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Gallaher was a quick and dedicated study and was playing professionally by age sixteen. Anderson, Professor of Jazz and Studio Music at
Morehead State, gave him the opportunity to play tenor saxophone with the college's top jazz ensemble. He played with MSU for two years and while with them was
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Gallaher has since been working as a freelance musician and has performed with the Blue Wisp Big Band, Cohesion Jazz
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Ensemble and The Psychoacoustic Orchestra are featured on J-Curve’s Cincinnati Jazz Collection Vol. 1 (1998) with Gallaher as a member. He also recorded with the Psychoacoustic Orchestra on Blackstone's Hidden Treasures—Cincinnati's Tribute to King Records' Legacy (2003).
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