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Gayle Moran
Gayle Moran, Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City, 10 December 2016
Background information
Genres
Jazz Jazz fusion
Occupation(s)
Vocalist Pianist Keyboardist Composer
Instrument(s)
Vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, organ
Years active
1974–present
Labels
Columbia
Musical artist
Gayle Moran (born 1943) is an American vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter. She is from Spring Arbor, Michigan and graduated from Spring Arbor High School (now Spring Arbor University) in 1961.[1] She was a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the mid-1970s,[2] appearing on Apocalypse (1974) and Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975).
She later appeared on multiple recordings by her husband Chick Corea (whom she married in 1972): Return to Forever's 1977 album Musicmagic, the Chick Corea solo albums The Leprechaun (1975), My Spanish Heart (1976), Mad Hatter (1978), Secret Agent (1978) and Touchstone (1982). She participated in the making of "Afterlife" from the soundtrack to the 2007 film War starring Jet Li and Jason Statham.
Other guest appearances include "The Gracious Core", on Mark Isham's album Castalia, and the title track from the 1976 David Sancious & Tone release, Transformation (The Speed of Love).
She recorded one album under her own name, I Loved You Then ... I Love You Now (1979).
She appeared on Chick Corea's Antidote (2019) album, with The Spanish Heart Band and Rubén Blades.
^"Chick Corea". Women's Lifestyle Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^Yanow, Scott. "Biography: Mahavishnu Orchestra". AMG. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
GayleMoran (born 1943) is an American vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter. She is from Spring Arbor, Michigan and graduated from Spring Arbor High...
and Joe Farrell as well as a four-piece horn section and Corea's wife GayleMoran on vocals, but recorded only one studio album, Musicmagic (1977). In...
(1973) to contain vocals, featuring Stanley Clarke and Corea's wife GayleMoran. This album also marks the return of original member Joe Farrell on saxophone...
My Spanish Heart, influenced by Hispanic music and featuring vocalist GayleMoran (Corea's wife) and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. The album combined jazz...
Chris Stapleton, Ally Brooke, Corey Glover, Kirk Hammett, Chick Corea, GayleMoran Corea, Steve Winwood and Rob Thomas, with whom Santana recorded again...
violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and keyboardist GayleMoran left the band. Stu Goldberg was brought in as a replacement for Moran. Although they were not officially...
previous Corea collaborators Flora Purim, Joe Farrell, Stanley Clarke and GayleMoran, along with percussionists Airto, Don Alias and Laudir de Oliveira. The...
Ponty, drummers Steve Gadd and Narada Michael Walden and Corea’s wife GayleMoran on vocals. The album combines jazz fusion pieces and more traditional...
Corea (keyboards), Stanley Clarke (bass), Nicky Hopkins (keyboards) and GayleMoran (keyboards/vocals). Hopkins was known for his work in rock and roll,...
times the band would feature Gail Boggs, Brenda Madison, Patti Scialfa, GayleMoran (from Return To Forever and The Mahavishnu Orchestra), former Brian Auger...
Orchestra John McLaughlin Jan Hammer Jerry Goodman Rick Laird Billy Cobham GayleMoran Jean-Luc Ponty Narada Michael Walden Danny Gottlieb Mitchel Forman Bill...
Testament theologian and professor of biblical studies [citation needed] GayleMoran, jazz vocalist, keyboardist and composer[citation needed] Rodger Nishioka...
Family, Dee Dee Bridgewater 1979 I Loved You Then... I Love You Now, GayleMoran 1979 Troublemaker, Ian McLagan 1980 Love at First Sight, Sonny Rollins...
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