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, the

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, and others. In both 2021 and 2023, he won Downbeat Magazine's Critic's Poll for "Rising Star Guitarist."

Early life

Nir Felder was born December 30, 1982 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in

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’s Washington Heights neighborhood. After living between Washington Heights,

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, and Manhattan’s

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, his family moved to the New York City suburbs of Hartsdale, NY in 1987 and Katonah, NY in 1994. He attended John Jay High School from 1997-2001 and The Berklee School of Music from 2001 to 2005. While at Berklee he was the recipient of the Billboard Endowed Scholarship, as well as the college’s Jimi Hendrix Award, and Stephen D. Holland Award.

Career

In 2010, Felder was lauded as the “next big jazz guitarist” by

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. In 2013, Felder signed to

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and released his first solo album “Golden Age” under their

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imprint in 2014. His second album “II” was released by

Ropeadope Records Ropeadope Records is an American record label known for recordings in a variety of genres including jazz, hip hop, gospel, and electronic music. The label, now led by Louis Marks, was founded in 1999 by Andy HurwitzAndy Hurwitz"Ropeadope carves i ...

in 2020.

Educational

Felder has been a faculty member at

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’s College of Performing Arts since 2016 and an associate professor at

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

since 2020. He has also taught at Italy’s Fondazione Siena Jazz since 2012, at workshops at the

Banff Centre Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, formerly known as The Banff Centre (and previously The Banff Centre for Continuing Education), located in Banff, Alberta, was established in 1933 as the Banff School of Drama. It was granted full autonomy as ...

and in Langnau,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and given masterclasses at Arnhem Conservatory, the Cultural Center de Belem, the

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Los Angeles College of Music Los Angeles College of Music (LACM, formerly LAMA College for Music Professionals) is a private for-profit music college in Pasadena, in Los Angeles County, California. It has been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music ...

, the

University of North Texas The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 years later."Denton Normal School," ...

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools. It also admi ...

Humber College The Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, commonly known as Humber College, is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, Humber has two main campuses: the Humber North c ...

, the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, the University of Wisconsin Parkside,

LACHSA Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA, ) is a visual and performing arts high school located on the campus of California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) in Los Angeles, California, United States. History The school was ...

and many others.

Film, TV, and Broadway appearances

Felder appears in the

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special “ Live from Radio City Music Hall” accompanying

. He has also performed with various musical acts on the

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, the

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, NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center,

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, Late Night with Seth Myers,

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, the US Open Tennis Championships, as well as in the house bands of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Maya and Marty shows. He has played in the pit orchestras of the Broadway shows “ Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”, “

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” and “

& Juliet ''& Juliet'' is a 2019 coming-of-age stage musical featuring the music of Swedish pop songwriter Max Martin, with a book by David West Read. The story focuses on a "what if" scenario, where Juliet does not die at the end of Shakespeare's '' ...

”, as well as participating in workshops for upcoming shows.

Awards and honors

In 2010, Felder was called "The Next Big Jazz Guitarist" by NPR. The station also occasionally uses Felder's song "Bandits" as theme music on several of its shows, including "

Fresh Air ''Fresh Air'' is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985. It is produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show's host is Terry Gross. , the show was syndicated to 6 ...

" hosted by

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. In 2013, Felder won a Grammy award for his work as guitarist on Terri Lyne Carrington's "

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," awarded "Best Jazz Instrumental Album." In both 2021 and 2023, he won Downbeat Magazine's Critic's Poll for "Rising Star Guitarist."

Equipment

Felder mainly plays a 1995 Made-In-Mexico Fender Tex-Mex

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guitar, which he purchased in 1996 at age 13. He uses a custom pedalboard designed by Johnny Gomez in Los Angeles, and various

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, Fender, and Vox amplifiers. He is endorsed by

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, Paul Reed Smith Guitars,

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, Moollon Guitars, F Bass, Richard Heeres, D'addario Strings, Moody Leather Straps,

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, and Jerry Harvey Audio.

