Larry Gales

Lawrence Bernard Gales (March 25, 1936 – September 12, 1995) was an American jazz double-bassist.

Life Gales began playing bass at age 11, and attended the Manhattan School of Music in the late 1950s. In that decade and the beginning of the next he worked with J.C. Heard, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Mann, Junior Mance, and Joe Williams. From 1964 to 1969 he was a member of the Thelonious Monk Quartet, where he recorded extensively and toured worldwide. After 1969, Gales relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked frequently on the local scene with Erroll Garner, Willie Bobo, Red Rodney, Sweets Edison, Benny Carter, Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry, and Kenny Burrell. He also recorded with Buddy Tate, Bennie Green, Sonny Stitt, Mary Lou Williams, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Criss, and Big Joe Turner, among others. His first session as a leader was released in 1990 on Candid Records; comprising one original and five Thelonious Monk tunes, the album was entitled A Message From Monk.

Discography As leader A Message from Monk (Candid, 1990)

As sideman With Kenny Burrell When Lights Are Low (Concord Jazz, 1978) Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1978 ) Kenny Burrell in New York (Muse, 1978 ) With Sonny Criss Crisscraft (Muse, 1975) Out of Nowhere (Muse, 1976) With Bennie Green Glidin' Along (Jazzland, 1961) With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Afro-Jaws (Riverside, 1960) With Johnny Griffin Tough Tenors (Jazzland, 1960) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis The First Set (Prestige, 1961) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis The Tenor Scene (Prestige, 1961) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis The Late Show (Prestige, 1961) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis The Midnight Show (Prestige, 1961) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Lookin' at Monk! (Jazzland, 1961) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Change of Pace (Riverside, 1961) Blues Up & Down (Jazzland, 1961) - with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Eddie Harris The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (Mutt & Jeff, 1982) With Johnny Lytle Swingin' at the Gate (Pacific Jazz, 1967) With Junior Mance Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard (Jazzland, 1961) With Thelonious Monk Monk (Columbia, 1964) Live at the It Club (Columbia, 1964) Live at the Jazz Workshop (Columbia, 1964) Straight, No Chaser (Columbia, 1966) Underground (Columbia, 1968) Palo Alto (Impulse!, 2020). With Charlie Rouse Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1962) With Sonny Stitt Stitt Goes Latin (Roost, 1963) Forecast: Sonny & Red (Catalyst, 1976) with Red Holloway With Buddy Tate Tate-a-Tate (Swingville, 1960) with Clark Terry With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson The "Clean" Machine (Muse, 1978)