David Feldman (musician)

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

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,{{cite web |title=NY Samba Jazz Visits the LP® Studios |url=https://www.congahead.com/legacy/On_The_Scene/duduka/duduka.html |website=Congahead.com |access-date=4 July 2021}} Matt Garrison and Eli Degibri.

In 2004, he was a semi-finalist in the Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In Brazil, he plays with Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro, and also has played in duos with veterans Paulo Moura and Leo Gandelman.{{cite web|title=Leo Gandelman and David Feldman Duo|url=http://www.leogandelman.com.br/leogandelman/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=17&lang=en|access-date=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062043/http://www.leogandelman.com.br/leogandelman/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=17&lang=en|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

Feldman collaborates with the Brazilian NY-based drummer Duduka da Fonseca, is the pianist in Duduka's trio with excellent critic reviews,{{cite web|title=Album of the Week: Jive Samba, Duduka Da Fonseca Trio|publisher=Latin Jazz Corner, 9 June 2015|url=http://www.chipboaz.com/blog/2015/06/09/album-of-the-week-jive-samba-duduka-da-fonseca-trio/}} and incorporates Duduka as the drummer of the David Feldman Trio in New York.{{cite web|title=David Feldman Trio at Zinc Bar (Portuguese)|publisher=Zinc Bar, July 2012|url=http://zincbar.com/node/2405|access-date=27 September 2015|archive-date=5 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202554/http://zincbar.com/node/2405|url-status=dead}}

Feldman released his first album [https://music.apple.com/us/album/o-som-do-beco-das-garrafas/908579301 "O Som do Beco Das Garrafas"] in 2009, which was very well received by the critics.{{cite web|title=David Feldman recria com louvor sonoridade do Beco das Garrafas (Portuguese)|date=15 August 2022 |publisher=Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil|url=http://www.jb.com.br/cultura/noticias/2009/07/18/david-feldman-recria-com-louvor-sonoridade-do-beco-das-garrafas/}}{{cite web|title=David Feldman recreates, with laurels, the Beco das Garrafas sound (English translation by Google)|publisher=Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jb.com.br%2Fcultura%2Fnoticias%2F2009%2F07%2F18%2Fdavid-feldman-recria-com-louvor-sonoridade-do-beco-das-garrafas%2F&edit-text=&act=url}}{{cite web|title=Simplicidade e sofisticação são características de David Feldman (Portuguese)|publisher=Lulu Martin|url=http://canal39.com.br/simplicidade-e-sofisticacao-sao-caracteristicas-de-david-feldman/|access-date=29 July 2015|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928043053/http://canal39.com.br/simplicidade-e-sofisticacao-sao-caracteristicas-de-david-feldman/|url-status=dead}} Since then, he has performed in jazz festivals in Brazil and overseas, having performed more than four times at the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este,{{cite web|title=GARY SMULYAN & DAVID FELDMAN|date=12 January 2015 |publisher=CoolTivArte, 12 January 2015|url=http://cooltivarte.com/portal/gary-smulyan-david-feldman/}} where in 2014 he had clarinetist/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera as special guest.{{cite web|title=El Festival de Jazz de Punta del Este cumple la mayoría de edad|publisher=El Pais|url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/vida-actual/festival-jazz-punta-este-paquito.html}} A video of that show can be seen [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9VUFkgt7bg here], in which David and Paquito played 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.{{cite web|title=David Feldman reaparece em álbum solo (Portuguese)|publisher=Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil|url=http://www.jb.com.br/jazz/noticias/2014/09/20/david-feldman-reaparece-em-album-solo/|access-date=27 September 2015|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928125654/http://www.jb.com.br/jazz/noticias/2014/09/20/david-feldman-reaparece-em-album-solo/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=David Feldman reappears in solo album(Automated translation)|publisher=Luiz Orlando Carneiro, Jornal do Brasil|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jb.com.br%2Fjazz%2Fnoticias%2F2014%2F09%2F20%2Fdavid-feldman-reaparece-em-album-solo%2F&edit-text=&act=url}}{{cite web|title=David Feldman: jazz, humor e referências clássicas no CD do pianista e compositor|publisher=Carlos Calado, Música de Alma Negra|url=http://www.carloscalado.com.br/2014/12/david-feldman-jazz-humor-e-referencias.html}}