Discography

As leader

* ''Golden Age'' (Sony Masterworks, 2014) * ''II'' (Ropeadope, 2020)

As sideman

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, ''Melao'' (AYVA Musica, 2006) *Meilana Gillard, ''Day One'' (Inner Circle Music, 2008) *

, ''9 Levels'' (Inner Circle Music, 2008) * David Weiss, ''Snuck In'' (Sunnyside, 2008) *Tim Kuhl, ''Ghost'' (Self-Released, 2008) *Rebecca Collins, ''Chameleon Blues'' (Mutineer Music, 2008) *Dan Aran, ''Breathing'' (Smalls, 2009) *Tim Kuhl, ''King'' (Self-Released, 2009) *Sean Nowell, ''The Seeker'' (Posi-Tone, 2009) *Makoto Hirahara, ''Vocalese'' (Nippon Columbia, 2009) *

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, ''Taboo'' (Bjurecords, 2010) *Alper Yılmaz, ''Over The Clouds'' (Kayique, 2010) *Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast, ''It Would Be Easier If'' (Intuition, 2010) *Nell Bryden, ''What Does It Take?'' (157 Records, 2010) *

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, ''Capsule'' (BlueLand, 2011) *Jason Palmer, ''Here Today'' (Steeplechase, 2011) *Bobby Selvaggio, ''Grass Roots Movement'' (Arabesque Recordings, 2011) *Le Beouf Brothers, ''In Praise of Shadows'' (Nineteen-Eight Records, 2011) * David Weiss, Snuck Out (Sunnyside, 2011) *Maria Neckam, ''Unison'' (Sunnyside, 2012) *

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, ''Frame'' (Sunnyside, 2012) *

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, ''No Beginning No End'' (Blue Note, 2012) *

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, ''A Form of Truth'' (Heernt, 2013) *

, '' Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue'' (GrooveJazz, 2013) *

Janek Gwizdala Janek Gwizdala (born 19 November 1978) is an English jazz bassist. Biography Gwizdala initially preferred drums, but switched to bass guitar after hearing Laurence Cottle. Gwizdala later moved to the U.S. to attend Berklee College of Music. Rec ...

, ''Theatre by the Sea'' (Self-Released, 2013) *

, ''Mirage'' (BlueLand, 2013) * David Weiss, ''Venture Inward'' (Posi-Tone, 2013) *Lauren Falls, ''The Quiet Fight'' (Self-Released, 2013) *

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, ''Elevation'' (Abstract Logix, 2013) *Stéphane Huchard, ''Panamerican'' (Jazz Village, 2013) *

, ''Motion Picture'' (Self-Released, 2014) * Eric Harland, ''Vipassana'' (GSI, 2014) *Jerome Vroelijk's New Morning, ''New Morning Kong Suite'' (Self-Released, 2014) *Rudy Royston, ''303'' (Greenleaf Music, 2014) *Enoch Lee, ''Finish Line'' (Self-Released, 2014) *Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast, ''Settle'' (NCM East, 2014) *Otis Brown III, ''The Thought Of You'' (Blue Note, 2014) * Manuel Valera, ''Urban Landscape'' (Destiny, 2015) *Hironori Momoi, ''Liquid Knots'' (Apollo Sounds, 2015) *The NYC Improv Project, ''Melting Point (MFA Records Presents)'' (MFA, 2015) * Manuel Valera & Groove Square, ''Urban Landscape'' (Destiny, 2015) *Marine Futin, ''Qui Danse'' (Self-Released, 2015) *Sarah Kervin, ''Into the City'' (Self-Released, 2015) *

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, ''Bye Bye Blackbird'' (Ropeadope, 2016) *Band of Other Brothers, ''City of Cranes'' (Ear Up, 2016) *Olivier Le Goas, ''Reciprocity'' (Neuklang, 2016) *Sungtaek Oh, ''Harlem Renaissance'' (Artbus, 2016) *

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, ''Kind of New'' (Whaling City Sound, 2016) *Uros Spasojevic Project, ''Third View'' (Self-Released, 2016) * The Wee Trio, ''Wee + 3'' (Bionic, 2016) *Lex Sadler's Rhythm and Stealth, ''Polytronic'' (Ropeadope, 2016) * Kevin Field, ''The A List'' (Warner, 2017) *

