Gershwin, Porter! Kern!
"Gershwin, Porter! Kern!" is a musical tribute to the men and women who created "The Great American Songbook." Little known stories about these great composers and lyricists are reveled, hence the subtitle "the songs are beautiful, the stories are not." Magnificent songs from the golden age of The Great American Songbook featuring such musical masters as the Gershwins, Rodgers and Hart, Johnny Mercer, to name just a few, are beautifully performed, with fresh, unique interpretations (see reviews) The running time of "Songwriters" is 60 minutes. It can be shortened or extended depending on the venue. Musical accompaniment is, in it's present form, just piano. Instruments can be added as needed.
Technical requirements are an adequate sound system, (two microphones) adequate lighting, (including spotlight) and a tuned piano.
"John Gabriel loves songs, adores songwriters and loves to sing and that love shined brightly at the Gardenia. He kept it simple: brief stories about the songs and the songwriters. There were some stories that you have heard before and some that you haven’t, but all contributed to a gracefully flowing evening. Cy Coleman’s “The Best Is Yet to Come” appropriately started things off and the held note on the final "mine" at the end of the tune showed the pipes were still in fine shape." Read More
"Gabriel has clearly established himself as a “keeper of the flame” for the music he so clearly loves and enjoys performing. This show provides a mix of entertainment and education that would serve, on any stage in the country, as a lesson on the American songwriters of our time and the “art” of singing their classic standards." Read More
John Gabriel on theStandardsChannel.com
Emmy nominated actor, John Gabriel launches a new and entertaining tribute to the great contributions to The Great American Songbook from top movie musicals and stage productions. All intertwined with anecdotes, interviews and plenty of music.
John's new C.D. , "Painted Mem'ries will be released by Crescendo Recordson April 1.
Such favorites as "Day By Day", It Could Happen To You," I Remember you", just to mention a few, are brought to life by John and his exceptional singing and acting ability on this truly sensational C.D. It will be available on both Music of Your Life and crescendorecords.com.
If you thought you heard John's voice on the radio, you may be correct!
Check out a sample of John's recent voiceover work!
Musically-gifted John has performed as a singer on stages from Broadway to Atlantic City to Los Angeles. Click here for information about his recordings, both solo and with his wonderful family!
Photographs and Memories
John Gabriel has made his mark in just about every area of show business. His entertainment career runs the gamut from Major Motion Pictures (13 films, including The Hunters, Stagecoach, South Pacific, El Dorado, Sex and the College Girl (no sex, no college girl!) to Prime Time TV (Mary Tyler Moore, Seinfeld, Law & Order) , Soap Opera (Ryan's Hope - 10 years), Atlantic City (Caesars', Trump, Tropicana, Showboat), producing (Charles Grodin - 5 years - MSNBC, CNBC) , Commercials (Wall Street Journal, Oldsmobile), Recordings (From John with Love, The Gabriels), Radio (Soap Opera Update - host) Theater (Broadway - The Happy Time, Applause).
Click here to see photographs from some of John's many performances!