David Feldman was born in a family of classical and early-music musicians dedicated to baroque and classical music. 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. In 2000, David enrolled at the New School Jazz and Contemporary Music Program 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. In 2009 he released his first CD for EMI entitled "O Som do Beco das Garrafas", incensed by the specialized critics. Since then he has performed in many jazz festivals in Brazil and abroad, having already presented more than four times at the International Festival of Punta del Este, where the 2014 edition he had the virtuouso clarintetist / saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera as special guest . In 2014, the pianist released his second album entitled "piano", which was considered by critics Carlos Calado and Antonio Carlos Miguel as one of the top ten releases of 2014. In 2016, Feldman releases a new trio album entitled "Horizonte" with André Vasconcellos on bass and Marcio Bahia on drums, this time emphasizing his own compositions. On this album, David also has as special guests the guitarist and composer Toninho Horta and trombonist Raul de Souza. David has worked with the "crème dela crème" of MPB: Paulo Moura, Leo Gandelman, Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro, Carlinhos Brown, Jaques Morelembaum, Maria Rita, Bossa Cuca Nova, Ricardo Silveira, Wilson Simoninha, Totonho Villeroy, to name a few.
Fans of the music always remember their first aural encounters with talents of note. In the case of this writer's awakening to the wonder that is pianist David Feldman, the initial point of contact was drummer Duduka Da Fonseca's Plays Toninho Horta (Zoho Music, 2011). That date--the first of three fine outings that Da Fonseca's trio has produced for that imprint, leading the way for New Samba Jazz Directions (Zoho Music, 2013) and Jive Samba (Zoho, 2015)--served several purposes. Its ...
With his new album Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro-based pianist David Feldman has fully come into his own as a composer artfully extending the samba jazz tradition. Feldman introduces his superlative working trio with bassist André Vasconcellos and drummer Márcio Bahia, and welcomes two very special guests to the proceedings, the legendary guitarist/composer Toninho Horta and the brilliant trombonist Raul de Souza. Horizonte will be released by Feldman’s imprint, David Feldman Music, on March 10. “This album blurs the boundaries,” Feldman ... read more
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