Gary Boyle

Gary Winston Boyle (born 24 November 1941) is a British jazz fusion guitarist.

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]

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

• The Dancer (Montreux Jazz/Pop Award) - 1978
• Electric Glide - 1978
• Step Out - 1981
• Friday Night Again - 1986
• Triple Echo - 1994
• Games - 2003

• "Sketch" with Maggie Boyle and Dave Bowie CD 2007
• Gig with the band Soft Machine NDR Jazz Workshop 1973

• Gary Boyle discography at Discogs