Jazz Articles about Scott Feiner
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Instrument: Pandeiro
Article Coverage | Calendar | Albums | Photos | Similar ArtistsScott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz: A View from Below
by Luigi Sforza
Strumento tradizionale a percussione della musica brasiliana, il pandeiro rappresenta il cuore pulsante del samba e della capoeira, è l'energia dirompente del ritmo vitale della musica carioca. È associato generalmente a programmi sonori legati alla danza, al movimento, all'incedere sinuoso e allegro del ballo; ascoltarlo in un progetto tendenzialmente “cameristico" significa insieme ridefinirne le potenzialità espressive e scoprire che è possibile distoglierlo dalla sua naturale inclinazione. Pandeiro Jazz è un disco riuscito. Il suono del combo jazz--chitarra elettrica, Rhodes/Wurlitzer ...
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by Glenn Astarita
New York City-based jazz musician Scott Feiner's fourth recording as a leader draws attention to his unique artistry as a pandeiro player, which is a hand drum he discovered during his first trip to Brazil in 1999. As an educator, he's spread the good word with presentations and workshops across the globe. Interestingly enough, Feiner's percussive aplomb is almost beyond belief, especially when considering what he accomplishes on one relatively small drum. You can almost hear the fusion of a ...
read moreScott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz at Zinc Bar
by Ernest Barteldes
Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz Zinc Bar New York, NY August 30, 2013 At a rare New York City performance, Rio de Janeiro-based pandeiro player Scott Feiner showcased a set of solely original material from his upcoming independent release A View From Below. Backed by a trio rounded out by Vitor Gonçalves (keys) and Guilherme Monteiro (guitar), he kicked things off with the title track, a fast-paced tune that blended his ...
read moreScott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz: New York City, NY, December 01, 2012
by Ernest Barteldes
Scott Feiner & Pandeiro JazzZinc BarNew York, NYDecember 1, 2012Rio de Janeiro-based, New York-born pandeiro master Scott Feiner constantly seeks different approaches for the genre he arguably created when he incorporated his instrument--a trademark of sambas and chorinho--into a more contemporary jazz format. Since the release of his debut, Pandeiro Jazz (Delira Musica, 2006), he has fronted drummer-less quartets (bass, guitar, saxophone) that explore alternate sonic textures with a Brazilian feel, but also defined by ...
read moreScott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz at Zinc Bar, Nov. 4 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Scott Feiner and Pandeiro JazzZinc BarNew York, NYNovember 3, 2010 For the CD release event for his third CD Accents (Zoho, 2010), pandeiro jazz innovator Scott Feiner took the stage with the same musicians that played on the recording sessions: Freddie Bryant (acoustic and 12-string guitar), Joel Frahm(tenor and soprano saxophone) and Joe Martin (bass). Feiner seemed determined to take the music into a different direction: instead of the more Brazilian-inspired material from previous live ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
While drummer-leaders don't usually get enough credit, pandeiro-leaders usually don't exist. The pandeiro--a small, handheld instrument that marries that best traits of a deeper-sounding, jingle-less frame drum and a tambourine--is a staple of Brazilian percussion. When Scott Feiner first encountered the instrument, during his first trip to Brazil in 1999, he immediately took to it. In fact, his interest in the instrument was a factor in his decision to relocate to Rio. Several years later, Feiner felt ...
read moreTake Five With Scott Feiner
by AAJ Staff
Meet Scott Feiner:Scott Feiner's musical story is not a common one. Not only is he an American pandeiro player, but he also introduced this Brazilian hand drum to the world of jazz in a highly personal way. A native of New York City, Feiner received a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies/Guitar at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut, where he studied jazz history with the legendary saxophonist Jackie McLean. In the ...
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