Eric Gale
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 .
Live and act
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.
Discography
As a band leader
- Negril (LP, 1975. Micron Music Ltd.) (CD, 2003. 3D Japan)
- Forecast (1973) (Kudu Records)
- Ginseng Woman (1977) (Columbia)
- Multiplication (1978) (Columbia)
- Part of You (1979) (Columbia)
- Touch of Silk (1980) (Columbia)
- Blue Horizon (1981) (Elektra)
- In the Shadow of a Tree (1982) (JVC)
- Island Breeze (1983) (Elektra)
- In a Jazz Tradition (1987) (EmArcy)
- Let's Stay Together (1988) (Artful Balance)
- Utopia (1998) (Rooms Japan)
With stuff
- Live at Montreux 1976 (1976, CD, DVD)
- Stuff (1976)
- More Stuff (1977)
- Stuff It (1978)
- Live Stuff (1978)
- Live in New York (1980)
- Best Stuff (1981)
Lexigraphic entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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personal data | |
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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 |