Be sure to check out the new Gross Means LP on Potions Records. The new record features a slew of guests, including Steve Kortyka, Dan Bailey, Chris Geddes, Brad Wagner, David Agee, Kyle Hodges and Jake Vinsel. Liner Notes: Gerald Bailey, is a trumpeter cast in the Miles Davis cool bop mold. Exercising the limitations... Continue Reading →
Seek shelter and pre-save an Intermodal Home. A new song is coming on Friday December 1st on Spotify, Amazon, Apple Music and more! Creating an oblique polyrhythmic texture, the echos make it sound as if it the horns were recorded in a metal house. The single aims to further awareness of climate change. https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/geraldbailey/intermodal-home-2?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=Email+&utm_source=SendGrid
Musician Gerald Bailey is an accomplished Chicago-area trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded and played with popular bands like Mumford & Sons, Belle And Sebastian, Father John Misty, Ty Segall, and Kevin Morby. He's even performed at the White House for former President Barack Obama. But in his music room in Homewood, IL, humble instruments... Continue Reading →
SONG LINK https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/geraldbailey/raised-by-conservatives-feat-kyle-hodges?utm_source=SendGrid&utm_medium=Email+&utm_campaign=website Raised by Conservatives is the first new mix from his debut record Migration Climate, released on Potions Music New York. The song is a collaboration with Kyle Hodges featuring Trumpet, Synth and chopped up drums. Kyle named this one in response to the original title "Raised by Frogs".
On June 15th Gerald Bailey, Quin Kirchner and Daniel Van Duerm will perform music from Migration Climate at Broken Shaker in Chicago. 19 E Ohio They will be joined by DJs Cam Hodges, Mo Manley and Kyle Hodges. 8pm Limited copies of the record will be available.
"Gerald Bailey’s 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 is a jazz album, but not in the traditional sense. Centered around dusty drums, recycled instruments and brassy horns, it’s rooted in a grimy kind of jazz that creates a bluesy, careworn sound. Highly recommended." Album Link
Rain Party is a follow up single to the sold out vinyl LP, Migration Climate. Thumb piano lines create polyrhythmic counterpoint that sounds like falling rain. The heavy drums are a nod to rainmaking rituals from Africa and North America. Link to Stream Pre-Save
Album + Coffee collaboration between Dark Matter Coffee, Potions Records and Gerald Bailey. https://youtu.be/9BBh05gBTC4
Whoa! Potions Music New York sold out of the vinyl version of Migration Climate in three hours. Thank you for your support! If you'd like to take a listen to a couple songs from the record, they are available on all platforms. The complete album will be released for streaming on Tuesday April 11.
Conceptually following themes of migration and social change, this single was named "Call to Act". Be sure to check out the Migration Climate on Potions Music New York. https://youtu.be/TpvAtJ2QG1U
Gerald Bailey | Trumpet & Music Production 