Noah Preminger

Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra: Open Spaces

by Jerome Wilson
September 23, 2023

The subtitle of this album is “Folk Songs Reimagined" and Daniel Hersog uses a very liberal meaning for the term “folk song" here. He includes traditional folk songs on this album, in addition to familiar tunes by Bob Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot and his own folk-based compositions. All are given a glistening polish in the sweeping cinematic arrangements which he writes for his orchestra, and are further enhanced by excellent solo work from a number of musicians. Hersog's ...

Daniel Hersog: Open Spaces

by Jack Bowers
September 4, 2023

Locked down and socially distanced during the pandemic, composer-arranger Daniel Hersog had an interesting idea: rearrange some well-known and well-loved folk songs, most with Canadian roots, for jazz orchestra and throw in a handful of his own original compositions with a folk-tune ambience. The result is Open Spaces: Folk Songs Reimagined, the sophomore album by Hersog's Vancouver-based ensemble. As on his debut recording, Night Devoid of Stars (Cellar Music, 2020), Hersog welcomes a number of talented guest ...

Michael Feinberg: Hard Times

by Troy Dostert
March 22, 2022

Although the Covid pandemic has been devastating to the artistic community, and certainly jazz musicians are no exception, albums like Michael Feinberg's Hard Times point to the possibility of hopeful resilience. With a top-shelf bunch of colleagues and smart compositions with rhythmically crafty arrangements, the bassist's eighth release is a winner, with a plucky spirit and satisfying grooves in abundance. Feinberg pulled this band together in October 2020, and with folks like drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts and pianist ...

Noah Preminger: Thunda

by Mike Jurkovic
June 10, 2021

There's a fascinating, affirmative equilibrium coursing throughout Thunda that words may fall short of. It's a music of purity and wonder spoken by survivors of the oddest year. It's a broad, fearless conversation between two big thinkers and all who choose to listen in, either by accident or design. Simply stated, you'll find yourself easily lost in the tight, exquisite mazes created and crafted freely by fellow metropolitans saxophonist Noah Preminger and bassist Kim Cass. “Slaughter" is a ...

Noah Preminger, Kim Cass: Thunda

by Alberto Bazzurro
April 19, 2021

Noah Preminger è uno di quei musicisti che amiamo definire sul crinale: molto rispettosi della tradizione, dotati di un solismo sfavillante, robusto, grammaticalmente impeccabile, rischiano di rimanere ingabbiati in un manierismo che la loro perizia strumentale e padronanza lessicale in senso lato possono arrivare persino a presupporre, trasformando il tutto in una prigione dorata quanto alla fine priva di sbocchi (quanto meno creativi). Preminger, in realtà, ci aveva regalato sempre, nei suoi svariati album ascoltati prima di ...

Noah Preminger: Zigsaw: Music of Steve Lampert

by Neri Pollastri
January 18, 2021

Noah Preminger prosegue nella pubblicazione di lavori estremamente interessanti, stavolta dirigendo e interpretando un'opera non sua, ma da lui commissionata al trombettista e compositore Steve Lampert—esperienze vastissime a partire da quelle giovanili con Lionel Hampton e Gerry Mulligan, fino a maturare una personale concezione dell'improvvisazione. Si tratta di un singolare brano unico, lungo oltre quarantotto minuti, fittamente strutturato, ma al tempo stesso illuminato dalle improvvisazioni dei singoli. Il titolo, Zigsaw, rimanda da un lato all'andamento zigzagante della musica, ...

Noah Preminger: Contemptment

by Mark Corroto
November 14, 2020

If you followed saxophonist Noah Preminger's early career you might have read an interview where he revealed his fascination with boxing. The fact that he trained in the sweet science for nearly a decade while making music is evident in the pugilistic blues heard on self-released albums Pivot: Live At The 55 Bar (2015) and Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (2016). On those two recordings and Genuinity (Criss Cross, 2018), he had a perfect sparring partner in ...

