Larry Gales

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Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales (born March 25, 1936 in New York City , † September 12, 1995 in Symar , California) was an American jazz musician ( double bass , cello ).

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Larry Gales began playing bass at the age of eleven with his relative George Duvivier and over the next few years played double bass and cello in various bands. From 1956 he studied at the Manhattan School of Music . After positions with Steve Pulliam (1959), JC Heard (1960) and Buddy Tate (1960) he worked with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Eddie Harris / Johnny Griffin , Herbie Mann , Junior Mance , Jack McDuff , Sonny Stitt / Red Holloway , Bennie Green and Joe Williams .

From 1964 to 1969 he was a member of Thelonious Monk's quartet , went on numerous tours with him and worked on albums of the Columbia era such as Live at the It Club , Straight No Chaser , Underground and his recordings with the larger formations in 1967/68 With. He also played at the same time with Mary Lou Williams ( Black Christ of the Andes ; 1964).

In 1969 Gales moved to Los Angeles , where he worked mainly with musicians from the local scene such as Erroll Garner , Willie Bobo , Red Rodney , Harry Sweets Edison , Benny Carter (also on tour of Japan), Blue Mitchell , Clark Terry , Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Kenny Burrell played. With Burrell he also performed at New York's Village Vanguard . In 1990 Larry Gales recorded his only album under his own name with A Message from Monk , which consisted of Monk pieces in addition to his own composition A Message from the High Priest ; Fellow musicians were Junior Cook , Ben Riley , Claudio Roditi , Benny Green and Steve Turre . In 1993 he appeared in the television movie The Morning After .

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SURNAME Gales, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gales, Lawrence Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1995
Place of death Symar , California