Gayle Moran
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Jazz fusion
Pianist
Keyboardist
Composer
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 |
| Label | 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]
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]
