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.

He died of leukemia in 1995, aged 59.

As leader

 * A Message from Monk (Candid, 1990)

As sideman
With Kenny Burrell With Sonny Criss With Bennie Green With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis With Johnny Griffin With Johnny Lytle With Junior Mance With Thelonious Monk With Charlie Rouse With Sonny Stitt With Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
 * When Lights Are Low (Concord Jazz, 1978)
 * Kenny Burrell Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse, 1978 [1980])
 * Kenny Burrell in New York (Muse, 1978 [1981])
 * Crisscraft (Muse, 1975)
 * Out of Nowhere (Muse, 1976)
 * Glidin' Along (Jazzland, 1961)
 * Afro-Jaws (Riverside, 1960)
 * 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 Henderson
 * The Real Electrifying Eddie Harris (Mutt & Jeff, 1982)
 * Swingin' at the Gate (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
 * Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard (Jazzland, 1961)
 * 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).
 * Bossa Nova Bacchanal (Blue Note, 1962)
 * Stitt Goes Latin (Roost, 1963)
 * Forecast: Sonny & Red (Catalyst, 1976) with Red Holloway
 * With Buddy Tate
 * Tate-a-Tate (Swingville, 1960) with Clark Terry
 * The "Clean" Machine (Muse, 1978)