Eric Gale

"This article is about Eric Gale (1938-94) the jazz guitarist, not blues guitarist Eric Gales"

Eric J. Gale (September 20 1938, Brooklyn, New York - May 25 1994, Baja California, Mexico) was a leading American jazz and session guitarist.

He began playing guitar at the age of 12. Although he majored in chemistry at Niagara University, Gale was determined to pursue a musical career, and began contributing to accompaniments for such stars as Maxine Brown, the Drifters, and Jesse Belvin. He soon began to attract the attention of King Curtis and Jimmy Smith, who began recommending him for studio work [Album notes by Chris Albertson, Contributing Editor, Stereo Review] . He became known first as a session musician in the 1960s, eventually appearing on an estimated 500 albums. Among the many artists he recorded with were Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Lena Horne, Quincy Jones, Grover Washington Jr., Herbie Mann, Esther Phillips, Joe Cocker, Carly Simon, Van Morrison, and Billy Joel [ [http://www.dougpayne.com/adsnotes4.htm Eric Gale: Forecast ] ] . He also had a spell in Aretha Franklin's stage band.

The epitome of the guitarist's guitarist, he was also used for many R&B-oriented dates. From the early 1970s he recorded extensively on the CTI label, as a sideman, on his own records, and as part of the group Stuff.

Discography

As leader

*"Forecast" (1975) (Kudu Records)
*"Negril" (1975)
*"Ginseng Woman" (1976) (CBS Records)
*"Multiplication" (1977) (CBS Records)
*"Part of You" (1979) (CBS Records)
*"Touch of Silk" (1980) (Columbia Records)
*"In a Jazz Tradition" (1987)
*"Let's Stay Together" (1988)

With Stuff

Appears on

*Greg Hatza: "The wizardry of Greg Hatza" (1967)
*Greg Hatza: "Organ-ized" Jazz" (1968)
*Quincy Jones: "Walking in Space" (1969)
*Van Morrison: "Blowin' Your Mind!" (1967)
*Gary McFarland: "America the Beautiful" (1968)
*Shirley Scott: "Soul Song" (1968)
*Lena Horne & Gábor Szabó: "Lena & Gabor" (1969)
*Gary Burton: "Good Vibes" (1969)
*Novac: "The Fifth Word" (1970)
*Johnny Hammond: "Breakout" (1971)
*The Chuck Rainey Coalition: "The Chuck Rainey Coalition" (1971)
*Stanley Turrentine: " (Salt Song) (1971)"
*Grover Washington Jr.: "Inner City Blues" (1971)
*Johnny Hammond: "Wild Horses Rock Steady" (1971)
*Freddie Hubbard / Stanley Turrentine: "In Concert" (1973)
*Stanley Turrentine: "Don't Mess with Mister T." (1973)
*Joe Higgs: "Life Of Contradiction" (1975)
*Van McCoy: "The Disco Kid" (1975)
*Phil Upchurch: "Upchurch/Tennyson" (1975)
*Tom Scott: "New York Connection' (1975)
*Gábor Szabó: "Macho" (1975)
*Idris Muhammad: "House of the Rising Sun" (1975)
*Grover Washington Jr.: "A Secret Place" (1976)
*Rainbow featuring Will Boulware: "Crystal Green" (1976)
*Patti Austin: "End of a Rainbow" (1976)
*Urbie Green: "The Fox" (1976)
*Idris Muhammad: "Turn This Mutha Out" (1977)
*Jun Fukamachi: "The Sea of Dirac" (1977)
*Patti Austin: "Havana Candy" (1977)
*Jun Fukamachi: "Evening Star" (1977)
*David Mathews: "Dune" (1977)
*Noel Pointer: "Hold On" (1978)
*Wilbert Longmire: "Sunny Side Up" (1978)
*Jun Fukamachi: "On The Move" (1978)
*Richard Tee: "Strokin' " (1978)
*Wilbert Longmire: "Champagne" (1979)
*Paul Simon: "One-Trick Pony" (1980)
*Richard Tee: "Natural Ingredients" (1980)
*Fuse One: "Silk" (1981)
*Mark Gray: "Boogie Hotel" (1982)
*Jorge Dalto & Super Friends: "Rendez-Vous" (1983)
*Sadao Watanabe: "Rendezvous" (1984)
*David Diggs: "Nothing But the Truth" (1989)
*Richard Tee: "Real Time" (1992)

References

External links

* [http://www.interq.or.jp/blue/sudo/Quest/cards/E/EricGale/ Discography]