Saint Gabriels Celestial Brass Band

Description

Saint Gabriels Celestial Brass Band was originally formed as the First & Only Authentic New Orleans Style Brass Marching Funeral Band in California in 1990 by Tom Wiggins, with the intention to make it All that and then some, by progressing the music to encompass many other styles of music within the Acoustic Marching Street Band style. It worked and led to the band being invited to tour at Jazz & Blues Festivals across Europe where they performed with almost every major Jazz & Blues Star in the industry over six tours. The band has an enormous eclectic repertoire of music spanning 120 ye ... ars of American Jazz & Blues and Soul music and with their great improvisational skills they can make almost any song their own. Pure Raw excitement and high energy music for any event. St Gabriels Brass Band is the only New Orleans Music Band to merge Brass Street band music and Cajun Zydeco music into a unique " Boogaloo Zydeco Show." We have several great specialty shows available upon demand. The Mardi Gras Street Parade show, ( Can Play any place any time with or without electricity or Stage) the Authentic New Orleans Funeral Show, A Classic American Country Music Hits Show, An Instrumental Beatles Tribute Show, or an Eclectic All Instrumental Gospel Show, An Authentic Octoberfest Band, ( Oompah Kings, German Music of course) ( Preservation Hall style show). ( We have also replaced them as international festival Headliners in the past years), and can go electric with P.A. System , Guitars, and Keyboards and Vocals when desired for full blown concert and stage shows. All players are multi instrumentalist which gives us tremendous versatility not often available from other Brass Bands. We are proud to have been in the forefront of touring New Orleans style bands, sharing the musical culture of New Orleans all around the world for 30 years. Read More

