charting album Open Invitation) is a match made in heaven! Lew plays most all rhythm instruments and programming, Gabe plays trumpet, flute, flugelhorn, C and alto flutes). Guest appearances from Marion Meadows, Alfie Zappacosta, Miles Black, Eddie Bullen, Andrew Jacob Scott, and more.

There are a few mixes that are not complete, and all are not mastered or volume leveled FYI. All songs written by Gabriel Mark Hasselbach and Lew Laing, Jr., plus Alfie Zappacosta on We Are.

1 SUNSEEKER (feat Marion Meadows) 

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Marion Meadows (soprano sax), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Glenn Riley (bass)

2 COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS  (feat Andrew Jacob Scott)

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Glenn Riley (bass), Andrew Jacob Scott (guitar)

3 POSITIVE SPACE  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Glenn Riley (bass), Andrew Freeman (guitar)

4 WE ARE (feat Alfie Zappacosta)  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Alfie Zappacosta (vocals, guitar), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Glenn Riley (bass)

5 FORCE OF HABIT (feat Miles Black)  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Andrew Freeman (guitar solo) Glenn Riley (bass), Miles Black (piano)

6 FUNKY LEW  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm)

7 WRITTEN IN THE STARS (feat Eddie Bullen)  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Eddie Bullen (piano solo),Glenn Riley (bass)

8 SHOW OF HANDS  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Glenn Riley (bass), Andrew Freeman (2nd guitar)

9 PARIS SOLSTICE  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt, evi bandonian), , Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Miles Black (piano), Glenn Riley (bass)

10 JUST A LITTLE FLING  isrc CAHG52400010

Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Timothy Bailey (bass), Andrew Freeman (guitar)

11 STATE OF PLAY (feat Andrew Jacob Scott)  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm),Andrew Jacob Scott (guitar solo), Andrew Freeman (rhythm guitar), Glenn Riley (bass)

12 THAT BEING SAID  (feat Andre Frappie, Steve Alaniz)

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Andre Frappier (guitar solo), Steve Alaniz (sax)

13 WORK THE MAGIC  isrc CAHG52400013

Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm),

14 WE ARE (radio edit) (feat Alfie Zappacosta)  

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Gabriel (flugel, flute, tpt), Alfie Zappacosta (vocals, guitar), Lew Laing Jr. (all rhythm), Glenn Riley (bass)

From the album Tongue & Groove by Gabriel Mark Hasselbach, comes the third single Presence of Mind.

Following on the heels of Gabriel's 11th Billboard hit Chill@Will from the same album, Presence of Mind will hit your sweet spot!

Written by Daniel Séguin and Gabriel Mark Hasselbach, produced by Gabriel, recorded in Canada, and all players Canadian... making it CanCon all the way! Gabriel on horns, Daniel Séguin on sax and rhythm.

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Download or stream the wav file below

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ5InwVZaVPkK1QEvUBG8KIIz0JFUR73oHQX

Download or stream the 320 MP3 file below

https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZbInwVZMAR0Sa0wIl0WXlVHQEnXbYjDzIaV

Send an email with your request from his 14 albums

info@windtunnelrecords.com

Gabriel Mark Hasselbach (trumpet, flute, flugelhorn, valve trombone, evi) has a plethora of releases under his name, including some tasty Holiday Tunes.

You can stream or download mp3 or wave files from this page (click on the 3 dots beside the play button if the download link isn't obvious in your browser) and you can view the video that goes with the song!

Gabriel Mark Hasselbach has a large catalogue of recordings, and walks the line between Contemporary and Mainstream Jazz.

He has 14 Billboard hits with his Contemporary projects and 3 JazzWeek hits with his Mainstream projects (MidCentury Modern Vol. 1, 2, 3).

You can stream or download these tracks right from this page!

1988 Solar Winds (contemporary)

2003 Gabriel's  Horns (contemporary)

2005 First Name Basis (contemporary)

2005 Swingin' Affair EP  (straightahead)

2008 Cool Down  (contemporary)

2010 Told Ya So  (won Album of the Year 2011 - contemporary)

2012 Kissed By The Sun (contemporary)

2014 Open Invitation (contemporary)

2018 MidCentury Modern Vol. 1   (straightahead)

2019 MidCentury Modern Vol. 2   (straightahead)

2021 Tongue & Groove (nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album at the 2022 Jazz Music Awards in Atlanta)

2022 MidCentury Modern Vol. 3   (straightahead)

2023 The Vocalists (compilation)

Gabriel EPK, Bio, Promo

GRAMMY VOTERS: FYC!

NUTVILLE [Horace Silver / Ecaroh Music BMI]   CAHG51300001 

From the album MidCentury Modern Vol.3 which stayed on the JazzWeek charts for 17 weeks and topped at #9, and made #1 on KCPR 

BLUE MILES [Gabriel Hasselbach / Windtunnel Music/ Miles Black / Miles Black Music SOCAN]  CAHG59600001

Grammy Voters! Use the two links at the bottom to preview the isolated solo(s)

Blue Miles 

Nutville 

Gabriel Mark Hasselbach's album Tongue & Groove spawned his 11th Billboard hit with Chill@Will! 

But there are some juicy tracks on that project which may not get as much attention, like Feels So Good.

No one has ever covered Chuck Mangione's iconic 1986 version, so since Gabriel has been handed the flugelhorn baton, he decided to reinvent an homage to the classic track. To that end, Gabriel enlisted Grant Geissman, the ORIGINAL guitarist on Mangione's version (who is currently charting with his own projects), and serendipitously is playing the exact same guitar he used on that evergreen song. Holding down the fort on rhythm and programming is the ubiquitous Miles Black, with Tony Moore on drums and of course Gabriel on flugelhorn.

You can stream or download both the radio version and the extended version below in your preferred format (click the three dots)

[Chuck Mangione/ Gates Music, Inc].

Feels So Good (radio edit) MP3 320  ISRC CAHG52100006

Feels So Good (extended mix) MP3 320   ISRC CAHG52100013

Feels So Good WAVE  (radio edit) 44.1/24  ISRC CAHG52100006

Feels So Good WAVE (extended mix) 44.1/24  ISRC CAHG52100013

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