Jazz Bassist Gerald Cannon to Conduct
a Workshop
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus on October 15
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Alka Gupta and Peg Byron
September, 2002 |
Brooklyn, N.Y.- Working to preserve jazz as an American art form,
noted jazz bass player and composer Gerald Cannon will conduct a workshop
at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.
Part the Music Department's Jazz Clinic and Concert Series,
the class and performance will take place on Tuesday, October
15, at 4 p.m., in the Humanities Building Conference Hall. It
is free and open to the public.
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Cannon was studying physical education
at the University of Wisconsin when he met jazz great Milt Hinton.
The meeting changed his life. He transferred to the Wisconsin
Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee to study jazz bass, classical
bass and piano.
Cannon started The Gerald Cannon Trio featuring Penny Goodwin,
his first mentor, in Milwaukee's jazz clubs. Later, he came to
New York and worked with the house band at The Blue Note, followed
by prestigious gigs with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Dexter
Gordon. He was a member of the Roy Hargrove Quintet for seven
years and, recently, made the transition to the Elvin Jones Jazz
Machine.
He has also recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Kenny
Barron, Russell Malone, Nicholas Payton, Louis Hayes and Rufus
Reid.
For more information, call the Music Department at (718) 488-1051.
In addition to a B.A. in traditional studies, the Music Department
offers a B.F.A. degree in Jazz Studies. Students may study privately
with professionals off-campus for credit. The program can be tailored
to suit students' needs with either a minor or double major in
other fields.
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