Alan Ferber
Since moving to Brooklyn in 1999, Ferber (a Northern California native) has built a solid reputation both as an ensemble player and an improviser. It didn’t take him long to catch the attention of renowned eight-string guitarist, Charlie Hunter. In 2001, Hunter asked him to join his working Quintet with whom Ferber toured with for a year. Upon returning to NYC, Alan has rapidly become one of the city’s most highly demanded sideman. He played lead trombone in a premiere of the “Sweet Ruby Suite” with Kenny Wheeler’s Large Ensemble. He has performed extended engagements with the Lee Konitz Nonet, Don Byron’s Music For Six Musicians, the Benny Wallace Nonet, and the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble in clubs ranging from The Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Birdland, and Iridium.
In addition to jazz, Alan has performed extensively in other genres with artists as diverse as Harry Connick Jr, Nancy Sinatra, Diana Krall, They Might Be Giants, Michael Buble, Paul Anka, the Extension Ensemble, and Broadway shows including The Producers, Fosse, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Chorus Line. He has appeared on TV shows including Late Night with David Letterman, the Tonight Show, The View, Beverly Hills 90210, and Good Morning America.
As a teacher, Alan has been professor in residence at the Gremio das Musicas Jazz Workshop in Portugal, the Bar Harbor Brass Week, the Maine Jazz Camp, and the Guimarais Jazz Festival. His desire to integrate all of his varied musical experiences into one, unique voice keeps him inspired as he continues delving deeper into the NY music scene. As Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times stated in a concert review of one of Alan's performances, "Ferber was sounding ready to groove into the new millennium." How right he is.
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- Stranger Than Fiction by Angelo Leonardi
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- Stranger Than Fiction by Jack Bowers
- A Centering Peace by Jerome Wilson
- America at War by Angelo Leonardi
- Not A Novelty by Dan McClenaghan
- Daring Mind by Jack Bowers
- Daring Mind by Angelo Leonardi
- Daring Mind by Mike Jurkovic
- Chamber Jazz by Jack Bowers
April 13, 2022
The Harborfields High School Jazz Band celebrates community in...
April 25, 2012
2012 The 9th Taipei International Summer Jazz Academy Now Open For...
June 19, 2010
Trombonist Alan Ferber Interviewed at AAJ...And More!
September 25, 2009
Announcing the Winners of the "David Binney/Alan Ferber - In the Paint"...
August 22, 2009
Enter the Posi-Tone Records "David Binney/Alan Ferber - In the Paint"...
November 14, 2007
Alan Ferber Nonet w/ 10-PC String Orchestra
May 04, 2007
The Alan Ferber Nonet Live in New York - May 5th
April 18, 2007
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Album Discography
Revived Mind
From: Daring MindBy Alan Ferber
Compelled
From: Hiding OutBy Alan Ferber
Two Islands III
From: Atwood SuitesBy Alan Ferber