Gabriel has mad skills on trumpet, flute, trombone, and vocals, and covers mainstream, contemporary smooth, and New Orleans style jazz and blues with a commanding presence and strong stage show tailored for respective audiences. The ubiquitous horn-meister likes to mix midcentury modern with the au courant, drawing on his ingrained New Orleans influences, those of icons like Freddie Hubbard, Blue Mitchell, & Chet Baker, and with more contemporary purveyors such as Rick Braun and Chris Botti. He wraps all his skills and influences into a punchy stage show that incorporates the best of those idioms as appropriate for the audience's taste and absorption, drawing from his 12 cd critically acclaimed releases. (He has had 7 Billboard hits and a long stay on JazzWeek charts). No one has this instrument combination under their belt like Gabriel, and no one can combine so much into a show without artifice or pandering. Real, audience relatable energized content is king!

What the critics say: http://gabrieljazz.com/reviews.htm

Radio Gold (2019)

MidCentury Modern Vol. 1 (2018):

MIDCENTURY MODERN VOL. 1 (2018) is a winning trifecta of jazz styles, with Smooth Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, and New Orleans Jazz seamlessly blended into a meaty gumbo of great jazz. MCM features such well known artists as Ernie Watts, Cory Weeds, Miles Black, and more, and is cohesive and satisfying to all jazz listeners

Juno Award winner & Album of the Year winner 2011 Seven top singles on Billboard charts Top Videos EPK