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 →
Listen to the new single by Gerald Bailey featuring LA session drummer Dan Bailey. https://open.spotify.com/track/7kBI6KcZfKHUpkJyIrFEa6?si=2d5c75f0e62e4ecc
Recently a piece of music written by Gerald Bailey was featured in a Lays Potato Chips television commercial. https://youtu.be/PYs_YHmVPbY?feature=share
Many thanks to Daptone Records for adding Migration Climate to their recommended listening list! Migration Climate pictured alongside Harry James, Budos Band and Curyman.
Hello Sun and Dusty Rhodes were featured on the Nov 7th episode of Band Camp Weekly. Many thanks to curator Andrew Jervis for the add! Hello Sun is the last song on Migration Climate featuring Father John Misty drummer Dan Bailey on drums. There is a lot of great Chicago music on this list, including... Continue Reading →
Thanks so much to Samuel Freeman from Speakhertz for taking the time to talk to me about music making! He has interviewed greats like Steven Mandel, Butch Vig and Phil Tan. We talked a bit about working with affordable gear, minimal setups and freelance life. https://speakhertz.com/14875/gerald-bailey-artist
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 →
Festival Lineup Features Laura Jane Grace, Martin Atkins, Black Bear Combo, Environmental Encroachment, Good Hive, Maker, Meghavahana, Skyway Stereo, Wild Jesus & the Devils Lettuce, Chuck Wren, Gerald Bailey, Kyle Hodges, Los Black Dogs, Sears Tower of Folk, Steve Redell and Will Wisniewski.
Album + Coffee collaboration between Dark Matter Coffee, Potions Records and Gerald Bailey. https://youtu.be/9BBh05gBTC4
-- 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 →
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 →
Honored to become an endorsing artist for Adams Brass! Check out the new Adams, ACB Coppernicus trumpet in antique copper finish. I am in love. Check out a short live snippet below or on my YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/LeirAweJ4j4
-- 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
Oofed just dropped on all platforms. The song features David Agee on Drums, Brad Wagner Flute and Gerald Bailey on Trumpet. In video games, being oofed is to temporarily die, while in life one can often feel "oofed". Links: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/geraldbailey/oofed?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=Email+&utm_source=SendGrid
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/geraldbailey/snakia-feat-david-agee?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=Email+&utm_source=SendGrid Where is Snakia? A raw dance influenced, anti-capitalist jazz recording featuring some sounds influenced by the late great Steve Albini. Featuring David Agee on drums. Give this a listen an drop it into a summer playlist if you like.
On April 23 a new single will be released featuring Gerald Bailey on Trumpet and Flute with Harry James on Drums. The song marks the one year anniversary of the Migration Climate LP. Pre-Save and catch this single as it drops. https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/geraldbailey/drum-and-fife-feat-harry-james?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=Email+&utm_source=SendGrid
I had the pleasure of recording horns on Harry's new record, Off the Record. Be sure to check out the arrangment I made for Hyacinth and Pine. https://open.spotify.com/track/6DQMdUsXO05e1m8iUGZ4Zu?si=6f9f1cd59dd04687 https://open.spotify.com/track/6DQMdUsXO05e1m8iUGZ4Zu?si=6edf1a8f4cf94a0b Here's what Dark Matter Coffee had to say about it. "Harry evolves and elevates his sound on the non-amplified electric piano of “Mickey’s Mantle”, and rips... Continue Reading →
The song features singer-songwriter Sara Kay, Mikel Avery on drums and Gerald Flugabone. Presave here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/geraldbailey/second-hand-feat-sara-kay?utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=Email+&utm_source=SendGrid
Migration Climate was one of Endless Crate's favorite albums of 2023. The record was included alongside a list of great artists including El Michels Affair, Black Thought, Kassa Overall, Heliocentrics, Gaslamp Killer, The Circling Sun, Pachyman and fellow Potions Records collaborator Harry James Brenner. Here's what they had to say: "With Migration Climate, Gerald Bailey masterfully... Continue Reading →
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