In September 2016, Feldman released the Horizonte album with seven original songs. Mauro Ferreira states that "Horizonte confirms the carioca pianist as one of the great talents of today's Brazilian instrumental music".{{cite news|last1=Ferrerira|first1=Mauro|title=Pianista carioca expande horizonte em álbum que inclui Toninho Horta|url=http://g1.globo.com/musica/blog/mauro-ferreira/post/pianista-carioca-expande-horizonte-em-album-que-inclui-toninho-horta.html|accessdate=26 September 2016|publisher=G1|date=2016-09-25}} 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."{{cite web|last1=Bilawsky|first1=Dan|title=David Feldman: Horizonte|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/horizonte-david-feldman-self-produced-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php|website=www.allaboutjazz.com|date=31 March 2017 |publisher=All About Jazz|accessdate=6 April 2017}}

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,{{cite news|last1=Considine|first1=J.D.|title=DownBeat|url=http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2018/DB1806/_art/DB1806.pdf|accessdate=25 April 2018|date=June 2018}} 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{{cite web |title=Jazz Jam at the Art Boutiki with David Feldman |url=https://artboutiki.com/calendar2/2019/12/22/jazz-jam-at-the-art-boutiki-with-david-feldman |website=The Art Boutiki |access-date=3 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183138/https://artboutiki.com/calendar2/2019/12/22/jazz-jam-at-the-art-boutiki-with-david-feldman |url-status=dead }} at the Art Boutiki, his first connection with the US West Coast Jazz scene.

• 2009: [https://www.amazon.com/Som-Beco-das-Garrafas/dp/B00Q605VPC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474686248&sr=8-1&keywords=david+feldman+beco+das+garrafas O Som do Beco Das Garrafas]
• 2014: [https://www.amazon.com/Piano-David-Feldman/dp/B00Q65PLV6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474686218&sr=8-1&keywords=david+feldman+piano Piano]
• 2016: [https://www.amazon.com/Horizonte-David-Feldman/dp/B01LZ8DDO5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474686165&sr=8-1&keywords=david+feldman+horizonte Horizonte] featuring Toninho Horta and Raul de Souza
• 2018: [https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/davidfeldman12 Horizonte Horizonte (Ao Vivo no Blue Note Rio)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183746/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/davidfeldman12 |date=25 April 2018 }}

• 2008: [http://www.jocaperpignan.com/#!albums/c1sfh Entreventos] Piano, production and arrangements

• 2011: [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/plays-toninho-horta-duduka-da-fonseca-zoho-music-review-by-edward-blanco.php?width=320 Plays Toninho Horta] Piano
• 2013: [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/new-samba-jazz-directions-duduka-da-fonseca-zoho-music-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php?width=320 New Samba Jazz Directions] Piano
• 2015: [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/jive-samba-duduka-da-fonseca-zoho-music-review-by-dan-bilawsky.php?width=320 Jive Samba] Piano
• 2018: [http://sunnysidezone.com/album/plays-dom-salvador Plays Dom Salvador] Piano

• 2013: [https://music.apple.com/us/album/bad-relation-feat-duduka-da-fonseca-david-feldman-guto/635777183?i=635777396 Between 2 Thoughts] Piano

• 2008: [https://www.fishpond.co.nz/Music/Telecoteco-Paula-Morelembaum/0602517793033 Telecoteco] Piano

• 2008: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080804142611/http://www.scottfeiner.com/doismundos.htm Dois Mundos]}} Piano, Production, Latin Grammy Awards of 2009 Nominee

• 2015: [http://www.discogs.com/Noa-Love-Medicine/release/6966509 Love Medicine] Piano

• 2012: [https://adamdunning.bandcamp.com/track/samba-from-the-sea-feat-cris-delanno-david-feldman Glass Bottom Boat] Piano

• 2011: [http://jazzlegacyproductions.com/yotam_brasil/yotam.html Brasil] Piano

• 2003: [http://www.phoenixearlymusic.com/index.php/programs/49-our-programs/87-wind-and-sea-music-by-villa-lobos-and-caymmi Wind and Sea] Arrangements

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305050620/http://www.davidfeldmanmusic.com/english/ David Feldman official website]
• [http://www.davidfeldmantrio.blogspot.com/ David Feldman official blog (in Portuguese)]
• [https://www.facebook.com/davidfeldmanpiano David Feldman Facebook Artist page]
• [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9HgG2D27Vv988CQErS69w David Feldman official YouTube channel]
• [https://myspace.com/davidfeldmanmusic David Feldman official MySpace page]

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