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Gabriel
Experimental / Jazz / Folk

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BROOKLYN, New York
United States

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Member Since2/8/2006
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With Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens in the studio for 93.9 WNYC Soundcheck with John Schaefer, Friday May 22nd, 2009. Performing "What Have You Done, My Brother?".



Performing "What Have You Done, My Brother?". Daptone family fundraiser for Barack Obama @ Southpaw, Brooklyn NY: October 23, 2008. Posted by arambulo.



A very nice mini-doc on the group produced by "Caught in the Act" for Bcat Brooklyn Community Access Tv



Review of 12/19/08 Mercury Lounge show by shortandsweetnyc.com

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InfluencesI like: Michael Pollan, David Brooks, Fareed Zakaria, Raymond Carver, wine, women, my hair long, good stories, playful language, Gabriel's Angels

And it always comes back to love for Jaco Pastorius (Birthday Concert, Live In New York series), Led Zeppelin, early King Crimson, Jethro Tull, the Meters, traditional music (of Appalachia, of Ghana, Mali, Zimbabwe, etc.), Glen Gould's solo piano Bach renditions, Tom Waits The Early Years, Fela Kuti, and Oumou Sangare amongst many others. There's love for the Chess Records sound, especially the mystery-rhythm groove of Willie Dixon and the ECM sound found with Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek.

I like Coltrane's Ballads, or almost every Wayne Shorter album. Bill Frisell and Kurt Rosenwinkle are great and the Miles Davis album, Sorcerer is superb.

In lyrics, I really like folk songs, how they lay out a story. I also like observation, detail and emotion in Joni Mitchell's Blue and Natalie Merchant's Tiger Lily. I'll always think Suzanne by Leonard Cohen to be the tops in craft of lyrics.

Other artists: Shakti, Jimi, Stan Getz/ Charlie Bird's Jazz Samba, Agents of Good Roots, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Braid, Schlong's Punk Side Story, Beethoven, James Jamerson, Digable Planets, Weezer, Tribe (Low End Theory, especially), The Roots, Gladiators Dreadlocks, The Time is Now, and Rage Against the Machine had such a tight rhythm section, didn't they?

Sounds Likea wrung out sponge, I think.
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 17 2009 9:00P
fridays @ FAT CAT w/ Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens New York, New York
Jul 24 2009 9:00P
fridays @ FAT CAT w/ Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens New York, New York
Jul 30 2009 7:30P
CELEBRATE BROOKLYN w/ Naomi Shelton opening for Burning Spear New York, New York
Aug 5 2009 7:30P
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON w/ Naomi Shelton opening for Holmes Brothers Boston, Massachusetts

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   About Gabriel
GABRIEL CAPLAN, guitar leads & accompaniment, bass guitar, lyrics

"Exceedingly skillful and innovative lead guitar accompaniment by Gabriel X really added the right flourishing touches." Jezebel, "Jezeblog" review showcase, July 19th 2006.

I currently play with Daptone Recording artist Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens. Past gigs include; the 2009 St. Lucia Jazz Festival with the All Starz James Brown Tribute featuring Black Velvet, lead guitar for Lola Johnson on her debut record for Radian Records, gigs with Giant Step recording Alt Rock and Indie Hip Hop artist, MYSELF, and with groups like Emergency Service.

I play a customized Telecaster from Ritchie's Guitar Shop mini-humbucker in the neck, single coil in bridge, with a bigsby tremolo. I play through a 1999 Rivera Chubster 40 Watt tube amp. I prefer a clean sound, and when using pedals go for the Keeley line for its transparency; the Fuzz/Overdrive, Java Boost, modded Bd-2, Ts-808, Tr-2.

I also play bass with a killer Fender Squire Precision.




PERFORMANCE HISTORY

Performance history includes Fridays at Fat Cat, WNYC Soundcheck, the 2008 Brooklyn Academy of Music TakeOver, Southpaw, Mercury Lounge and the Nokia Theatre with Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens. I've played lead guitar for the Allstarz James Brown Tribute feat. Black Velvet at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival 2009, and for Pierre Kingston at the Harlem International Film Fest Reception Benefit and at the New Leaf Café. Bass guitar experience includes gigs with my brother's, Jason Caplan Quartet, headlining shows at Kenny's Castaways, the Elbow Room and colleges along the east coast with various projects.

My own projects include solo finger-picking guitar, a blues trio, and what with Apple being so keen on the everyday hobbiest, I like to take live recordings and splice 'em to old cartoons. This recording is, I believe, from 2007 with Jim Bracken on drums and Levent Baltaoglu on bass and the Spoken Word Cafe.

