July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 AT 5:30 PM

Chris Gale Quartet

Chris Gale - Sax
David French - Sax
Reg Schwager - Guitar
Morgan Childs – Drums

with
Rob Piltch - Guitar (8th)
Pat Collins - Bass (22nd)
Jon Meyer - Bass (29th)
Davide DiRenzo - Drums (1st & 8th)

Chris Gale is a Toronto-based nationally recognized saxophonist, composer, producer and educator whose driving style and rich tone can be heard on over one hundred and fifty recordings. As 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. Chris has performed with Colin
James, Michael Kaeshammer, Blue Rodeo, Jeff Healy,
Arkells, Ron Sexsmith, Brandi Disterheft, Johnny Reid,
The Powder Blues Band and more. Gale is also a long
standing member of The Worst Pop Band Ever and
Gordon Mowat’s Skeleton Crew. As a leader, Chris
recently released Uncharted with his group Hector;
featuring Ted Quinlan (guitar), Jeff McLeod (Hammond B3
organ) and Chris Wallace (drums).

“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