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Trailblazing Sun Ra Arkestra Jazz Trumpeter Eddie Gale Dies
Grammys | July 14, 2020
Eddie Gale, the renowned jazz trumpeter that played alongside John Coltrane, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor and more died on July 10. He was 78. The musician reportedly died after battling cancer. His jazz label, Blue Note Records, announced his death on July 13...Read More
Eddie Gale (1941-2020)
Blue Note Records | July 13, 2020
Eddie Gale, the pioneering Brooklyn-born jazz trumpeter, passed away on July 10 at the age of 78. Gale began his career as a sideman with Sun Ra and appeared on avant-garde classics of the Blue Note catalog including Cecil Taylor’s Unit Structures... Read More
Eddie Gale, Jazz Trumpeting Great, Dies at 78
Eddie Gale, a pioneering jazz trumpeter who work on numerous classics with Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor and many more, died Friday (July 10) after a battle with cancer. He was 78...Read More
Eddie Gale, Deeply Spiritual Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 78
The New York Times | July 16, 2020
Eddie Gale, a spiritually minded jazz trumpeter and educator who performed with the avant-garde giants Cecil Taylor and Sun Ra, and who saw the music he made with his own bands as a conduit for communicating the richness of African-American life, died on July 10 at his home in Northern California...Read More