Set-List

St. Gabriel’s Brass Band Song Lists for 2019
Parades, and Concerts, Fairs, Festivals, Special Events
SG Saints Go Marchin’ In
SG Boogaloo Zydeco
BS Ba Duey Duey
RB Second Line
DJ Iko Iko
LA Do you know what it means to Miss New Orleans
SG Mo Betta Blues
DD Cissy Strut
SG Echos of New Orleans
DD It Ain’t My Fault
TS Hurricaine Season
TS Back o town Blues
DD Oop Pop A Doo
DD Mardi Gras in New Orleans
DD My Feets can’t Fail me Now
JB I Feel Good
JB Night Train
JB Cold Sweat
SG Big Chief
DD Goin’ to the Mardi Gras
SG Jambalaya
LA Basin Street Blues
SG Bourbo ... n Street
LA What a Wonderful World
LA Mood Indigo
SG Grazin in the Grass
SG Mack the Knife
SG You Are My Sunshine
SG Won’t you come home Bill Bailey
SG Summertime
PH Mood Indigo
SG St. Thomas
SG Caravan
FD Hello Josephine
FD Blue Berry Hill
FD Sentimental Journey
FD I’m Walkin
HH Chameleon
HH Watermelon Man
SG Mercy Mercy Mercy
SG Mr Magic
SG Eye of The Tiger ( Rocky Theme) SG (Space Oddesy 2000)
Saint Gabriels Songs cont)
KR Struttin’ Wit some Bar B Que
RB Lil’ Liza Jane
RB Feel Like Funkin It Up
RB I Feel Like Bustin Loose
RB Sweet Georgia Brown
RB Do Whatcha Wanna
RB Blue Monk
PH Georgia on My Mind
PH Tiger Rag
SG St. James Infirmary
PS Higher & Higher
PS Last Chance to Dance
LA Hello Dolly
SG Kansas City
SG Chicken Shack
LA Jada
SG Got my Mojo Workin’ (Muddy Waters
SG Fight the Power
HH Cantelope Island
SG Think
SG House of the Rising Sun
SG I shot the Sheriff
SG You Make me Crazy
LJ Jump Jive & Wail
LJ Just a Gigilo
CC Caldonia
SG Your Feets Too Big
SG On the Sunny Side of the Street
Fats Domino medley
Midnight Special Creedence
Stuck in Lodi Again Creedence
Fortunate Son Creedence
Bad Moon Risin’ Creedence
Suzi Q Creedence
Proud Mary Creedence
Makin Whoopee Fats Waller
Unchained Melody Righteous Brs.
You’ve Lost that Lovin Feelin’ Righteous Brs.
Obla Dee Obla Da Beatles
Hey Jude Beatles
All you need is Love Beatles Twist & Shout
Saint Gabriel’s Gospel Songs - Concerts & Funerals
DD. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
DD Amazing Grace
DD Down By The Riverside
SG Bye & Bye
DD I’ll Fly Away
LA What a Wonderful World
SG Saints go marchin’ in
SG Second Line
SG This Little Light of Mine
DD Jesus on the Mainline
DD What a Friend We have in Jesus
DD I shall not be Moved
DD Please Let me Stay a Little Longer
DD John The Revelator
DD Is there anybody Here that loves my Jesus
SG Amen Amen
SG Just a Little While to Stay Here
SG St. James Infirmary
SG Didn’t He Ramble
SG Tin Roof Blues
SG On the Sunny Side of the Street
SG Whoopin’ da Blues
SG Do Lord oh Do Lord Remember Me
RB Lord Lord Lord sho been Good to Me
PS Glory Glory When I lay my Burden Down
SG In the Sweet Bye & Bye
PH His Eye is on the Sparrow
PH St. Louis Blues
PH Precious Lord take My Hand
SG How Great Thou Art
SG Gimme that Ole Time Religion
SG The Preacher
SG Oh Happy Day
SS I’ll Take you There
BW Lean on Me
SG Will the Circle Be Unbroken
SG He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand
Most Songs can be played slowly and reverently and or Swinging tempo for Life Celebration services, to set the emotional mood for the service as desired by the family.
Saint Gabriel’s Additional Songs for Weddings and Parties
Shotgun Jr. Walker
Celebration Kool & The Gang
Superstious Stevie Wonder
I Wish Stevie Wonder
Isn’t She Lovely Stevie Wonder
Dance to the Music Sly & Family Stone
Funky Broadway Wilson Pickett
Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett
House of the Rising Sun Eric Burdon
Everyday People Sly & Family Stone
Land of 1000 Dances Wilson Pickett
Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett
Shake a Hand Shake A Hand
I used to Love Her Beatles/Dr. John style
Walkin To New Orleans Fats Domino
I’m Walkin’ Fats Domino
My Blue Heaven Fats Domino
Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
Take the A Train Duke Ellington
Stuff Like That
You’re the Best thing that ever happened to me
Night Train James Brown
Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye, Hot 8 Brass Band
Yellow Rose of Texas
Eyes of Texas are upon you
We play a couple of Bruno Mars songs
We play a couple of Justin Timbetrlakes songs
We play a couple of Nathaniel Raeliff’s songs
Most of the American Blues & Jazz Standards and Big Band music as well.
Always adding new material to the repertoire.
Some Ceremony Songs:
Here Comes the Bride ( Wedding March )
Bist du bei Mir
Some where over the Rainbow
All You Need is Love Beatles
You’re the Best thing that ever happened to me Gladys Knight
La Vie en Rose Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
Isn’t She Lovely Stevie Wonder
Theme from Rocky
All of Me Instrumental
When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge
Hey Jude Beatles
L.O.V.E Nat King Cole
Let's Stay Together Al Green
Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen
At Last, Etta James
Oh Happy Day Dorothy Morrison
Come Rain or Come Shine Ray Charles
The Night Time is the Right Time Ray Charles
Halleljuah I just Love Her So Ray Charles
I got a woman Ray Charles
St. Gabriel’s, Concert stage show with Female vocalist
Jeepers Creepers Where'd ya get them eyes
The Lady is a Tramp
Stormy Weather
Fly Me to the Moon
Good For Nuthin' Joe
Am I Blue
Harlem on My Mind
Go Back where you stayed last night
Cest si Bon
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
I wanna, Be Evil
All of Me
Good Morning Hearthache
God Bless the Child
Summertime
Blue Moon
Unforgettable
What ever Lola Wants Lola Gets
Monte Carlo
La Sine
La Vi en Rose
What's Love got to do with it
Let's Stay Together
Rock me Baby
Proud Mary
Everyday I have the Blues
Down Home Blues
Maybe Someday Baby
Steamroller Blues
Real Sad Story
Don't mess with my man
Dr Feelgood
Something's Got a Hold on Me
Let the Good Times Roll
Sugar Daddy Blues
Kansas City
Stormy Monday
Danke Shane
Georgia
Going to Chicago
Since I fell for You
Bright Lights Big City
Too Much Woman, Send Me Someone to Love, The Blues Is Alright, Evil Gal,
I want a Big Fat Ugly Man,
Backdoor Man
Satin Doll
I Can’t Get Started
I only Have Eyes for You
Lady You’re Husband’s Cheating on US
We do also take special requests and will learn almost any song if given enough time.
A great selection of the most famous Holiday songs also when requested
College Fight Songs are also available by request.
And many from the Great American Song book.
And many from the Dixieland Era as well and Big Band Era of the 20’s 30’s 40’s
And 100 + Fox Trots upon request.
Patriotic and Marches too for those kind of situations. Read More

Biography

The Band leader founder, Tom Wiggins has a unique and outstanding career in the entertainment industry as a musician, Talent Booking agent, Concert promoter, Personal Manger, Festival organizer and producer, Record Producer, and International Talent Buyer, so tailoring a band for almost any event was an easy task for him, using all his experiences from 1963 to 2022 He gets it, when you tell him what you want musically, and always delivers what he promises to each client.

