David Feldman (musician)

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David Feldman
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Background information
Born (1977-12-29) 29 December 1977 (age 46)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres Jazz, Bossa Nova
Occupation(s)Musician, arranger, producer, composer, sound engineer
Instrument(s) Piano, Electronic keyboard
Years active1998-present
Website www.davidfeldmanmusic.com

David Feldman (born 29 December 1977, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-Israeli Jazz and Bossa Nova pianist, arranger, producer, composer and sound-engineer.

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Early life

David Feldman was born in a family of classical and early-music musicians. He studied with Ileana Carneiro, pt:Sheila Zagury, and Luiz Eça.

New York

In 2000, Feldman enrolled at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, graduating in 2002. He worked with Slide Hampton and Claudio Roditi, was invited to sit in at the Mingus Big Band and worked with Duduka da Fonseca and Anat Cohen at Duduka's NY Samba Jazz Group, [1] Matt Garrison and Eli Degibri.

Back to Rio

In 2004, he was semi-finalist of the Solo Piano Competition at Montreux Jazz Festival. In Brasil, he plays with Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro, and also has played in duos with veterans Paulo Moura and Leo Gandelman. [2] Feldman collaborates with the Brazilian NY based drummer Duduka da Fonseca, is the pianist in Duduka's trio with excellent critic reviews, [3] and incorporates Duduka as the drummer of the David Feldman Trio in New York. [4]

Feldman released in 2009 his first album "O Som do Beco Das Garrafas", very well received by the critics. [5] [6] [7] Since then he has performed in jazz festivals in Brasil and overseas, having performed more than four times at the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este, [8] where in 2014 he had clarinetist/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera as special guest. [9] A video of that show can be seen here, in which David and Paquito play David's original tune "Esqueçeram de mim no aeroporto" with André Vasconcellos on bass, pt:Márcio Bahia on drums , Frank Basile on Baritone sax and Diego Urcola on trumpet.

Feldman's solo disc "piano" from 2014 was also received well by the critics. [10] [11] [12]

In September 2016 Feldman released the Horizonte album, with seven original songs. Per Mauro Ferreira "Horizonte confirms the carioca pianist as one of the great talents of today's Brazilian instrumental music". [13] According to Dan Bilawsky, who gave Horizonte 4.5 stars out of 5 in his review on All About Jazz "While Feldman's decision to remain in Rio de Janeiro has kept him slightly off the radar, this album is a brilliant blip that should register with Brazilian jazz lovers near and far. Feldman's composing chops take center stage, his piano playing—alternately ruminative and animated—delights, and his crafting of a strong group dynamic speaks volumes about his leadership" [14]

In April 2018, Feldman's participation in Duduka Da Fonseca's "Plays Dom Salvador", which received a 4-star rating from DownBeat's June 2018 edition, [15] does an "admirable job of fleshing out the harmony in Salvador’s writing without underplaying the rhythmic content, and his phrasing on "Mariá" and "Para Elis" leaves one wondering why those ballads aren't better known", according to J.D. Cosidine.

In December 2019, Feldman hosted a Jam Session [16] at the Art Boutiki, his first connection with the US West Coast Jazz scene.

Discography

As band leader or soloist

With Joca Perpignan

With Duduka da Fonseca Trio

With Paulo Levi

With Paula Morelenbaum

With Scott Feiner

With Achinoam Nini

With Adam Dunning

With Yotam Silberstein

With Ensemble PHOENIX

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