Interview with Eddie Gale today. Eddie's played with the likes of Cecil Taylor in the past (he's on the 1965 classic Unit Structures), but unlike most old jazz cats, he's made San Jose his home. Norm Mineta, when he was mayor, proclaimed Eddie to be San Jose's Jazz Ambassador to the World. Eddie's still around (obviously), doing lots of work with kids, and has a new album coming out.
He'll also be at Yoshi's on Monday the 19th ... we'll be talking about that, about the album, about Eddie's past and present lives, starting around 4:30 p.m.
* Tony Oxley and the B.I.M.P. Quartet -- "Line Out" -- Floating Phantoms (FMP, 2002)
* Jim Black -- "You Were Out" -- Splay (Winter & Winter, 2002)
* Sticks and Stones -- "Equally Strong" -- Sticks and Stones (482 Music, 2002)
* E.S.T. -- "When God Created the Coffeebreak" -- Strange Place for Snow (Sony, 2002)
* Bobby Few, Avram Fefer, Wilbur Morris -- "Chazz" -- Few and Far Between (Boxholder, 2002)
* Andrew Hill -- "5 Mo" -- A Beautiful Day (Palmetto, 2002)
* Greg Osby -- "Equalatogram" -- Inner Circle (Blue Note, 2002)
* Roger Smith -- "Forward Fast" -- Green Wood (Emanem, 2002)
* Carlos "Zingaro", Joelle Leandre, Sebi Tramontana -- "Unique" -- The Chicken Check-In Complex (Leo, 2002)
* Wolfgang Fuchs -- "Particle 7" -- Bits & Pieces (FMP, 2002)
* Gold Sparkle Band -- "Zodiac Attack" -- Fugues and Flowers (Squealer, 2002)
* John Wolf Brennan -- "You Can't Be Sirius!" -- Flugel (Creative Works, 2002)
* The Cosmosamatics -- "Mingus Mangus" -- The Cosmosamatics (Boxholder, 2001)
Eddie Gale -- "Secret Love" -- In Love Again (BL Records, 2002)
Eddie Gale -- "A House Is Not a Home" -- In Love Again (BL Records, 2002)
Eddie Gale -- "No Ordinary Love" -- In Love Again (BL Records, 2002)
Eddie Gale -- "Love Is All" -- Live in San Jose (Roof Top, 1988)
Tim Berne and Michael Formanek -- "Are We There Yet" -- Ornery People (Little Brother, 1998)
Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black -- "Rhyme or Reason" -- Kulak, 29 and 30 (Hat Hut, 1998)
* Famadou Don Moye and Tatsu Aoki -- "Afro Asian Reflections" [excerpt] -- A Symphony of Cities (Southport, 2002)
* = Item in KZSU rotation
! = Pop anomaly
? = Item not in KZSU library
# = Artist playing in the Eddie Moore Jazz Festival, August 8-17
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