Gerard Presencer

Gerard Presencer

Gerard Presencer (born September 12, 1972 in Watford , Hertfordshire , England ) is a British trumpeter and flugelhorn player of modern jazz , who has also emerged as a soloist in pop music. According to Friedel Keim , he is "one of the greatest talents of the 1990s".

Live and act

Presencer was a musical prodigy ; Although he only turned to the trumpet at the age of nine, at the age of eleven he already became the youngest member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra , in which he was trained for almost five years. He then played in Clark Tracey's band , the Pizza Expres Modern Jazz Sextet, and Stan Tracey's groups . He then worked with Peter King , John Dankworth , Julian Joseph , Ronnie Scott , Cleo Laine , Tim Garland and Jason Rebello as well as with international musicians such as Johnny Griffin , Phil Woods , Joe Sample , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , Roy Hargrove , Red Rodney , Herbie Hancock , Chick Corea and Bob Berg . In 1993 he was also involved as a soloist on Us3's Cantaloop ( Blue Notes best-selling piece). He released three albums under his own name. Since 1991 he has been a member of the Charlie Watts tentet , with whom he has recorded four albums.

He has been a member of the DR Big Band since 2010 and lives in Copenhagen . As a studio musician, he has also recorded with Sting , Jamiroquai , Zero 7 , James Brown , Ray Charles , Robbie Williams , Kylie Minogue , Joni Mitchell , The Spice Girls , Paul Weller , Tina Turner , Incognito , Kula Shaker , and the Pet Shop Boys . He also composes for the film industry.

Presencer remains active as a jazz teacher and has taught at the Guildhall School of Music , Leeds College of Music , Thames Valley University and the Trinity School of Music . In 1999 he was appointed professor of trumpet at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin . He was also head of the jazz department of the Royal Academy of Music from 1999 to 2010 .

Prizes and awards

Presencer was honored for his musical achievements as best trumpeter at the BT Jazz Awards four times, most recently in 2002.

Discographic notes

• Platypus (Linn, 1998)
• The Optimist (Linn, 2000)
• Chasing Reality ( ACT , 2002; with Geoffrey Keezer , Tommy Wadlow, Joe Locke , Adam Goldsmith, John Parricelli , Jeremy Brown, Chris Dagley )

Lexigraphic entries

• Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Jazz: The Rough Guide. ISBN 1-85828-528-3 .
• John Chilton, Who's Who in British Jazz London 2005; ISBN 978-0826472342 .

Web links

• Entry (Jazz Institute Berlin)
• Gerard Presencer at Allmusic (English)
• Literature by and about Gerard Presencer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gerard Presencer in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedel Keim: The Big Book of the Trumpet: Instrument, History, Trompeterlexikon Mainz 2005, p. 201
2. ↑ ^{a b} - Hopper Management - Gerard Presencer (Bio)
3. ↑ Engelsk stjernetrompetist i DR Big Bandet . DR. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 11, 2011.