INTERESTED IN REAL JAZZ WITH GABRIEL BELLO?
ARTIST BIO
While most choose their paths in life, Gabriel Bello clearly had no choice: he was always meant to be nothing less than a formidable musical force. Gabriel's musical journey began in Lawrence, Massachusetts where Gabriel's Dominican father, a percussionist, helped form his son's earliest musical memories. Childhood would later find Gabriel discovering his own musicianship when the family moved to DeLand, Florida where Gabriel sang in church choirs and learned a range of instruments including flute, saxophone, and piano. Outside of church, Gabriel maintained a steady diet of his parents' musical culture coupled with the pop and jazz icons of the day including Michael Jackson, Grover Washington Jr., Stevie Wonder, Toto, Chuck Mangione, and David Sanborn. These musical guideposts led Gabriel to study music at Lee University in Tennessee, but a cancer diagnosis, subsequent months of treatment, and an eventual miraculous healing after playing a concert with worship artist Ron Kenoly set Gabriel on a new path to full-time music ministry. Extensive work with churches throughout the Southeast allowed Gabriel to hone his instrumental, vocal, and engineering abilities, skills which would serve him well in his new destination: the Nashville Music scene. During his tenure in Nashville, Gabriel played on and produced a number of sessions for Kings Mountain Records including two No. 1 Billboard singles, Crystal Dove's "Until You Come Back to Me" and Temar Underwood's "Inside Out." His Nashville period also found Gabriel performing and collaborating with a range of artists including Alvin Slaughter, Gary Oliver, Ron Kenoly, Geron Davis, Christ Church Choir, Jentzen Franklin, and Rascal Flatts. Just before leaving Nashville to pursue a solo career, Gabriel was a finalist to be musical director for American Idol winner Carrie Underwood's first tour and was also approached to be Kellie Pickler's musical director. The path of the solo artist has seen Gabriel bring his inconceivable level of talent as a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and engineer to bear on a 2011 self-titled debut that occupied the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Smooth Jazz Charts for eleven weeks. Additionally, Gabriel's debut release unseated Michael Buble' from the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Jazz Charts. Outside of his solo career, Gabriel's abilities have made him an in-demand choir and worship leader, earned him a 2012 SESAC Honors Award for album sales and publishing, and found him producing, mixing, mastering, and performing with artists like Pastor James R. Adams and the Abounding Life Church of God in Christ's on their release "Times of Refreshing" which ranked fourth on the Billboard Gospel Albums Chart. His first Christian/Gospel album & second solo release "Miracle", named after the miraculous birth of his first child Evangeline Grace, saw him sharing the stage with Israel Houghton, Tye Tribbett, Tasha Cobbs & Kierra "Kiki" Sheard. With a wealth of accomplishments and accolades behind him in fields spanning the music industry and a host of genres, Gabriel Bello, a consummate performer, composer, and producer, continues to venture where his talents and faith take him.
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SONG LIST
Jazz
So What Dm-Miles Davis
All Blues G-Miles Davis
Impressions Dm- John Coltrane
Song For My Father Fm-Horace Silver
Footprints Cm-Wayne Shorter
Autumn leaves Bb-Standard
Watermelon man F-Herbie Hancock
Summertime Dm-Standard
Maiden voyage Dm-Herbie Hancock
At Last-Etta James
What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank SinatraÂ
Girl From Ipanema - Jobim
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square - Standard
My Funny Valentine - Standard
Satin Doll - Standard
When I Fall in Love - standard
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
Mercy Mercy Mercy - Standard
Moondance-Van Morrison
All of Me - Standard
Favorite Things - Standard
Autumn Leaves - Standard
Donna Lee - Standard
Sweet Georgia Brown - StandardÂ
Blue Train - John Coltrane
Naima - John Coltrane
Night in Tunisia - Standard
Georgia on my mind - Ray Charles
Cantaloupe Island F-Herbie Hancock
Smooth Jazz
Chameleon Bb-Herbie Hancock
Mister Magic - Grover Washington Jr
Just the Two of Us Fm- Grover Washington Jr
Winelight - Grover Washington Jr
Because of You Cm- Neyo
Queen City Bbm- Gabriel Bello
Night Drive Bm- Gabriel Bello
Beauty - Gabriel Bello
Spirit Speak - Gabriel Bello
Crazy Cm- Gnarles Barkley/Cee-Lo
What You Won't Do for Love Fm- Bobby Caldwell
Chicken Song Bb- Jaco PastoriusÂ
Holding back the years-Simply Red
Ain’t no sunshine-Bill Withers
Feel so good-Chuck Mangione
Georgy Porgy - Toto
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Rhythm & Blues
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Ribbon in the sky - Stevie Wonder
Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder
Knocks me off my feet - Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Rock with you - Michael Jackson
Remember the time - Michael Jackson
What’s goin on - Marvin Gaye
I Feel Good - James Brown
I Want You Back- Jackson 5
I’ll be there - Jackson 5
Oldies/Rock Standards
Piano man - Billy Joel
Movin Out - Billy Joel
Just the way you are - Billy Joel
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Don’t Stop believing - Journey
Faithfully - Journey
My Girl - Temptations
Imagine - John Lennon
Escape(Pina colada song) - Rupert Holmes
Wedding Songs
Here comes the bride
Canon in D
The Wedding Song - Kenny G
God Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank SinatraÂ
When I Fall in Love - standard
At Last-Etta James
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Rod Stewart
Isn’t She Lovely -Stevie Wonder
You are the sunshine of my life - Stevie Wonder
Always and Forever - Heatwave/Luther Vandross