Tom Gaebel is a German singer and leader of a big band named after himself. He changed the spelling of his last name, omitting the umlaut. In addition to singing and arranging, Gaebel writes lyrics in English.
Gaebel was born on 13 January 1975 in
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, into a musical family. His younger brother Denis Gäbel plays tenor saxophone in the Tom Gaebel big band. Colin Gäbel is a singer and guitarist in addition to being a TV presenter and reporter about computer games; he is a member of the rock band
Mondo Kane. Gaebel started music lessons at an early age. He plays several instruments, including drums, violin, trombone, and piano. During high school, he was a member of bands, including two big bands and a rock band called Goresaw. He attended the
Conservatorium van Amsterdam. In October 2004, he received a major in
jazz singing
Vocal jazz or jazz singing is an approach to jazz using the voice.
Vocal jazz emerged in the early twentieth century, with its roots in Blues. Popular blues singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey had a great deal of influence of jazz vocalis ...
from the Conservatorium. After performing and singing in big bands, such as The Young Sinatras and the Tobias Kremer Big Band, he formed his own group in 2005.
His debut solo album, ''Introducing: Myself'', was released in 2005 and became a best seller. A live DVD, ''Live in Concert'', followed in 2006. His second album, ''Good Life'' from 2007, featured more of Gaebel's original numbers. ''Don't Wanna Dance'' spotlighted Gaebel expanding his style to pop and soul, with songs influenced by Motown. In 2010, he released two new albums. ''Music to Watch Girls By'' focused on the style of late 1960s easy listening ballads and uptempo numbers, and a Christmas album, ''Easy Christmas'', which includes songs for the season written by Gaebel. In June 2010, Gaebel and his big band performed at the Sommerfest for the Federal President Christian Wulff held at Castle Bellevue in Berlin.
Awards
2006 – JAZZ award
2007 – JAZZ award
Discography
* 2003 ''The Unknown'' – The Young Sinatras
* 2003 ''Sinatra'' – Tobias Kremer Big Band featuring Tom Gaebel
* 2003 ''The Day That Lies Ahead''
* 2004 ''SWING!'' – Tom Gaebel & the Tobias Kremer Big Band
* 2005 ''Introducing: Myself''
* 2007 ''Good Life''
* 2008 Single: "Highway to Hell" – Jazzkantine featuring Tom Gaebel
* 2008 Single: "So Easy" from ''Don't Wanna Dance''
* 2008 ''Don't Wanna Dance''
* 2010 ''Music to Watch Girls By''
* 2010 ''Easy Christmas''
* 2014 ''So Good to Be Me''
* 2015 ''A Swinging Christmas''
* 2018 ''Perfect Day''
DVDs
2006 ''Tom Gaebel & his Big Band – Live in Concert''
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1975 births
English-language singers from Germany
German jazz trombonists
Male trombonists
German singer-songwriters
21st-century German male singers
German jazz singers
German drummers
Male drummers
21st-century German male pianists
Jazz-pop singers
Living people
People from Gelsenkirchen
Smooth jazz singers
Swing singers
Traditional pop music singers
Conservatorium van Amsterdam alumni
21st-century drummers
21st-century trombonists
German male jazz musicians