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John Bailey
“John Bailey is a great improviser. Since we met as teenagers I've been taken with how natural a musician he is and how deeply his roots go into the tradition of jazz music. He's a joy to listen to!”
—Donny McCaslin
Known as one of the most eclectic trumpet players in New York City, Bailey is an in-demand musician and teaching artist on call for everything from traditional jazz, to R&B and Pop, to classical. He became a member of The Buddy Rich Band while still in college, and his career has included
long-running gigs with Ray Charles, master conguero and bandleader Ray Barretto, The Woody Herman Orchestra and Frank Sinatra, Jr. His work with Latin Jazz innovator Arturo O'Farrill won two Grammy awards for the albums The Offense of the Drum and Cuba - The Conversation Continues. He has played on more than 70 albums and, as a jazz educator, has taught at the University of Miami and Florida International University.
A trumpet prodigy, Bailey's spectacular gifts began to be noticed as a high school musician in 1984 when DownBeat Magazine cited him in its annual Student Music Awards for outstanding performances in both the classical and jazz trumpet categories, noting “Shades of Wynton!” The same year, he was a finalist in the National Foundation for Advancements in the Arts (NFAA) Arts Recognition and Talent Search, along with Donny McCaslin and Bill Charlap; and won the National Association of Jazz Educators’ Youth Talent Contest. Later, as a senior at the Eastman School of Music, he won DownBeat’s Best Instrumental Soloist award.
Looking back, he says, “It all started for me when I discovered Clifford Brown. Clifford was the centerpiece of the golden era of jazz trumpet, and a great place to begin my lifelong study of the instrument. He was influenced by everyone before him, and became an influence on everyone after.”
Bailey, who continues to teach privately, believes that educating the next generation of musicians is essential for any artist. “In American culture, where the arts are often ignored or deemphasized in both schools and the mainstream media, it is up to us, the artists, to inspire an appreciation for great art.” he says. “By keeping performance standards as high as possible and sharing our devotion with others, especially children, we enrich countless lives.”
In Real Time
By John Bailey
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Rhapsody; My Man Louis!; Triplicity; Lovely Planet; Blues for Ella; Morro Velho; Stepping Up; Children's Waltz; Ensaio Geral.
John Bailey: In Real Time
by Jerome Wilson
John Bailey is a veteran New York-based trumpet player who has worked as a sideman in a variety of genres. Now, at the age of 52, he has released his first CD as a leader and it's as stylish and professional as would be expected. Bailey's playing is full of passion and fire, and ...
John Bailey: Oneiric Sounds
by Karl Ackermann
English guitarist and composer John Bailey holds a Master's Degree in Jazz Performance but has a background that includes a fondness for everything from heavy metal to classical music. The latter of the two is in evidence throughout the two suites that comprise Oneiric Sounds, a study in the blending of jazz and classical influences. This ...
Rhapsody
Album: In Real Time
By John Bailey
Label: Summit Records
Released: 2018
Duration: 9:10
In Tune or Not in Tune... That Is the Question
by Jack Bowers
Suppose a month goes by, you have a column to publish, but nothing has happened that's worth writing about. What do you do then? Read on, as the question is about to be answered. A while back there was a discussion at a Stan Kenton web site (Kentonia) about musicians or groups of ...
Four by Six
By Gregg August
Label: Iacuessa Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Affirmation - 6:15:
02. For Calle Picota - 6:52;
03. For Max - 6:09;
04. Bandolim - 9:04;
05. Strange Street - 7:02;
06. A Ballad For MV - 5:34;
07. Relative Obscurity - 7:16;
08. For Miles - 7:39.
Westchester Jazz Orchestra: Dobbs Ferry, NY, September 29, 2012
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Westchester Jazz OrchestraMaster's SchoolDobbs Ferry, NYSeptember 29, 2012The much-acclaimed Westchester Jazz Orchestra (WJO) opened its 10th season with a program called West Side Stories, based on that brilliant and timeless 1957 Broadway musical by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. In keeping with the WJO's ongoing educational objectives, the concert began with ...
One Peace
By John Bailey
Label: Iacuessa Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Handto Mouth; 02. Nastissimo; 03. One For Louis; 04. Modal Tune; 05. Contradiction; 06. Sixth Finger; 07. In
Dedication; 08. Change Of Course; 09. Crescent Mood; 10. Cascading.
Tutte le composizioni sono di G. August.
Gregg August Sextet: One Peace
by AAJ Italy Staff
Hardbop e latin jazz. Sono i punti cardinali di questo secondo CD firmato da Gregg August, esponente di punta del jazz newyorkese contemporaneo. Dieci sono le tracce di questo bel lavoro, che altro non fa che confermare la completa cifra artistica del Nostro, peraltro brillante strumentista ed arrangiatore. Ancora una volta è la formula del sestetto ...
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