Eric Gale

Eric Gale in 1976

Eric J. Gale (September 20, 1938 - May 25, 1994) was a leading American jazz and session guitarist.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gale 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. 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, Bob James, 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 and Billy Joel. He also had a spell in Aretha Franklin's stage band.

Gale died of lung cancer in May 1994, at the age of 55.

Discography

As 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

Further information: Stuff (band)

Appears on

• Kenny Loggins: Celebrate Me Home (1977)
• 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)
• Bobby Timmons: Got to Get It! (1967)
• Van Morrison: T.B. Sheets (1973)
• Gary McFarland: America the Beautiful (1968)
• Shirley Scott: Soul Song (1968)
• Quincy Jones: Walking in Space(1969)
• Lena Horne & Gábor Szabó: Lena & Gabor (1969)
• Freddie Hubbard: A Soul Experiment (1969)
• Gary Burton: Good Vibes (1969)
• Novac: The Fifth Word (1970)
• Quincy Jones: Gula Matari (1970)
• Junior Mance: With a Lotta Help From My Friends (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)
• Maynard Ferguson: Primal Scream (1976)
• Idris Muhammad: Turn This Mutha Out (1977)

Fania All Star: Rymthin Machine (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)
• Michael Franks: One Bad Habit (1980)
• Patti Austin: Every Home Should Have One (1981)
• Fuse One: Silk (1981)
• Mark Gray: Boogie Hotel (1982)
• Dave Grusin: NY/LA Dream Band (1982)
• Jorge Dalto & Super Friends: Rendez-Vous (1983)
• Sadao Watanabe: Rendezvous (1984)
• David Diggs: Nothing But the Truth (1989)
• Richard Tee: Real Time (1992)
• Al Jarreau: Tenderness (1994)
• Emiel van Egdom: "This is for you" (1989)
• Emiel van Egdom: " Hybrid Groove" (1996)

External links

• Discography