Browse by Artist: GALE, EDDIE

Artist:	GALE, EDDIE
Title:	Afro-Fire
Label:	BLACK BEAUTY
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	BB 72004

"The long awaited (30+ years!) follow up to Eddie Gale's Blue Note albums: Ghetto Music and Black Rhythm Happening (reissued recently by Water Records). Afro-Fire finds Eddie working with multi-instrumentalist David Hayden, pianist Will Nichols and synthesizer player Chet Smith crafting a blend of jazz with contemporary beats & rhythms. Gale's muted trumpet is once again at the forefront. Sam Sweet said it best 'Gale's music often carries apocalyptic undertones in its explosions of celebration and humor.... his records remain accessible and musically rich...somber and celebratory, contemplative and ferocious, there is much to be found in, and to be learned from, Eddie's music'."

Artist:	GALE, EDDIE
Title:	Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music
Label:	WATER
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	WATER 117CD

"Having developed his skills amongst the cream of New York's hard bop players (jamming with John Coltrane and Jackie McLean), Eddie Gale helped ring in jazz's controversial new thing during the 1960s and 1970s on a series of influential releases. His inspired trumpet playing graced Cecil Taylor's Unit Structures, Larry Young's Of Peace And Love and a series of recordings and performances with Sun Ra's Arkestra. He also cut a pair of under-acknowledged soul-jazz influenced albums as a leader for Blue Note at the end of the '60s. The first Eddie Gale Blue Note LP Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music was released in 1968, produced by Blue Note founder Francis Wolff. A blend of funky grooves, a gospel street choir of singers, and late 60's free form freak outs. Recommended for fans of Sun Ra & Brother Ah, Coltrane's Love Supreme, and Max Roach's It's Time. The original vinyl LPs go for big bucks on Ebay, this is the first time this Blue Note album has ever been reissued. Remastered from the original master tapes. Original artwork."

Artist:	GALE, EDDIE
Title:	Black Rhythm Happening
Label:	WATER
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	WATER 118CD

"Black Rhythm Happening (the second Blue Note album by Eddie Gale) was released in 1969 and includes jazz heavy weight Elvin Jones on drums and sax man Jimmy Lyons. Again the mix is a blend of soul jazz, free form freak outs, and a gospel influenced street choir. Suggested listening for fans of Sun Ra & Brother Ah, John Coltrane's late '60s LPs, and Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler's more groove oriented recordings. The original vinyl LPs go for big bucks on Ebay, this is the first time this Blue Note album has ever been reissued in the US. Remastered from the original master tapes. Original artwork."

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