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Gabriel





Jul 10 2009 2:52 PM

hey que onda??? aqui una atenta invitacion!!!


tocada 11
WARCHILD





Jul 8 2009 7:13 PM

Hope you can make it out to DROM in the East Village, NYC on Sat. July 25th @ 7pm to join us for a fun night of the best of Tull as performed by WARCHILD!
Polydora





Apr 30 2009 7:48 PM

Definitely Funk-a-liscious!
Travis Calvert





Mar 6 2009 4:48 PM

hey man good to see you the other night at fat cat and the wine bar...im in north carolina playing a gig but when i get back we should link up and play!! -travis
Larry Bagby





Feb 12 2009 7:12 PM

Hi, this is Larry Bagby. I would like to win a contest to tour with “Little Big Town”. As your friend, I am asking you to take one minute to vote. JUST HIT “DEMAND IT” BELOW. Proceed with your vote.



You can help me further by forwarding this to your family and friends. I need lots of votes.

Hope to see you at one of my concerts. Thanks for your friendship and support.

Larry
Robert Keeley





Jan 22 2009 5:33 AM

Polydora





Jan 9 2009 12:00 AM

My friend Daniel just sent me a youtube link to a clip of Steve Martin singing "Under the Bamboo Tree" in The Man with Two Brains!!!! :)

I'd never seen it.
Temporary Employment





Dec 16 2008 1:45 PM

happy birthday, splassssh
MollieCat





Dec 5 2008 3:24 PM

Thanks Gabriel!
So funny that I have never actually met you, but soon it will be easy enough for me to take a train into NYC and see you perform sometime!
:)
cowface





Dec 4 2008 10:18 PM

uh oh the myspace peeps will detect this act of defiance.....

i think you should get a facebook profile. I don't frequent myspace as much... although (for you myspace teamers out there) I do use myspace frequently to check out bands and comedy.
cowface





Dec 4 2008 8:27 PM

i love that song you played with naomi shelton! wish i could be there to see you play with them! im gonna put that shit on my face book
Burt Ritchie





Nov 24 2008 4:03 PM

nope. unfortunately not, but i will be there around christmas time.
i guess you won't be? so what's it like being cold and all? I think i forgot, i'm shivering i the 50s
rita





Nov 17 2008 2:31 AM

why isn't there a blues for rita??? ok, i'm so there friday night- you better hold me to it : )
The Guitar Kid





Nov 16 2008 10:25 PM

I saw you film clip of you playing with Naomi shelton, I dig it!
sarah





Oct 14 2008 10:10 PM

I swear, swear, super-swear to you that I watched This is Spinal Tap Sunday night. How totally bizarre that you posted that video. We are so in tune with each other Gabriel...

*cue Twilight Zone theme music*
The Guitar Kid





Oct 5 2008 10:47 PM

Hey Gabriel, how are ya? I haven't talk to you in a while, so what's groovin?
reagan





Sep 8 2008 2:57 PM

I just got back to town and have only seen a little wind damage so far. The levees held, so no flooding. I think lower Louisiana was hit pretty hard.

Might be leaving again soon for Ike . . . Thanks for asking.
Ed. Rock ' Funkiest Guitarist'





Aug 25 2008 7:53 AM

From The Funkiest 1 Funk ain't nothin but a groove you lay it and if you don't feel it, it ain't no FUNK. Welcome to my page Ed. Rock Peace.
The Alchemystics





Aug 12 2008 5:32 PM

hey hey man thanks for the add. lookin forward to rockin with u guys again next month.

check ya then

the one and only,
Force
Black River Sound





Aug 11 2008 2:26 PM

THanks for the add! Always a good time playing with E.S.

BRS
Temporary Employment





Aug 10 2008 10:52 PM

I can't stop listening to this.

...gandy dancer...





Jul 17 2008 8:27 PM

ive created a list/award in your honor...

and you hold positions 1-100 based on witt, goofiness, and smart humor... you also hold positions 1-50 on the sarcastic over load scale... but perhaps they balance each other out eh?

look, they are all lining up to learn these ways, all the poor suckers with no sense of humor. you should give lessons.

and i dont eat babies either. my grandma never understood why i protested against veal.
The Circa Sound





Jul 9 2008 5:48 PM

Hello Gabriel, please consider our show, we would love to see you there...

Circa @ Rehab, Monday, July 14th...
We go on at 10pm...
25 Avenue B
New York, New York 10009
US
Cost:$8
Burt Ritchie





Jul 3 2008 5:06 PM

gabe, sorry i missed your call.... i wish i was coming down to asheville, but i dont have the funds, whats this about a record release? and all those shows! hell yeah, hopefullly i will be in new york in the next couple of months, can you believe it's been almost a year?
Seth





Jun 21 2008 6:30 PM

Hey Cous,

I'm 100% gonna be in your neighborhood 1st week of Sept! I'll send you the dates later!
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