GABRIEL MARK HASSELBACH
Genres: RnB, Pop, Art Song, Folk • United States

Originally from Denver, Colorado, Gabriel Mark Hasselbach has found a West Coast lifestyle, and musical expression in the beautiful city of Vancouver British Columbia. He plays trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone, flute, and alto flute, (a virtually unheard of feat), and is considered Canada’s foremost exponent on electronic wind instruments. Programmers and listeners would like to neatly categorize me and my music with such easy to swallow handles as, “jazz trumpeter”, and would love for me to come attached to an easily recognizable signature sound. The truth is that I have a variety of skills and a fondness for many styles of music, and treat the many instruments, I play, as implements of color and texture, as would a graphic artist. This recording is my way of “laying it all out on the table” …a conscious effort to paint a more complete picture of my contribution to the world of music. read more...