Al Gafa


Alexander "Al" Gafa is an American jazz guitarist.

Career

Gafa worked extensively as a session musician for recordings in the mid and late 1960s in New York. In jazz he worked in that decade with Kai Winding, Michel Legrand, Sam Donahue, Duke Pearson, and Carmen McRae. He worked with McRae until 1971, then played in the 1970s with Dizzy Gillespie, Mike Longo, and Yusef Lateef. Gafa put together his own small groups in the decade; his sidemen included Kenny Barron, Ben Brown, Al Foster, Steve LaSpina, Andy LaVerne, Dave Shapiro, and Richard Wyands. He worked with Johnny Hartman from 1978 to 1982 and in the early 1980s with Susannah McCorkle and Joe Albany, Sammy Davis Jr., Sylvia Syms, Morgana King, Shirley Horn.

Discography

As leader

  • ''Leblon Beach''

    As sideman

With Dizzy Gillespie
With Johnny Hartman
  • I've Been There
  • Once in Every Life
With Mike Longo
  • The Awakening
  • Matrix
With Susannah McCorkle
With Duke Pearson
With others