杰拉尔德大炮

爵士贝斯手, composer and visual artist 杰拉尔德大炮 was born in Racine, 威斯康辛州, attended The University of 威斯康辛州 at La Crosse and studied at the 威斯康辛州 Conservatory of 音乐 in Milwaukee. Gerald moved in New York City at age 28, and he started to play in the after hours band at the Blue Note 爵士乐 Club.

He has performed with legendary musicians such as Art Blakey's 爵士乐 Messengers, 德克斯特戈登, Cedar Walton Trio with Billy Higgins, 吉米·史密斯, 吉米•斯科特, 詹姆斯•威廉姆斯, Hamiett Bluiett, Ed Thigpen, 弗兰克•福斯特, 约翰群, 艾迪·哈里斯, Stanley Turrentine and Bunky Green, 罗伊Hargrove, 乔治·科尔曼, 艾文琼斯, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, 帕特马蒂诺, 路易斯·海耶斯, The Cannonball Legacy, Ernestine Anderson, 卡门Lundy, 艾比·林肯, 加里·巴茨, 乔Lovano, Monty Alexander, 拉里·威利斯, 艾迪·亨德森, 史蒂夫Turre, 埃里克·里德, the 德克斯特戈登 Legacy Ensemble, and remains the 音乐al Director for the McCoy Tyner Trio.

He has and continues to perform major jazz festivals all over the world, including the North Sea 爵士乐 Festival, Cape Town 爵士乐 Festival, Montreux 爵士乐 Festival, Umbria 爵士乐 Festival in Perugia, and the Montreal 爵士乐 Festival, conducting master classes throughout the U.S. 和欧洲. He taught at the Oberlin Conservatory in 2014, the 威斯康辛州 Conservatory of 音乐 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 威斯康辛州 in Whitewater and Eau Clair, at Emery University in Atlanta, Georgia and at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Cannon was also a faculty member of the Conservatory of Maastricht, Holland.