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Experience

A few of the International Festivals we have performed at include:
Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival
San Sebastian Jazz Festival
Getxo Jazz Festival. ( Spain) twice
Victoria Jazz Festival (Spain). twice
The North Sea Jazz Festival
Jazz Heats The Hague Festival
Pori Jazz Festival. (Finland)
Oh Jazz Be Good Festival. (Italy)
Lecce Jazz Festival. ( Italy)
City of Moscow Centennial Celebration)
Pompei Jazz Festival. ( Italy )
Bologna Jazz Festival. (Italy)
Andorra Jazz Festival (Andorra)
The Red Sea Jazz Festival ( Israel)
With many great artists like, Patti Labelle, Chaka Kahn, ... James Brown, Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock, Ike Turner Revue, Phil Collins, B.B. King, Taj Mahal, Wilson Pickett, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Walter Trout, Buddy Miles, The Soul Stirrers, Maria Schneider , Diana Krall, Tito Puente, Chick Correa, Marlena Shaw & the Legends of Jazz, The Treme Brass Band, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Mingus Big Band, Michel Camillo, band, Tania Maria, Gonzalo Rubicano, Tata Guennes and the Cuban all stars band, Fats Domino, Al Jerreau, and countless other great international artists.
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Previous Clients

Home in San Francisco, California we have a great list of Corporate & City clients that entrust us to entertain their employees and guests often at Rallies, Festivals, Trade Shows, Conventions, Parades, Cemeteries, Funeral Homes, Wineries, Fairs, and Festivals of all kinds. a partial list here:
Saint Gabriel’s Corporate Clients:
AFLAC Inc.
Twit.tv
National Auto Dealers Convention
Yahoo Inc.
Google Inc.
Twitter Inc.
Dropbox Inc.
Genentech Inc
Square Inc.
Salesforce.com
Princess House Inc
U S Bank Inc.
SPIN Lounge S. F. grand opening.
KCSM RADIO CBS Sacramento, ... Ca.
British Broadcasting Corporation
California’s Great America Park Taste of New Orleans Fest.
Health Right 360
The Real Real Inc. S.F.
The Lions Club
The City Club S.F.
National Nurses Association
National Auto Dealers Association
California Nurses Association
Pillsbury Law Firm
Academy of General Dentistry, Chicago, Ill.
Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, Ca.
Museum of African Diaspora S.F.
Rock & Roll ½ Marathon San Jose
Williams-Sonoma Inc.
StubHub Corporation S.F.
SPUR Inc.
SYSCO Foods INC.
VISA Inc.
Jackson Rancheria. Casino/ Hotel
Cache Creek Resort & Casino
Nugget Hotel & Casino, Sparks, Nv.
Sunrise Mall Corporation, Citrus Heights
East Ridge Mall San Jose
Sunvalley Mall, Concord, Ca
Blackhawk Plaza Danville
Broadway Plaza Shopping Center
Orinda Association
Krave Foods Sonoma
Duggan Serra Mortuaries S.F.
McAvoy O’hara Funeral Home, S.F.
SCI Inc. Cemeteries
Italian Cemetery Colma, Ca
Evergreen Cemetery, Sacramento, Ca.
Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery Hayward Ca.
Chapel of the Chimes Oakland, Ca.
Tracy Public Cemetery,
Fouche Funeral Home Oakland, Ca
Oak Hill Memorial Park San Jose, Ca
Sunset View Cemetery El Cerrito, Ca.
Sky Lawn Cemetery San Mateo, Ca.
Sky View Cemetery Vallejo, Ca.
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Suitable for

Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Concerts / Tours Conference / Meeting Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Funeral/Memorial Service Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Halloween Party HM Forces/Army/Navy/Military Event Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event Jewish Wedding New Year's Eve Party Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Retirement Party School Event Social Club Trade Show / Exhibitions University / College Event Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Additional Information

We are always Classy, Sharply uniformed for the occasion, and carry Liability Insurance as well.
Own our own P.A. Company and can provide it at cost when booked with the band.
Can Add costumed Dancers, and Stilt Walkers and Grand Marshall / MC/DJ when needed.
We perform with 6 to 12 players for most events depending upon available budget, expenses and desired level of high energy Fun music desired. Our minimum fee is for engagements within a fifty mile radius of San Francisco, per hour of music.
We are available Internationally, subject to negotiation that includes all travel exp ... enses, and offer weekly rates as well depending upon the kind of engagements. Special considerations available to International Cruise Lines to tie in with International bookings when sailings are conducive with our international tour itinerary dates. Read More