The April 16th Band

 

Smooth jazz saxophonist/vocalist GABRIEL BELLO is a gospel and soul-influenced musician with a bent toward instrumental R&B.  Born into a musical family in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1980, Bello grew up in Florida and sang in his church choir when not studying saxophone. While studying music at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, Bello was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease and left school for six months of chemotherapy. With his lymphoma in remission, he returned to performing. His self-titled JAZZ album debuted at #1 on Billboard in 2011.  Find it on iTunes.

BRIAN SULLIVAN, drums, has performed in Russian, Sweden, and the U.S., including the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center (Charlotte), The Highlands Jazz Festival in Virginia, and the Diana Wortham Theater in Asheville, NC.  He has a number of recordings and has appeared in Jazz Times Magazine, the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte’s Best Magazine, WBTV News, Creative Loafing, and Fox News Rising.