Despite setbacks, Jazz music survives and thrives in Boston

Source: Michael Ricci
January 23, 2015

Jazz has become fringe 
art. Sure, Chris Botti and Diana Krall still move tickets, but the talented students pouring out of Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory face a tough economic reality: Graduates often make more money behind the counter at Starbucks than blowing their horns. But young players can take heart in an upswing in the scene. The South End's Beehive has done so well booking jazz in the past seven years, the owners opened a ...
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Saxophonist Noah Preminger Celebrates Release Of New Palmetto CD "Haymaker" In Concert With Two Nights At The Jazz Standard, NYC On May 21 & 22, 2013

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
April 1, 2013

Noah Preminger with guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Matt Pavolka and drummer Colin Stranahan Plus special guest vocalist Alison Wedding “His sound is informed by everybody but beholden to no one. Which makes him continually unpredictable, and continually satisfying.” – Jon Garelick, The Boston Phoenix “...luxe melodic improvising... he designs a different kind of sound for each note, an individual destiny and story.” – Ben Ratliff, The New York Times Acclaimed tenor saxophonist/composer Noah Preminger celebrates the release of his third ...
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The 5th Season of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Continues With the Noah Preminger Quartet

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 5, 2012

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 5th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, Tel 718 622 3300, reduced admission! Tkts are now ONLY $10 NEXT Concert of the 2011-2012 season SUNDAY, March 11, 2012, 8:00 PM NOAH PREMINGER Quartet NOAH PREMINGER—tenor saxophone FRANK KIMBROUGH—piano CECIL MCBEE—bass ...
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Noah Preminger's "Before The Rain" Among Jazz Critics' Top CDs of 2011

Source: Scott Foster
January 14, 2012

The latest CD by the Noah Preminger Quartet, “Before The Rain" (Palmetto Records), has appeared on at least 11 best-jazz-CD lists for 2011 and has won a coveted spot on the Rhapsody Jazz Critics' Poll. The CD, which features the 25-year-old Preminger, a tenor saxophonist/composer, along with pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist John Hébert and drummer Matt Wilson, is Preminger's 2nd release as a leader, following Dry Bridge Road (Nowt Records), a debut that received similar accolades. Preminger is one of ...
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Noah Preminger Quartet 10/23 at the Blue Note New York

Source: Scott Foster
October 20, 2011

The Noah Preminger Quartet will perform at the Blue Note New York on October 23, 2011. Appearing with Noah Preminger, a brilliant jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and Palmetto Records artist, will be pianist Dan Tepfer, bassist John Hébert, and drummer Colin Stranahan. For this Sunday jazz brunch engagement, there are 2 sets, at 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM. The Blue Note New York is at 131 W. 3rd St. in Manhattan. Reservations may be made on the Blue Note's website ...
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The Jazz Session #258: Noah Preminger

Source: AAJ Staff
April 19, 2011

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Noah Preminger Plays Ballads on Tenor: "Before the Rain"

Source: Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
March 24, 2011

Coltrane's Ballad album gave much credence to the idea that a cutting-edge player could still say something important within the ballad form. Since then there have been others. Young tenor saxman Noah Preminger weighs in with his own Before the Rain (Palmetto) and he does it with style. He has picked the right players for this quartet date. Frank Kimbrough, piano, John Hebert, bass, and Matt Wilson, drums, are seasoned professionals, each major players who can be expected to render ...
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Noah Preminger - Before the Rain (Palmetto, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
January 6, 2011

Tipping a subtle reference to John Coltrane's hauntingly beautiful song “After the Rain," saxophonist Noah Preminger makes his Palmetto debut with a collection of well crafted performances focusing on subtle and graceful ballad playing. He is joined on this album by a classy group including Frank Kimbrough on piano, John Hebert on bass and the always interesting Matt Wilson on drums. The music the group makes is spacious and moody, with an emotionally late-night vibe of rain slicked pavement under ...
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Young Bandleader Plays, and Listens

Source: Michael Ricci
December 2, 2009

Precocity without deference can make for a rough start in jazz. The tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger, at 23, clearly understands that: since taking his first real steps as a bandleader a couple of years ago, he has worked often with musicians of deep experience and generous judgment. Dry Bridge Road (Nowt), his auspicious debut, released last year, reflected this strategy. So, too, will a forthcoming live album, which he recorded on Sunday and Monday at the Cornelia Street Cafe. Mr. ...
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Firehouse 12 to Present the Noah Preminger Quartet April 24th

Source: Improvised Communications
April 23, 2009

On Friday, April 24th, Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by tenor saxophonist/composer Noah Preminger and his quartet. The Hartford native and widely acclaimed wunderkind is on the road building on the success of his 2008 debut, Dry Bridge Road (Nowt Records), which earned Best Debut of the Year honors in the prestigious Village Voice Jazz Poll. His group features the veteran talents of pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Jeff Davis.

In a recent feature in ...
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