We're saddened to announce that #EddieGale, the pioneering Brooklyn-born trumpeter, has passed away aged 78. Gale began his career as a sideman with Sun Ra & appeared on avant-garde classics of the Blue Note catalog including Cecil Taylor’s "Unit Structures" & Larry Young’s "Of Love And Peace," before forging his path as a bandleader on Blue Note with two visionary late-60s albums: "Ghetto Music" & "Black Rhythm Happening." Read more about his incredible legacy at bluenote.com & listen to his music via the link in our bio.A post shared by Blue Note Records (@bluenoterecords) on Jul 13, 2020 at 12:34pm PDTGale toured with Sun Ra in the 1960s and ’70s and he featured on ‘Secrets of the Sun’, ‘Lanquidity’, ‘The Other Side of the Sun’ and ‘On.
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