He attended John Jay High School from 1997 to 2001 and the Berklee College of Music from 2001 to 2005.[2] While at Berklee he was the recipient of the Billboard Endowed Scholarship, as well as the college’s Jimi Hendrix Award, and Stephen D. Holland Award.
Career
In 2010, Felder was lauded as the "next big jazz guitarist" by NPR. In 2013, Felder signed to Sony Masterworks and released his first solo album Golden Age under their Okeh imprint in 2014.[3][4]
Felder has been a faculty member at The New School’s College of Performing Arts since 2016 and an associate professor at Berklee College of Music since 2020.
In 2010, Felder was called "The Next Big Jazz Guitarist" by NPR.[5] The station also occasionally uses Felder's song "Bandits" as theme music on several of its shows, including Fresh Air hosted by Terry Gross.
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References
↑ Chinen, Nate. (August 5, 2010). Bridging Jazz Generations Without Nostalgia. The New York Times, p. 3.
↑ Hindin, Zach (March 27, 2014). Nir Felder: Putting Musical Storytelling Ahead of Chops. JazzTimes. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
↑ Jackson, Josh. (September 2, 2010). Nir Felder: Introducing The Next Big Jazz Guitarist. NPR. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
↑ Barton, Chris. (January 21, 2014). Album Review: Nir Felder's 'Golden Age'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
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