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The Westwood Community Brass Quintet and the Westwood Community Trombone Quintet will perform the musical arrangements of Jack Gale. Selections from the American Songbook and two original Jack Gale compositions will be on offer. Mr. Gale will be present at the event. Do not expect a quiet Sunday afternoon at the library!

To many Brass players, Big Band Era artists, Broadway Pit performers, orchestral performers, and students Jack Gale is a premier performer and musical arranger. Jack Gale attended Wichita University in Kansas as a theory and composition major. After coming to New York in 1957, he played with several major big bands including Buddy Morrow, Maynard Ferguson, and Woody Herman, as well as with the Kai Winding Septet. Since 1961, Jack has been a member of the orchestras of more than thirty Broadway shows (presently 1st trombone in “Wonderful Town”) and numerous movie soundtracks and countless record jingle and television dates and he has continued to work in the concert, jazz, and educational fields. From 1965 through 1980, he was trombonist and musical director of the Manhattan Brass Quintet, for which he developed and arranged extensive music education programs. During this period, he worked with Buddy Rich and the Benny Goodman Sextet. Jack has also performed with the New York City Symphony, the American Symphony, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. His compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations have been performed by the “Empire Brass” and New York Philharmonic brass quintet and the American Symphony Orchestra. Jack has been a member of the Local 802 Executive Board since 1989. He was a featured trombonist and arranger on Garrison Keillor’s American Radio Company on NPR from 1990 through 1994 and was a member of the Manhattan School of Music faculty since 1981.

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