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Gerald Cannon | |
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| Birth name | Gerald Leon Cannon |
| Born | (1958-03-15)March 15, 1958 (age 67) Racine, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Double bass |
| Labels | Woodneck |
| Website | www |
Gerald Leon Cannon (born 1958) is an American jazz double bassist and visual artist.
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, he attended The University of Wisconsin at La Crosse where he met jazz playerMilt Hinton. Cannon also studied at theWisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.
Cannon moved to New York City at age 28, and he started to play at theBlue Note Jazz Club with musiciansWinard andPhilip Harper andJustin Robinson. From there, he moved to gigs with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers,Dexter Gordon,Cedar Walton Trio withBilly Higgins,Jimmy Smith,Jimmy Scott, James Williams, Hamiett Bluiett, Ed Thigpen,Frank Foster, John Bunch,Eddie Harris,Stanley Turrentine and Bunky Green. When trumpeterRoy Hargrove came to a club where Cannon was working, they met. For the next seven years, Cannon performed as a member of Hargrove's band at major jazz festivals all over the world, including theNorth Sea Jazz Festival, Cape Town Jazz Festival,Montreux Jazz Festival,Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, and theMontreal Jazz Festival. He also was a part of the award-winning Crisol tour where Cannon played with Cuban musicians like percussionist Jose Luis "Chanquito" Quintana, Miguel "Anga" Diaz, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, and Chucho Valdes and studied with bassist Orlando "Cachahito" Lopez and pianist Ruben Gonzalez.
Cannon carries the knowledge passed on to him by bassistsRay Brown,Sam Jones,Ron Carter, andBuster Williams and continues the legacy by conducting master classes throughout the U.S. and Europe. He taught at theOberlin Conservatory in 2014, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee, and the New School in New York and at Long Island University. He also gave a number of master classes at the University of Wisconsin in Whitewater and Eau Claire, at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Cannon was also a faculty member of the Conservatory of Maastricht, Holland. Cannon is currently Jazz Bass Instructor at JUILLIARD School (New York), Associate Professor of Jazz Bass at OBERLIN College & Conservatory (Ohio),and on the Board of the Directors at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.
After leaving Hargrove, Cannon held the bass chair for drummerElvin Jones until his passing in 2004. Since then, Cannon has worked withWynton andBranford Marsalis,Pat Martino,Louis Hayes, The Cannonball Legacy, Ernestine Anderson, Carmen Lundy,Abbey Lincoln,Gary Bartz,Joe Lovano,Monty Alexander,Larry Willis,Eddie Henderson,Steve Turre,Eric Reed, the Dexter Gordon Legacy Ensemble, and many other combinations, as well as with his own quartet. He continues to conduct Master classes around the world and remains the Musical Director for theMcCoy Tyner Trio.
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