Eddie Gale - To Be A Slave / African Sunshine singles - Rare Jazz 45 Record
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Rare Jazz 45 Record. EDDIE GALE - "TO BE A SLAVE", "AFRICAN SUNSHINE". Written and performed by Eddie Gale, published by Mark Edward Publishing Co. on Goss Records, MUD-101. African Sunshine is the B side, and is 2:56. Side A, To Be A Slave, is 2:44.
The original sleeve has "Proof" written across it, and has general wear as the photos show. The 45 itself is in really nice condition - just light scuffs from storage. Plays as good as it looks. Songs have female choral vocals.
"Eddie Gale was officially named San Jose's Ambassador of Jazz when he attended San Jose State University. Mr. Gale was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.; he has five recordings to his credit and is also a writer publisher member of ASCAP. Mr. Gale has been praised both as a performer and as an innovative contributor of jazz by such re-known sources as: The New York Times, the Louisville Times, San Francisco Examiner, Jet Magazine, CODA (Canada's Jazz Magazine), City Magazine, Jazz Scene and Downbeat's Historical Jazz Issue 1971.
Cover shows a picture of Eddie's trumpet, and a photo of Bob Gross, producer of Gross Records of Alviso, California.
"Credits: A special thanks to New York drummer Scoby Storman for his spiritual inspiration of this recording."
The flip side of the sleeve credits the following: "Gradie O'Neal recorded the songs at Tiki Studio in San Jose, California. Gradie is known in the recording industry as one of the best." "Bob Berry was special effects artist and mix down on the taping session." "John Brennan & Company: Photography San Jose, California."
It has this quote:
"When you have a winner, everyone involved knows it, the artists were the producer, I only listened and agreed." Bob Gross, producer and owner of Gross Records.
Gross Records the Mudflat Refuge 906 Elizabeth Street, Aliviso California 95002
A scarce recording. I don't know jazz stylistic categories, but others I've seen have described it as free jazz, spiritual jazz. To me, there was a bit of funk soul in it, as well...
His Wikipedia bio says, In the early 1960s he was introduced to Sun Ra by drummer Scoby Stroman. He spent many hours exposed to Sun Ra's philosophy about music and life. Eddie explains, "Playing with Sun Ra is a great experience--from the known to the unknown. You play ideas on your instrument that you never imagine. His music provoked me to explore the use of trills, for instance, and the placement of whole tones and then a space chord--ideas you do not find in the exercise books."
During the 1960s and 1970s, he toured and recorded extensively with Sun Ra, who influenced him greatly until Ra's death in 1993.
After a yearlong stint as artist in residence at Stanford University, Gale moved to San Jose, California in 1972.
Helping to bring jazz into the 21st century, the trumpeter made numerous appearances with Oakland hip-hop outfit The Coup, whereby Gale's trumpet could be heard engaging with the music's breakbeats and turntables. In the late 1990s Eddie Gale also held regular creative music workshops at the Black Dot Café, a grassroots performance space in Oakland run by artist/activist Marcel Diallo and his Black Dot Artists Collective.
Gale has two Blue Note records, from the mid-1960s.
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