Gabriela Martina Band

Gabriela Martina is a vocalist, composer, and bandleader who grew up in Switzerland. She spent 13 years living and working in the US (Boston & New York) learning from the people who made Jazz (among many other styles of music originating from the US) as important of an art form as it is today.

Gabriela grew up yodeling with her family and had performances as early as the age of 4. Being raised on a beautiful farm in the heart of Switzerland surrounded by a musical family has influenced her musical path strongly. Martina’s upcoming album ‘Homage to Grämlis’ (2023), is a tribute to the farm in the Swiss Alps where she was raised. In spring of 2019 she won the LABgrant from The Boston Foundation, which gave her great support with her album production of ‘Homage to Grämlis’.

As an ensemble they had the honor of performing in concert venues such as the Berklee Performance Center, Jordan Hall, International Tennis Hall of Fame, State House of Flags, Scullers Jazz Club, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and many others.  The musicians are: Gina Schwarz (b) Vancil Cooper (drums), Ben Rosenblum (accordion), Maxim Lubarsky (piano), Jussi Reijonen (guitar) and they all have their own musical careers with very impressive resumes. Performed with: Hamilton touring band, Marcus Strickland, Keyon Harrold, Meshell Ndegeocello, Steeve Gett, Patrice Rushen, Greg Osby, Terri Lynn Carrington  Queen Latifah,  Nick Carter (BackstreetBoys), Lalah Hathaway and played at: Appel Room at Lincoln Center, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Ravinia, the Library of Congress and Himawari-No-Sato Concert Hall in Yokohama.