Mississippi Jump hits the airwaves! Download or Stream both versions below....
Mississippi Jump MP3 (radio mix)
Mississippi Jump hits the airwaves! Download or Stream both versions below....
Mississippi Jump MP3 (radio mix)
Lots of Vancouverites are down here in NOLA for Jazz Fest! I’m playing the New Orleans Jazz Museum theatre today at 2pm CT.... it will be streamed live so find it on the web (url on poster) if you aren’t down here.... I will be playing material from my brand new cd MidCentury Modern which was just released yesterday:
MidCentury Modern Vol.1 at CDBaby
http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/gabrielmarkhasselbach15
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Gabriel Mark Hasselbach seems to get out and about, here are some links to concert videos.
WAY AFTER 8 makes a splash
What The Promoters say
SAN PANCHO FEST
LIVE AT THE CHANDLER JAZZ FEST (official)
OPEN INVITATION CD RELEASE SHOW
MAINSTREAM JAZZ HIGHLIGHTS (official)
GABRIEL WITH GEORGE BENSON
GABRIEL AT FRANKIE’S (UnReal Blues)
GABRIEL'S NEW ORLEANS SHOW
MAUI JAZZ FEST VIDEOS (also with Larry Coryell)
GABRIEL'S TRIBUTE TO BLUE MITCHELL
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The new recording MidCentury Modern Vol. 1 from Gabriel Mark Hasselbach is now out!
Four CD release shows including three during New Orleans Jazz Fest April 26, 27, 28, and at Blue Frog Studios Concert Stage May 11.
Stream or download sample tracks below. If you would like wav files or more tracks for broadcast please email info@windtunnelrecords.com
Mississippi Jump (radio single version):
Terra Firma Irma (feat Ernie Watts)
Blues On My Mind (feat Cory Weeds)
Gibraltar
Mississippi Jump (mainstream album version)
So What ... Now?
Liner notes from the Artist:
This is an exciting project for me because I was finally able to assemble my dream team. Besides the recognizable and prolific talents of saxists Ernie Watts and Cory Weeds, I was able to gather my longtime friends and world-class musicians Miles Black (piano), Laurence Mollerup (bass), and Joel Fountain (drums). Adding to the proceedings are Mike Taylor(vocal) and Olaf deShield (guitar) on a couple of tunes.
Jazz is in my blood, and I am sure I will die clutching my horn to my chest. I've been on this path for most of my life, which really started in 3rd-grade summer band. That year we recorded a vinyl record as a fundraiser, and there the die was cast.
My music teachers were all working jazz musicians and somehow I absorbed the Jazz Spirit, and fueled the fire in my belly that stuck with me all these years. I didn’t choose jazz, it chose me.
As a preteen and teen I'd listen under the bedsheets to late night jazz broadcasts from New York, Chicago, and St Louis. By age 14 I was emulating what I had been hearing, playing semi-professionally in restaurants, lounges, and Battle of the Band competitions. After high school, I hit the road, performing throughout the Midwest playing mostly R&B, and getting my schooling from older musicians who were kind enough to take me under their collective wing. I started playing the flute around that time, searching for another sound to add to my creative toolbag, and I put in some serious time on both horns.
I had a good five year run as a seminal member of the award-winning Powder Blues, received gold and platinum album awards, and toured Europe, the US, and every nook and cranny of Canada.
Trumpeters are often one of the last to get hired, so I took matters into my own hands and began to develop bandleader and promotional skills to create what is now called a 'brand'.
My interest in audio, graphics and video developed alongside my musical skills, so recording projects became sort of a one-stop cottage industry for me to express myself without having to rely on major record labels and music managers. In the end I developed a large catalog and I own all my master recordings, unlike many major label artists, whose product is unavailable or can't be promoted for contractual reasons. My discography includes two mainstream JazzWeek charting albums, but most have been contemporary jazz projects that have garnered quite a few Billboard hits. I always strive for strong, lyrical and succinct jazz content in whatever styles I pursue, and I choose sidemen that feel that way, too.
That brings me to the present. Although I spend most of my time in Vancouver, I also work out of Phoenix and New Orleans where I have residences. Arizona has a few pockets of jazz activity (and some great internet jazz station gurus), but the influence of the French Quarter in NOLA unleashed a previously untapped creative flow in my jazz vision, which is evident here.
MidCentury Modern is an homage to the magic and passion of the classic jazz, cars, architecture, and movies of the mid 20th century. Except for a few originals, I chose timeless crossover songs from my most influential trumpet artists. This album is the 'complete me', a seamless melding of straight ahead, contemporary, and NOLA styles- a trifecta of jazz where the sum is greater than the parts!
I have some other CDs that are great party favours in case you'd like to mix it up a bit.
Click the titles to sample the album. The player is at the bottom of each of the pages.
Gabriel Mark Hasselbach has been a jazzer all his life and grew up listening to late night jazz radio shows featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Blue Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Miles Davis, and Chet Baker.
Although he is skilled in New Orleans and Contemporary jazz styles, he is a hard swinging mainstream trumpeter with the jazz legacy under his belt. Check out Gabriel's Tribute to Blue Mitchell: http://gabrieljazz.posthaven.com/gabriel-plays-blue-mitchell-at-frankies-concert-video
Here are a few tunes to stream from his JazzWeek charting albums Come Out Swingin' and Swingin' Affair and some live videos, including Night in Tunisia, that tell his story:
Blue Miles (solo at 3:30)
Senor Blues (solo at 1:05)
Nutville (solo at 2:00)
Lover Come Back To Me (solo at 3:00)
I have an opening night out PoCo way at a cool new venue where they really appreciate the music!
The owners come from a noted line of big band trumpeters and music aficionados...
Come support my first night there and let's make a big splash and show them how it's done!
CROSSROADS LOUNGE 7-9 pm
1545 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam (map) - not far from the Terry Fox Theatre
Food available in the lounge but is a limited menu from Izba Bistro in the hotel.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE CROSSROADS EVENT, DON'T FORGET FRIDAY DEC 2 AT THE PINNACLE ON THE PIER (FEAT. ALITA DUPRAY) AND THE SYLVIA HOTEL JAZZ JAM!
INTERNATIONAL A & R:
Gabriel has a hot single currently charting on Billboard called CHARMED LIFE (feat. Bob Baldwin).
If you don't already have it or aren't playing it, preview it then download the mp3 or wav file below... and catch the enchanting video:
Download the Radio Edit (4:17)
It is also the start of the Holiday Season, so replenish your holiday programming with the sumptuous sound of Gabriel's flugelhorn, as it weaves a tapestry of holiday warmth with 'Christmastime Is Here'. This song is the touchstone of Gabriel's Holiday Notes cd, available at Windtunnel Records as download or disc.
This enduring rendition of the classic song was made famous in the timeless Charlie Brown Christmas specials. Production includes Miles Black on keys and bass, and Tony Chamberlist on percussion. A very smooth way to slip into the Holiday Season!
Download the broadcast ready mp3 or wav files below!
Watch the video of CHRISTMASTIME IS HERE:
Hello News Teams and Programmers,
Media images, reviews, links, and full gallery at http://gabrieljazz.com
See Gabriel's current Billboard charting song 'Charmed Life'
And Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards show (official)