Tom Gäbel

For the punk musician, please see Tom Gabel. This page is for the old name of Jazz Singer Tom Gaebel. Tom Gaebel was born on 13 January 1975 in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, into a musical family. His younger brother Denis G?bel plays tenor saxophone in the Tom Gaebel big band. Colin G?bel is a singer and guitarist in addition to being a renowned TV presenter and reporter about computer games; he is a member of the rock band Mondo Kane. Tom started with music lessons at an early age and he plays several instruments, including drums, violin, trombone and piano.

Tom Gaebel was born on 13 January 1975 in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, into a musical family. His younger brother Denis G?bel plays tenor saxophone in the Tom Gaebel big band. Colin G?bel is a singer and guitarist in addition to being a renowned TV presenter and reporter about computer games; he is a member of the rock band Mondo Kane. Tom started with music lessons at an early age and he plays several instruments, including drums, violin, trombone and piano. Even during his high-school days, he was a member of bands, including two big bands and a rock band called Goresaw. He attended the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and in October 2004, Gaebel received a major in jazz singing from the Conservatorium. After performing and singing in various 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. 2008's "Don't Wanna Dance" spotlighted Gaebel expanding his style to pop and soul, with songs influenced by the Motown sound. 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 new songs for the season written by Gaebel.