, ''The Mugician'' (Sony, 2017) *

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, ''No Sleep'' (Kinesthetic Music, 2017) * David Weiss, ''Wake Up Call'' (Ropeadope, 2017) *Taylor Haskins, ''Gnosis'' (Recombination, 2017) *May Cheung, ''The Departure'' (Self-Released, 2017) * Bob Reynolds, ''Guitar Band'' (Self-Released, 2017) *Rio Miyachi, ''November'' (Self-Released, 2017) *

Featuring Naina Kundu, ''No Sleep'' (Kinesthetic, 2017) *Dick Brewer, ''It's All About Latin'' (Self-Released, 2017) * Darren Barrett & dB-ish, ''The Opener'' (dB Studios, 2017) *

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, ''Run Deep'' (Motema Music, 2018) *

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, ''Shadow Train'' (GSI, 2018) *Sylent Running (

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& Chris Hale & Gian Slater), ''Empathy Chip'' (Extra Celestial Arts, 2018) *Matt Penman, ''Good Question'' (Sunnyside, 2018) *Alyson Murray, ''Breathe'' (Self-Released, 2018) * Charlie Rosen & The 8-Bit Big Band, ''Press Start!'' (Self-Released, 2018) *Rémi-Jean Leblanc, ''Déductions'' (Bent River, 2018) *Mosa, ''Who We Are'' (Self-Released, 2018) *Javier Santiago, ''Phoenix'' (Ropeadope, 2018) *Various, ''A Day In The Life: Impressions Of Pepper'' (Impulse!, 2018) *Culture Revolution ft.

, Sylwester Ostrowski, ''When You Are Here'' (Wydawnictwo Agora, 2018) *

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, ''Across the Sea'' (Via Veneto, 2019) *

, ''

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(Deluxe)'' (Atlantic, 2019) *Robin McKelle, ''Alterations'' (Doxie, 2019) *Ziv Ravitz, ''No Man Is An Island'' (Sound Surveyor Music, 2019) *

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ft.

, ''A Life Between'' (Soundsabound, 2019) *Javier Santiago, ''B-Sides: The Phoenix Sessions'' (Ropeadope, 2019) *Brett Williams, ''S3asons'' (Self-Released, 2019) *Olivier Le Goas & Reciprocity, ''On Ramp Of Heaven Dreams'' (Challenge, 2020) *Kevin Field, ''Soundtology'' (Timezone, 2020) *Ernesto Cervini, ''Tetrahedron'' (Anzic, 2020) *

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, ''Great Pretender Original Soundtrack'' (Wit Studio, 2020) *Band of Other Brothers, ''Look Up!'' (Ear Up, 2021) *Hironori Momoi, ''Flora and Fauna'' (Goon Trap, 2021) *Rebecca Angel, ''Love Life Choices'' (Timeless Grooves, 2021) *Shedrick Mitchell, ''What Do You Say?'' (Self-Released, 2021) *

& Mer Sal, ''Adjustments'' (Blue Canoe, 2021) *Jared Schonig, ''Two Takes Volume 2: Big Band'' (Anzic, 2021) *

, Red List (Palmetto, 2022) *

Rachel Eckroth Rachel Eckroth is a Grammy nominated American singer-songwriter and keyboardist from Phoenix, Arizona.Regen, Jo“Talent Scout – Rachel Eckroth” "Keyboard (magazine), Keyboard", San Francisco, May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2018. She is curr ...

, ''The Garden'' (Rainy Day, 2022) *

Geoff Keezer Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist. Keezer was playing in jazz clubs as a teenager, playing piano for Art Blakey at age 18 and touring with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson and Ray Brown in his 20s. He has toured w ...

, ''Playdate'' (Markeez Records, 2022) *Creswick fka Liam Budge, ''Reissues Vol. 1'' (Self-Released, 2022) *Alternative Guitar Summit, ''Honoring Pat Martino, Vol. 1'' (HighNote, 2022) *Ray Angry and Timo Elliston, ''Life & Beth (Original Series Soundtrack)'' (Lakeshore, 2022) *Loris AL Raimondi, ''Passing Through Emotions'' (Fusion Notes, 2022) *Christian Frentzen, ''Second Encounter'' (Self-Released, 2023) *Marty Isenberg, ''The Way I Feel Inside: Inspired by the films of Wes Anderson'' (Self-Released, 2023) *Alan Ferber, ''Up High, Down Low'' (Sunnyside, 2023)

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