Charles Gayle

  • Listeners

    9,113

  • Scrobbles

    55.7K

  • Listeners

    9,113

  • Scrobbles

    55.7K

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
28 February 1939
Born In
Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
Died
7 September 2023 (aged 84)
Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939 - died September 7, 2023) was a free jazz saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, and percussionist. He lived in New York. Some of Gayle's history is unclear. He was apparently homeless for roughly 20 years, playing saxophone on street corners and subway platforms around New York City. In 1988, he gained fame through a trio of albums recorded by a Swedish label, Silkheart Records. Since then he has become a major figure in free jazz, recording for labels including Black Saint, Knitting Factory Records, FMP, and Clean Feed. He has also taug… read more
Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939 - died September 7, 2023) was a free jazz saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, and percussionist. He lived in New York. Some of Gayle's history is unclear. He was apparently homeless for roughly 20 years, playing saxophone on street corners and su… read more
Charles Gayle (born February 28, 1939 - died September 7, 2023) was a free jazz saxophonist, pianist, bass clarinetist, and percussionist. He lived in New York. Some of Gayle's history is unclear. He was apparently homeless for roughly 20 years, playing saxophone on street corners and subway platforms around New York City. In 1988, he gained fame through a t… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for David S. Ware

  2. Avatar for Julius Hemphill

  3. Avatar for Ken Vandermark
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Touchin' on Trane: Pt. B Touchin' on Trane: Pt. B
  • Loading
 3 listeners
2 Play track Repent Repent
  • Loading
 2 listeners
3 Play track Lord Lord Lord Lord
  • Loading
 2 listeners
4 Testaments Jericho
  • Loading
 2 listeners
5 Consecration Justified
  • Loading
 1 listener
6 Play track Part A Part A
  • Loading
 1 listener
7 Play track Part B Part B
  • Loading
 1 listener
8 Play track Part C Part C
  • Loading
 1 listener
9 Part E Part E
  • Loading
 1 listener
10 Play track Part D Part D
  • Loading
 1 listener

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 2,326 listeners

    27 Dec 1993 · 6 tracks

    Consecration
    • Loading

  2. 1,727 listeners

    2004 · 8 tracks

    Shout
    • Loading

  3. 1,538 listeners

    31 Aug 2010 · 5 tracks

    Gayle, Charles / Parker, William / Ali, Rashied: Touchin' on Trane
    • Loading

  4. 1,444 listeners

    6 Mar 2006 · 7 tracks

    Time Zones
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
5
5
3
2
2
2
5
4
4
2
5
6
2
2
5
6
3
1
3
5
6
1
1
1
2
3
3
4
2
3
5
3
4
1
2
5
5
5
2
6
1
7
9
3
4
2
0
5
2
4
1
2
3
4
2
4
2
3
4
2
3
1
3
3
2
6
1
0
2
3
4
5
5
2
1
4
5
3
4
2
3
2
5
3
3
3
2
2
4
1
1
5
5
2
5
1
0
3
3
3
3
7
1
1
4
5
0
1
2
1
3
1
5
6
0
3
5
2
1
2
5
4
5
3
4
2
1
1
3
0
5
4
2
3
3
2
1
6
0
4
5
1
5
4
4
4
6
4
3
1
2
5
3
2
3
5
2
3
4
1
4
4
1
0
2
7
9
7
2
4
1
6
5
6
1
0
2
2
3
0
0
0

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 12,519 listeners

    Avatar for David S. Ware

  2. 6,988 listeners

    Avatar for Julius Hemphill

  3. 5,343 listeners

    Avatar for Ken Vandermark

  4. 5,659 listeners

    Avatar for Frank Wright

  5. 9,039 listeners

    Avatar for Alexander von Schlippenbach

  6. 18,422 listeners

    Avatar for The Vandermark 5

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss