Jazz Articles about Michel Nirenberg

About Michel Nirenberg

Album Review

Michel Nirenberg: Retrato/Portrait

Read "Retrato/Portrait" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
June 22, 2016

È un debutto particolarmente brillante questo di Michel Nirenberg, giovane sassofonista brasiliano residente dal 2012 negli Stati Uniti dove ha perfezionato la sua formazione musicale con un master's degree in music performance conseguito alla James Madison University. Nato a Rio De Janeiro in una famiglia vicina alla musica, Michel ha un solido bagaglio classico ma dall'adolescenza ha sviluppato una forte attrazione per il jazz, i generi tipici della musica brasiliana (choro, forró, samba, baião, maracatu) e per la ...

Album Review

Michel Nirenberg: Retrato/Portrait

Read "Retrato/Portrait" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 10, 2015

It only takes a few seconds of listening to “Chorinho Em Aldeia/Na Gloria"--the album-opening track on Retrato/Self Portrait--to realize there's something special about Michel Nirenberg's playing. This young multi-reedist--a native of Rio de Janeiro who's currently based in Washington D.C.--marries virtuosity, exuberance, and emotional depth in his work, confidently covering everything from choro to cha-cha and swing music to samba on this, his debut album. The aforementioned “Chorinho Em Aldeia/Na Gloria" kicks things off in sprightly fashion. ...

Take Five With...

Take Five with Michel Nirenberg

by Michel Nirenberg
March 17, 2015

Meet Michel Nirenberg: Michel Nirenberg is a Brazilian saxophonist and composer who has performed and recorded in North and South America with some of the leading names in Latin jazz. His first CD as a leader entitled Retrato/Portrait will be released in spring of 2015. It features leading Rogerio Souza, Dani Cortaza and Alex Brown along with Leonardo, Alejandro and Bruno Lucini. Born in jny: Rio de Janeiro, Nirenberg is also an accomplished classical artist. He was ...