Gabe

Central Virginia Blues Festival Presents The Nighthawks, Gabe Stillman, Sol Roots And More

Source: 9th Floor Music
May 24, 2023

The 5th Annual Central Virginia Blues Festival returns on Saturday, June 10th, 2023, with an outstanding lineup of powerful music, delicious food, cool refreshments, and a variety of vendors. The performing artists for 2023 showcase some the best in national and regional blues and roots talent. The Gabe Stillman Band is a three-piece machine that runs at full tilt for every performance. While their sound is unmistakably rooted in the blues, the band draws from the deep well of all ...
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Gabe Baltazar (1929-2022)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
June 20, 2022

Gabe Baltazar, a Hawaiian-born Asian-American clarinetist, flutist and alto saxophonist with a Charlie Parker sound who was a member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra starting in 1960, died on June 12. He was 92. A clarinetist as a child, Baltazar later switched to alto saxophone as his main instrument. During a visit to New York in 1948 while studying music in Baltimore, Baltazar met Charlie Parker during a break in sets at the Royal Roost. Their conversation and Parker's kindness ...
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Moka Efti Orchestra Announces New Album 'Erstausgabe' Out Now On Six Degrees Records

Source: Press Junkie PR
May 12, 2021

Moka Efti Orchestra is an international sensation that first gained notoriety on the hit Netflix series Babylon Berlin. The 14 member ensemble were first cast as musicians for the series and are all renowned players. The group was pieced together by composer and show music supervisor Nikko Weidemann, & composer Mario Kamien, along with saxophonist/arranger Sebastian Borkowski. The series invites the viewer into the Moka Efti, a re-creation of the famous pre-World War II Berlin club, with the goal to ...
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Are Independent Artists Better Off? [Gabe Dixon]

Source: HypeBot
March 12, 2016

Here Nashville-based artist Gabe Dixon weighs in on the advantages and creative freedoms which working as an independent artist provides, as apposed to the limitations that come with being signed to a major label. Guest Post by Gabe Dixon on American Songwriter Until now, all of my studio albums have been released with the help of a major record label. For my current release, Turns To Gold, I chose a different path. Funding, recording, and releasing this album independently has offered ...
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Gabe Dixon Band Touring with Marc Broussard, Plus Youtube's Featured Video

Source: conqueroo
October 7, 2008

Since the release of their critically acclaimed self-titled debut, the Gabe Dixon Band have been blazing a non-stop trail from town to town converting audiences into believers on a nightly basis, showcasing what the Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls their “piano-fueled boogie-soul-rock” on tours with Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers, and VH1 “Artist You Oughta Know” Justin Nozuka. In November, the band will embark on a tour of the East Coast and Midwest with soulful Atlantic recording artist Marc Broussard — promoting ...
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The Gabe Dixon Band:the Gabe Dixon Band

Source: JamBase
September 2, 2008

By: Bill Clifford

If you've not yet caught the buzz surrounding The Gabe Dixon Band, allow me to introduce the trio and add to the critical acclaim. After the band independently released More Than It Would Seem in 1999, Dixon was invited to play keyboards on Paul McCartney's 2001 album, Driving Rain, and performed with McCartney's band during the internationally broadcast 9/11 tribute Concert For New York City. Asked by the ex-Beatle to join his touring band, Dixon declined in ...
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Gabe Dixon Band: Album/Tour

Source: All About Jazz
August 20, 2008

GABE DIXON BAND HITS THE ROAD IN SUPPORT OF FANTASY RECORDS DEBUT Self Titled Album Available Next Tuesday, August 26

The Gabe Dixon Band To kick off the release of their eponymous Fantasy Records debut, The Gabe Dixon Band will tour clubs nationwide in September and October, including shows at New York's Bowery Ballroom, Philadelphia's Theatre of Living Arts, Los Angeles' Roxy Theatre, and San Francisco's Great American Music Hall. The band will share the stage with Stephen ...
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Gabe Dixon Band Tour Announced, CD out August 26th

Source: conqueroo
August 18, 2008

To kick off the release of their eponymous Fantasy Records debut, the Gabe Dixon Band will tour clubs nationwide in September and October, including shows at New York's Bowery Ballroom, Philadelphia's Theatre of Living Arts, Los Angeles' Roxy Theatre, and San Francisco's Great American Music Hall. The band will share the stage with Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers September 10 -14, and with VH1 “You Oughta Know" buzz artist Justin Nozuka September 18-October 21.

The band will make their network ...
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The Gabe Dixon Band's New Self-Titled Album out August 26

Source: All About Jazz
July 23, 2008

Who turns down a personal offer to play keyboard on Paul McCartney's world tour? Gabe Dixon did, and it was probably the best decision of his life. Dixon respectfully turned McCartney down to focus his energies on his band's then-yet-to-be-released album. The first incarnation of The Gabe Dixon Band was born nine years ago as a jam band with heavy jazz influences, but after a bout of cutbacks and regime changes at their original label, the ...
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Gabe Dixon Band Signs to Fantasy, New Album, out August 26, Features Mindy Smith and More

Source: conqueroo
June 3, 2008

The Gabe Dixon Band's new self-titled album, due out on Fantasy Records on August 26, is in fact the group's third release, following the 2002 album On a Rolling Ball and the 2005 EP Live at World Caf. But there's good reason Dixon, the band's writer/singer/pianist, considers it the GDB's debut.

Piano-driven Nashville trio taps Neal Cappellino to co-produce, Mindy Smith as guest vocalist, Grammy winners Dan Wilson and Tia Sillers as co-writers, and legendary Henry Diltz as cover photographer ...
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