David Feldman

David Feldman (; born 29 December 1977, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-Israeli Jazz and Bossa Nova pianist, arranger, producer, composer, and sound engineer.

Early life David Feldman was born into a family of classical and early-music musicians. He studied with Ileana Carneiro, , and Luiz Eça.

New York In 2000, Feldman enrolled at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York, graduating in 2002. He worked with Slide Hampton and Claudio Roditi, was invited to sit in at the Mingus Big Band, and worked with Duduka da Fonseca and Anat Cohen at Duduka's NY Samba Jazz Group, Matt Garrison and Eli Degibri.

Back to Rio In 2004, he was a semi-finalist in the Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In Brazil, he plays with Leny Andrade, Leila Pinheiro, and also has played in duos with veterans Paulo Moura and Leo Gandelman. Feldman collaborates with the Brazilian NY-based drummer Duduka da Fonseca, is the pianist in Duduka's trio with excellent critic reviews, and incorporates Duduka as the drummer of the David Feldman Trio in New York.

Feldman released his first album "O Som do Beco Das Garrafas" in 2009, which was very well received by the critics. Since then, he has performed in jazz festivals in Brazil and overseas, having performed more than four times at the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Punta del Este, where in 2014 he had clarinetist/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera as special guest. A video of that show can be seen here, in which David and Paquito played David's original tune "Esqueçeram de mim no aeroporto" with André Vasconcellos on bass, on drums, Frank Basile on Baritone sax, and Diego Urcola on trumpet.

Feldman's solo disc "Piano" from 2014 was also received well by the critics.

In September 2016, Feldman released the Horizonte album with seven original songs. Mauro Ferreira states that "Horizonte confirms the carioca pianist as one of the great talents of today's Brazilian instrumental music". According to Dan Bilawsky, who gave Horizonte 4.5 stars out of 5, in his review on All About Jazz, "While Feldman's decision to remain in Rio de Janeiro has kept him slightly off the radar, this album is a brilliant blip that should register with Brazilian jazz lovers near and far. Feldman's composing chops take center stage, his piano playing—alternately ruminative and animated—delights, and his crafting of a strong group dynamic speaks volumes about his leadership."

In April 2018, Feldman's participation in Duduka Da Fonseca's "Plays Dom Salvador," which received a 4-star rating from DownBeat's June 2018 edition, does an "admirable job of fleshing out the harmony in Salvador’s writing without underplaying the rhythmic content, and his phrasing on "Mariá" and "Para Elis" leaves one wondering why those ballads aren't better known," according to J.D. Cosidine.

In December 2019, Feldman hosted a Jam Session at the Art Boutiki, his first connection with the US West Coast Jazz scene.

Discography

As band leader or soloist 2009: O Som do Beco Das Garrafas 2014: Piano 2016: Horizonte featuring Toninho Horta and Raul de Souza 2018: Horizonte Horizonte (Ao Vivo no Blue Note Rio)

With Joca Perpignan 2008: Entreventos Piano, production and arrangements

With Duduka da Fonseca Trio 2011: Plays Toninho Horta Piano 2013: New Samba Jazz Directions Piano 2015: Jive Samba Piano 2018: Plays Dom Salvador Piano

With Paulo Levi 2013: Between 2 Thoughts Piano

With Paula Morelenbaum 2008: Telecoteco Piano

With Scott Feiner 2008: Piano, Production, Latin Grammy Awards of 2009 Nominee

With Achinoam Nini 2015: Love Medicine Piano

With Adam Dunning 2012: Glass Bottom Boat Piano

With Yotam Silberstein 2011: Brasil Piano

With Ensemble PHOENIX 2003: Wind and Sea Arrangements