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Debra Kreisberg

Debra Kreisberg is a jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and educator based in New York City.

About Me

Saxophonist/clarinetist Debra Kreisberg performs, composes, arranges and records with the NYC-based Latin jazz octet Los Mas Valientes, Brooklyn singer-songwriters Matt Singer and Steve Waitt, as well as award-winning klezmer bands Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos, with whom she has toured in the U.S., Canada and in Europe. She is also the leader of East Harlem Trio, a new jazz project dedicated to showcasing her original, soulful voice as a player and composer. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an MM in Jazz Studies from Manhattan School of Music, Debra has performed with Natalie Merchant, Rochester Philharmonic with Natalie Cole, jazz guitarist Sheryl Bailey, and accordionist/composer/performer Rachelle Garniez, among many others. Her playing and compositions have been featured on WBGO, WKCR, Lincoln Center online (David Rubenstein Atrium), CBS Sunday Morning, CNN Worldbeat, and on Showtime's The L Word.

An equally accomplished educator, Debra has served as Managing Director of Educational Outreach at 92nd Street Y, developing and implementing arts programming for New York City public schools, and also serves on the faculty of the 92Y School of Music.

“…Perhaps the single best song on the album is a Kreisberg original, Baltic Blue, a darkly reflective number inspired by her Brooklyn neighborhood”. — Lucid Culture

“…Kreisberg has a highly personal saxophone style…” — Jazzreview.com