Born in Rochester, New York, Joe Gallivan began his professional career in Miami at age 15 working in television and with a series of local bands including the Latin band of Eduardo Chavez and the big bands of Art Mooney and Charley Spivak, and, later, with trios accompanying well known singers and musicians including Dizzy Gillespie and Dakota Staton, as well as comedians including Lennie Bruce, Lord Buckley and Harry the Hipster. He studied music at University of Miami and with various private teachers including Bower Murphy.
Albums
Love Cry WantVinyl LP · Larry Young, Joe Gallivan · Lion Productions 2023Buy at Indigo With Stars →
Love Cry Want (1972)Full album, digital downloadBuy at Indigo With Stars →
Night VisionJoe Gallivan & Brian Cuomo · digital downloadBuy at Indigo With Stars →
The Origin of ManJoe Gallivan, Elton Dean & Brian Cuomo · digital downloadBuy at Indigo With Stars →
EuropeJoe Gallivan · digital downloadBuy at Indigo With Stars →
Des Del SilenciJoe Gallivan & Ektal Ensemble · digital downloadBuy at Indigo With Stars →
New Morning for the World24 Minutes of Jazz Brilliance · Joe Gallivan, Brian Cuomo & John Zangrando · digital downloadBuy at Indigo With Stars →All recordings, downloads and the vinyl LP are sold through Indigo With Stars.
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BiographyFrom Rochester and Miami to New York, Europe, London and Hawaii.
DiscographyRecords and radio broadcasts.
VideosHopper / Dean / Tippett / Gallivan, Charles Austin, Brian Cuomo and more.
ProjectsEurope, Urban Green, Mindscapes, Powerfield, Rainforest Initiative, Love Cry Want.
PressWhat the critics wrote.
Charles AustinThree decades of music with the Miami saxophonist.
newjazz.comThe label on Maui, 1998.