Gayle Moran

Gayle Moran
Gayle Moran, Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City (10 December 2016)
Background information
Born	1943 (age 82–83)
Genres	Jazz Jazz fusion
Occupations	Vocalist Pianist Keyboardist Composer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, organ
Years active	1974–present
Labels	Columbia

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]

Career

Moran was a member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the mid-1970s, ^[2] appearing on Apocalypse (1974) and Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975). ^[3]

Moran later appeared on multiple recordings by her husband Chick Corea (whom she married in 1972): the Return to Forever albums Musicmagic (1977) and Live (1978); and the Chick Corea solo albums The Leprechaun (1975), My Spanish Heart (1976), Mad Hatter (1978), Secret Agent (1978), and Touchstone (1982).^{[ citation needed ]}

Moran participated in the making of "Afterlife" from the soundtrack to the film War (2007) starring Jet Li and Jason Statham.^{[ citation needed ]}

Other guest appearances included "The Gracious Core", on Mark Isham's album Castalia , and the title track from the David Sancious & Tone release Transformation (The Speed of Love) (1976).

Moran recorded one album under her own name, I Loved You Then ... I Love You Now (1979).^{[ citation needed ]}

Moran appeared on Chick Corea's Antidote (2019) album, with The Spanish Heart Band and Rubén Blades.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• Chick Corea

References

1. Kilroy, Brisling (3 September 2014). "Chick Corea". Women's Lifestyle Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
2. Yanow, Scott. "Biography: Mahavishnu Orchestra". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
3. Kolosky, W., Power, Passion And Beauty: The Story Of The Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra, Abstract Logic Books, ç2005