Giacomo Gates

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Giacomo Gates with The New England Jazz Ensemble – performing Peter & The Wolf

CD Release Concert

Upcoming Dates

February 20, 2026
Giacomo Gates
Jazz on Main, Mt Kisco, NY
March 25, 2026
Giacomo Gates with The Green Street Trio
The Drake, Amherst, MA
April 23, 2026
Giacomo Gates with the Monk Rowe Quartet
The Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
April 25, 2026
Giacomo Gates
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Chris O'Dowd
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Jazz Journalist Association of America - Nominated as Best Male Jazz Vocalist 2003-23
Consistently placing in Best Male Jazz Vocal Category - DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll 2010 - 2025
Best Male Jazz Vocalist - Hot House Magazine 2017
Rising Star - DownBeat Magazine Critic's Poll 2006-11
Rising Star - DownBeat Magazine - First Place Winner, 2010
Talent Deserving Wider Recognition - DownBeat Magazine 2002-05

Every release in the Top 15
Blue Skies - DMP Records - 1995
Fly Rite - Sharp Nine Records - 1998
Centerpiece - Origin Records - 2004
Luminosity, CD & DVD - G88 Music - 2007
All four reached from #12 to #24 on National Jazz Radio Playlist for more than three months.
The Revolution Will Be Jazz - The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron, Savant Records
#1 for six weeks on National Jazz Week Playlist
Miles Tones - The Music of Miles Davis, Savant Records
#1 for four weeks on National Jazz Week Playlist
Top 20 for 15 weeks.
Everything Is Cool - Savant Records - Release August 25, 2015
#8 On NJP, Top 20 for 3 months
What Time Is It? - Savant Records - Release April 21, 2017
#12 on NJP, Top 20 for 3 months
YOU - Savant Records - Release date Feb 1, 2021
#5 on NJP, Top 20, for 3 months

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2026 Giacomo Gates
this site is part of JAZZCORNER