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Sandy Gabriel

SANDY GABRIEL Musical producer, composer, arranger, winner of the National Music Award in the category of jazz, most important prize winner Caribbean as best concert of the year, sovereign Awards 2012 and nominated in 2015 as best artist featured on the outside. is the saxophonist Dominican jazz most prominent internationally, which has participated in various international jazz festival, and has taken his music to countries like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, India, Vienna, Austria, Germany, Canada , France, New York, Puerto Rico, and many Latin American countries. Also he participated as a soloist saxophonist national symphony orchestra, led by Maestro Jose Antonio Molina laureate. He has directed major projects of Big Band as they are, Pavel Nuñez Big Band, The National Orchestra Papa Molina composed of 20 of the best musicians of the Dominican Republic and currently is director and saxophonist of the dominican republic jazz big band, in his first musical production jazz with his band Pop jazz Ensemble has great guest musicians, winning multiple Grammys like Chucho ValdezGiovanni Hidalgo, John Benitez and more than 15 of the best jazz musicians of the Dominican Republic . Right now is working on his second musical production, which will have as special guests to major national and international artists such as Ivan Lins, Arturo Sandoval, Maridalia Hernandez, Danny Rivera, Luis Enrique, Rafael Solano, Wilfrido Vargas, Sergio Vargas and Various artists Mas, which will by Sandy Gabriel title Jazz Duet's. Sandy has played with great masters of international jazz are Dave Grusin, Lee Ritenour, Arturo Sandoval, Chucho Valdes, Ivan Lins, Paquito D'Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Giovanni Hidalgo, Danilo Perez, has also shared the stage with musicians as are the Yellowjackets, spyro Gyra, sergio mendez, Tito Puente, David Sanchez, Chuck Mangionne and Many More.

Awards

Sandy Gabriel has won several awards for great career as a saxophonist and music producer, among them. 1-Sovereign Awards Winner 2012 Best Concert of the Year 2-Nominated as Featured Artist Abroad 2015 3-Special Recognition of the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival 2015 4-Recognition Special City Of Miami Florida Doral 2014 5-Recognition Special City Of Miami Florida Opa-Locka 2014 6-Special Recognition Distinguished Visiting Miami Dade County Office Of The Mayor Of County Commissioners And Board 2014. Special 7-recognition Big Dominicanos 2012 Special 8-Recognition International Jazz Day 2014 9-Special Recognition Ministry of Tourism for New Music 2012 10, Puerto Plata Outstanding Special Recognition Three Generations of Jazz 2012 11 National Music Award Jazz Line Between-line 2003


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Album Review

Dominican Jazz Project: Desde Lejos

Read "Desde Lejos" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


DJP's primary composer and keyboard player Stephen Anderson has worked to get the DJP back into the studio after their 2016 Dominican Jazz Project (Summit Records) debut received so much critical and popular acclaim. The 2020 pandemic and attendant lockdowns delayed but did not cancel this follow-up, which the band recorded Desde Lejos--"From Afar." Primarily composed by Anderson in his COVID “compositional woodshed" (his term for lockdown) plus two ballads by singer-guitarist Carlos Luis, Desde Lejos remains true ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Desde Lejos

Summit Records
2021

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JAZZEANDO

Self Produced
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Un Cambio de Ritmo

From: Desde Lejos
By Sandy Gabriel

Mambop Influenciado

From: JAZZEANDO
By Sandy Gabriel

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