David Feldman (musician)

David Feldman
Born (1977-12-29) 29 December 1977
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres Jazz, Bossa Nova
Occupation(s) Musician, arranger, producer, composer and sound engineer
Instruments Piano, Electronic keyboard
Years active 1998-present
Website www.davidfeldmanmusic.com/english/

David Feldman (born in Rio de Janeiro, 1977) is a Brazilian-Israeli Jazz and Bossa Nova musician, player of the Piano and also an arranger, producer, composer and sound-engineer.

Early life

David Feldman was born in a family of classical and early-music musicians. He started very early his musical studies, playing classical piano at the age of four. At that time, he would drive his piano teacher crazy, because he would never stick to what was written on the music sheet, always preferring to show his personal interpretation of the piece. When at the age of ten he heard “Misterioso” by Thelonious Monk, it became obvious that whatever he was doing had a name: improvisation. Later on David studied with the great Luiz Eça.

The New York Years

In 2000, David enrolled at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, graduating in 2002. In such a short period of time, he already worked with legends of jazz like Slide Hampton and Claudio Roditi, was invited to sit in at the Mingus Big Band and worked with Duduka da Fonseca and with brilliant young musicians, like 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 plaid in duos with veterans Paulo Moura and Leo Gandelman.[1] David also continues to collaborate with the great Brazilian NY based drummer Duduka da Fonseca, being the pianist in Duduka’s trio with excellent critic reviews,[2] and incorporating Duduka as the drummer of the David Feldman Trio in New York.[3]

David released in 2009 his first album "O Som do Beco Das Garrafas", very well received by the critics.[4][5][6] Since then he has been performing in jazz festivals in Brasil and overseas, having performed more than four times at the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este,[7] where in 2014 he had clarinetist/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera as special guest.[8]

David's solo disc "piano" from 2014 was also received well by the critics.[9][10][11]

In Brazil David has worked with great artists such as Paulo Moura, Leo Gandelman, Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro, Carlinhos Brown, Jaques Morelenbaum, Maria Rita, Duduka da Fonseca, Bossa Cuca Nova, Wilson Simoninha, Totonho Villeroy, to mention a few.

Discography

As band leader or soloist

With Joca Perpignan

With Duduka da Fonseca Trio

With Scott Feiner

With Achinoam Nini

With Adam Dunning

With Yotam Silberstein

With Ensemble PHOENIX

References

  1. ↑ "Leo Gandelman and David Feldman Duo".
  2. ↑ "Album Of The Week: Jive Samba, Duduka Da Fonseca Trio". Latin Jazz Corner, June 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ "David Feldman Trio at Zinc Bar (Portuguese)". Zinc Bar, July 2012.
  4. ↑ "David Feldman recria com louvor sonoridade do Beco das Garrafas (Portuguese)". Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil.
  5. ↑ "David Feldman recreates, with laurels, the Beco das Garrafas sound (English translation by Google)". Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil.
  6. ↑ "Simplicidade e sofisticação são características de David Feldman (Portuguese)". Lulu Martin.
  7. ↑ "GARY SMULYAN & DAVID FELDMAN". CoolTivArte, January 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ "El Festival de Jazz de Punta del Este cumple la mayoría de edad". El Pais.
  9. ↑ "David Feldman reaparece em álbum solo (Portuguese)". Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil.
  10. ↑ "David Feldman reappears in solo album(Automated trasnlation)". Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil.
  11. ↑ "David Feldman: jazz, humor e referências clássicas no CD do pianista e compositor". Carlos Calado, Música de Alma Negra.

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