Gary Boyle
Gary Winston Boyle (born 24 November 1941) is a British jazz fusion guitarist.
Biography[]
Boyle was born in Patna, Bihar, India, on 24 November 1941.[1] He attended the Leeds College of Music in the early 1960s and then joined the folk-rock band Eclection.[1] He also played in The Echoes Dusty Springfield's band in the mid-1960s, and recorded with Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll.[1] In the early 1970s he worked as a session musician with musicians Keith Tippett, Mike Gibbs, Mike Westbrook, Stomu Yamashta, Bert Jansch and Norma Winstone.[1]
In 1973, Boyle founded the jazz fusion band Isotope with Jeff Clyne (bass), Brian Miller (keyboards) and Nigel Morris (drums).[1] This line-up gigged around the United Kingdom extensively.[2]
Discography[]
With Isotope
- Isotope - 1974
- Illusion - 1974 (re-issued in 2011 by Cherry Red Records, Esoteric Recordings Label)
- Deep End - 1976
- Isotope & Gary Boyle: Live at the BBC - 2004
- Golden Section - 2008
Under his name[]
- The Dancer (Montreux Jazz/Pop Award) - 1978
- Electric Glide - 1978
- Step Out - 1981
- Friday Night Again - 1986
- Triple Echo - 1994
- Games - 2003
Other Projects "Sketch" with Maggie Boyle and Dave Bowie CD 2007
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Gary Boyle at AllMusic
- ^ Liner notes to "Golden Section"
External links[]
- Gary Boyle discography at Discogs
- 1941 births
- Jazz fusion guitarists
- British rock guitarists
- British male guitarists
- Musicians from Bihar
- Living people
- Alumni of Leeds College of Music
- Isotope (band) members
- Brian Auger and the Trinity members
- British male jazz musicians