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 →
New Single! Spotify Pre-save Link
Check out Call to Act on Spotify, Friday April 7th 2023 ::Link to Save:: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/geraldbailey/call-to-act-5?utm_source=SendGrid&utm_medium=Email+&utm_campaign=website Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ZKZwZhlCV6E3RSS2X66zx
Omori Theme Recorded on Rhodes Keyboard
Please tag me if you use this Omori Theme sample I created. I want to hear what you do with it -- omori-rhodes-gerald-bailey-1Download
QC Radio Worldwide FM Live at the Whistler
-- Had a wonderful night playing a solo set at the Whistler in Chicago -- 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙀𝘿 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 at The Whistler in Chicago and airing on Gilles Peterson's worldwidefm.net - Tuesday, October 25, 2022! 𝙌𝘾 𝙍𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙊 featuring sets by Gerald Bailey, Billy the Kid, Cuzzin Vinny, Lapgan, Lorelei, and Fanita Banana. Airing 10/25 from 2pm-6pm CST... Continue Reading →
Jazz and Technology at Ball State University
So happy to play with the Ball State Jazz Ensemble as a guest artist in collaboration with Ableton! The music software company hosted several masterclasses throughout the day and we finished the thing off with big band concert featuring music made using their Push 2 controller. For this concert I built a motorized percussion setup... Continue Reading →
Solo Performance: Motorized Percussion, Trumpet and Digitakt
-- Solo ambient performance setup featuring sound sculpture, trumpet, digitakt, op-1, sp404 and ableton live. This project was originally intended to be featured in concerts and masterclasses that were cancelled due to the spread of the covid19 virus. https://youtu.be/Qvm-Vt757d4
Free play along download: Bridge to Juan Tizol’s Caravan
https://youtu.be/5EiANzcNVzk Free play along download:
New Remote Recording! Moongriffin
Just collaborated on a new song with Moongriffin (guitar, keys, Portland, OR) featuring Bryan Murray (tenor saxophone, Watchung, NJ), Caroline Davis (flute, Brooklyn, New York), Chris Merrill (bass Chicago, IL) and Thomas Faulds (drums, Batavia, IL). https://youtu.be/mQCryepdFlw
Gerald Bailey | Trumpet & Music Production 