Chris Gale
Chris Gale is a Toronto-based saxophonist, composer, producer and educator whose driving style and rich tone can be heard on hundreds of recordings. As leader and a sideman, Gale has performed around the globe in theatres, clubs and at festivals, impressing crowds with his lyrical sensibility and soulful approach. Gale’s diverse musical career has led to performances with Randy Brecker, Jeff Healy, Arkells, Ron Sexsmith, Brandi Disterheft, Michael Kaeshammer, Colin James, Blue Rodeo, Johnny Reid, Oliver Jones, Powder Blues Band and Jarvis Church. Chris is also a long standing member of The Worst Pop Band Ever, Hector Quartet, and Gordon Mowat’s Skeleton Crew.
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"I'll quite happily go out of my way to hear Chris Gale, a tenor saxophonist - among Toronto's
finest - who has matched an impressively sure, though not showy command of the instrument
to a strong sense of it's older and newer traditions in the service of a distinctive style that is
timelessly melodic yet distinctively modern."
~Mark Miller, critic/author - jazz history and biography
Walter Smith III
saxophone, tenor
Cannonball Adderley
saxophone
Sonny Rollins
band/orchestra
Grant Stewart
saxophone, tenor
Duke Ellington
piano
Larry Goldings
organ, Hammond B3
Paul Gonsalves
saxophone, tenor
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto
Ben Webster
saxophone, tenor
Lester Young
saxophonePhotos
Concert Schedule
Album Discography
Day of Change
From: Into the daybreakBy Chris Gale
