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Jesse Selengut

Born: September 9, 1968

Jesse Selengut is a Brooklyn-based trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has had success as a bandleader, film scorer, producer and sideman on over a dozen albums, most noticeably, Huge Voodoo's Affordable Magic ('03).

Recently, Selengut has been splitting time between the Williamsburg Jazz Festival (which he founded) and Noir, a quartet blending electronica and groove-infused jazz. Noir is cutting-edge jazz, fusing the best of tradition with today's beats and electronic flavors. Noir has opened for Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, George Garzone and Joe Lovano.

This is Jazz Noir

By Jesse Selengut

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2007
Track listing: Key Laser; Trusted Twitch; Doppelg

Jesse Selengut & NOIR: This is Jazz Noir

by Jim Santella
April 20, 2007

Darkness. Miles Davis espoused it. Older movies represented it. Science Fiction amplifies it. Trumpeter Jesse Selengut & NOIR use reverb, synths, samples and contemporary mixing techniques to create a fascinating situation. They've latched onto the electronic adventures of trumpeter Davis with a fanatic desire. With a program of modern mainstream ...