Gerard Presencer

Gerard Presencer is a jazz trumpeter who joined the National Jazz Orchestra at age 11 as its youngest trumpeter, establishing an early profile as a prodigious talent. He has received multiple British Jazz Awards for trumpet and has worked extensively as a performer and recording musician across the international jazz and popular music scenes. His collaborations include Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Joni Mitchell, Sting, Jamiroquai, Pet Shop Boys, Radiohead and Robbie Williams, among others. He has recorded with Charlie Watts’ Quintet, appeared as featured soloist on US3’s “Cantaloop,” and released a number of solo albums of original material.