Gale, Eric

LC control no.	n 83194284
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Gale, Eric *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Gayle, Eric
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1938-09-20
Death date	1994-05-25
Place of birth	Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Place of death	Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
Field of activity	Rhythm and blues music Jazz
Affiliation	Niagara University
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Singers Guitarists Composers Sound recording executives and producers
Found in	Allison, M. Lessons in living [SR] p1983 (a.e.) container (Eric Gale, guitar) Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 (Gale, Eric; b. Sept. 20, 1938, New York City, d. May 25, 1994, Baja California, Mexico; guitar) African American National Biography, accessed January 23, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Gale, Eric; rhythm and blues musician/ singer, guitarist; born 20 September 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, United States; chemistry major at Niagara University; joined King Curtis's group, becoming a greatly in-demand session player (1963); appeared on recording dates of, among others, Jackie Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Lena Horne, Joe Cocker, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Esther Phillips, Nina Simone, and Al Jarreau; enhanced albums for jazz-oriented artists, including those of Quincy Jones, saxophonists Johnny Hodges, Sonny Stitt, YusefLateef, Stanley Turrentine, Grover Washington Jr., Hank Crawford, Illinois Jacquet, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Art Farmer, organists Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, pianist Bobby Timmons, percussionist Mongo Santamaria, guitarist George Benson; led 11 individual albums (1973-1988); strongest jazz date, In a Jazz Tradition (1987); died 25 May 1994 in Baja California, Mexico) Wikipedia, Oct. 22, 2020 (Eric Gale; Eric J. Gale; composer, producer, session musician; genres: jazz, motown, jazz fusion) Black is brown and brown is beautiful, 2005: container (Eric Gayle, guitar)