Eric Gale

Eric Gale 1976

Eric J. Gale (born September 20, 1938 in Brooklyn , † May 25, 1994 in Baja California , Mexico ) was an American guitarist specializing in rhythm and blues , fusion , easy listening and jazz .

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At the age of 12 he began to play the guitar as an autodidact . Although he had a degree in chemistry from Niagara University, he turned to music. He became an accompanist for Maxine Brown, The Drifters and Jesse Belvin , but from 1963 also recorded with King Curtis . He became known as a session musician in the 1960s and was involved in the recordings of Aretha Franklin , Bob James , Johnny Hodges , Jimmy Smith and Sonny Stitt . In the studios he worked on around 500 albums, especially for Creed Taylor's label CTI . The artists he has been involved in recording include Stanley Turrentine , Paul Simon , Lena Horne , Quincy Jones , Bob Marley , Nina Simone , Peter Tosh , Grover Washington, Jr. , Herbie Mann , Esther Phillips , Joe Cocker , Carly Simon , Van Morrison , Al Jarreau , Phil Upchurch and Billy Joel . For some time he was also the guitarist in Aretha Franklin's stage band. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he performed with Stuff , a New York jazz radio band.

Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Gale, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gale, Eric J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz and session guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 20, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH	May 25, 1994
Place of death	Baja California (State) , Mexico